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  1.   Matt posted:
  10.09.2008 - 7:56 pm
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Curtis wins his 22nd and final win of the season


  2.   Spen posted:
  06.16.2012 - 1:42 am
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Even under the Latford system, Turner's 22 wins weren't enough to defeat
Welborn. Here's how the standing would have shaken out under that point
system:

1. Bob Welborn 7017
2. Curtis Turner 6742 (-275) (If you used the latter day system that
awarded 10 bonus points for each race win, Turner still comes up 85
points short.)
3. Larry Odo 6538 (-479)
4. Don Oldenberg 6378 (-639)
5. Joe Weatherly 5834 (-1183)
6. Mel Larson 5499 (-1518)
7. Art Binkley 5392 (-1625)
8. Jimmie Lewallen 5103 (-1914)
9. Larry Frank 4777 (-2240)
10. Allen Adkins 4507 (-2510)
11. Glen Wood 4423
12. Jimmy Massey 4177
13. Dick Joslin 4172
14. Bill Brown 3876
15. Tom Pistone 3675
16. Bill Lutz 3562
17. Possum Jones 3541
18. Gwyn Staley 3337
19. Norman Schihl 3295
20. Gene Blair 3111
21. Danny Letner 3092
22. Jimmy Thompson 2447
23. Dave Hirschfield 2433
(Cannonball Brown would have been here, with 2368 points. He's not
listed in the final standings, so we can presume that he competed in a
non-NASCAR sanctioned race this year.)
24. Bill Poor 2266
25. Frank Mundy 2099
26. Bob Beck 2091
27. Bun Emery 1714
28. Bob Pronger 1442
29. Ray Atkinson 1333
(Darel Dieringer would be here, with 1215. He left for ARCA mid-season.)
30. Don Gray 1182
31. Marvin Panch 1108
32. Billy Rafter 991
33. Bill Cornwall 987
34. Billy Carden 962
35. Dick Walters 800 (Not listed in the final standings, but I think
that's just because we don't have anyone outside the top fifty listed.
I'll assume that from here on out.)
36. Don Corley 790
37. Bill Lang 758
38. Jud Larson 465
39. John Schipper 448
40. Fonty Flock 444
41. Whitey Gerkin 430
42. Spike Sheldon 412
43. Ken Warmington 397
44. Curly Martin 346
45. Fireball Roberts 340
46. Harry Dust 330
Jack Lawrence 330
48. Jim Donovan 306
49. Pete Peterson 268
50. Joe Eubanks 258

And there you have it. I'm not sure if I'll do the rest of the
Convertible seasons or not. They don't take much time, but this is the
only year I was really curious about the outcome of.


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