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  1.   Pennsylvania posted:
  03.21.2006 - 2:13 am
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In Nascar's first year, 2 races are held in Pennsylvania.


  2.   underdogfan posted:
  10.23.2006 - 7:45 pm
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First ever win for Lee Petty.


  3.   Fred Aardvark posted:
  10.27.2007 - 2:52 pm
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Ralph Zrimsek had a great career, 21 out of 23 in his first race,
121st(last) in the points standings that year, and he only raced one time


  4.   Chevy posted:
  11.08.2007 - 10:35 am
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Points for this race:

1. Lee Petty 200
2. Dick Linder 180
3. Bill Rexford 160
4.= Sam Rice 56
4.= Glenn Dunnaway (relief driver) 84
5. Sara Christian 120
6. Lloyd Moore 100
7. John Wright 80
8. Jack Russell 60
9. Skip Lewis 40
10. Al Bonnell* 20
11. Clarence Burris 16
12. Joe Merola 12
13. Ted Chamberlain 8
14. Nick Garin 4
15. Ray Erickson 2 - ?

*it seems that Al Bonnell relieved his teammate and boss Don Rogalla and
earned all the points for 10th place finish.

Overall standings after 7 of 8 races:

1. Red Byron 840 (clinched championship despite not taking part in this
race)
2. Bill Blair 547.5 -292.5
3. Lee Petty 545 -295
4. Bob Flock 504 -336
5. Tim Flock 420 -420
6. Fonty Flock 394.5 -445.5
7. Curtis Turner 390 -450
8. Glenn Dunnaway 384 -456
9. Frank Mundy 370 -470
10. Ray Erickson 342 -498
11. Bill Snowden 315 -525
12. Bill Rexford 286 -554
13. Sara Christian 270 -570
14. Gober Sosebee 262.5 -577.5
15. Jim Roper 253 -587
16. Sam Rice 231 -609
17. Jack White 200 -640
18. Dick Linder 180 -660
19. Billy Rafter 160 -680
20. Archie Smith 145 -695


  5.   Chevy posted:
  11.08.2007 - 1:22 pm
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14. Gober Sosebee 265 -575


  6.   Fred Aardvark posted:
  11.10.2007 - 3:19 pm
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correction, zrimsek was 112 not 121 in the points standings, big difference


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.25.2007 - 4:35 pm
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Sara Christian's 5th place remains to this date the best finish by a
woman driver in the Cup series, if not all of upper level NASCAR.

This also marks the first time a woman driver scored a top 5...


  8.   Anonymous posted:
  11.07.2008 - 6:55 pm
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based on the history book, it is all of upper level nascar


  9.   Destiny posted:
  03.05.2011 - 6:57 pm
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Sara made a great decision about her top five finish until Danica
Patrick finished 4th 62 years later.


  10.   Chris posted:
  01.19.2012 - 6:17 pm
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aahhh but Danica's 4th place finish was not in the CUP series..


  11.   Spen posted:
  09.11.2013 - 6:43 pm
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By far the best ever showing for a Kaiser in Cup.


  12.   Graham Clayton posted:
  10.25.2013 - 10:35 pm
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Zrimsek holds the record for the last driver in the list for an A-Z
alphabetical listing of all NASCAR drivers. Paul Aars is at the top of
the list.


  13.   Graham Clayton posted:
  12.18.2013 - 8:31 pm
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Al Bonnell scores pole in his 2nd NASCAR start, finishes 23rd and last,
and disappears into obscurity.


  14.   Scott B posted:
  06.26.2015 - 12:54 am
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First series win for the Plymouth brand, and for any Chrysler
corporation product as well.


  15.   Matt J posted:
  09.02.2016 - 2:16 pm
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Good point, Scott B, about it being the first win for a Chrysler car!
Fitting that it was done by a Petty!


  16.   DRF posted:
  01.02.2017 - 3:34 pm
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Sara Christian STILL the record holder as of 2017.


  17.   nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted:
  01.15.2017 - 10:48 am
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Note:
-Glen Dunnaway drove relief for Sam Rice from 85th lap.
-Al Bonnell drove relief for Don Rogala from 30th lap.


  18.   Jericohol14 posted:
  02.24.2018 - 7:38 pm
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Sara Christian's lone top-5 came in NASCAR's 7th Cup race.
In 4,219 races since, across the Cup series, Xfinity and Trucks, in 69
years, a female driver top-5 happened again exactly once. Halley's Comet
has nothing on those odds!
(Of course I'd love to see it happen again; in fact, it would be awesome
if it happened regularly. But it probably won't happen, even with this
crop of young lady drivers, for a couple years at the earliest.)


  19.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.01.2018 - 9:15 pm
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The late Don Rogala makes his lone Cup start with the Pennsylvanian
racer coming home with a top-10.


  20.   Anonymous posted:
  01.30.2019 - 2:26 pm
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Sam Rice´s final NASCAR Cup start. Wonder what he looked like


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