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  1.   Spen posted:
  05.17.2012 - 5:33 am
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Third consecutive win for Dick Rathmann.

First career start for Robbie Robinson.


  2.   Graham Clayton posted:
  10.26.2013 - 6:29 am
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Ed Benedicr's retirement spoils the possibility of all starters
finishing the race.


  3.   Kevin Nauta posted:
  08.10.2016 - 11:31 am
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Ed Benedict was driving the #118. The video footage of this race is
mislabeled on Youtube as the fall race, but it clearly is this one due
to the short field and Charles Gattalia's presence in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99NMDQpGQ38


  4.   Kevin Nauta posted:
  08.10.2016 - 1:29 pm
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Also, per the video of the race, the correct starting order is as
follows: 14, 91, 120, 92, 22, 118, 59, 41, 42, 128, 72, 8, 421, 93, and
111.


  5.   Corey posted:
  08.22.2019 - 7:46 pm
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Per the Dale Jr Downloads Odd History segment, Ted Chamberlain
reportedly drove about half the race without a steering wheel.


  6.   MSportRev posted:
  09.15.2019 - 4:58 pm
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Margin of Victory: 1 lap +


  7.   JSPorts posted:
  10.29.2020 - 3:26 pm
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Ted Chamberlain's steering wheel fell off with 120 laps to go in this
race. He managed to continue using only the steering hub, and finished
13th (-36 laps.) He was pretty tough, especially considering he was the
oldest driver in the field (he'd just turned 46.)


  8.   ScottB posted:
  10.29.2020 - 4:28 pm
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Chamberlain earned no extra money for all that effort, just the whopping
$25 base payout. There's a guy who just loved to race.


  9.   Jimmie4life posted:
  10.29.2020 - 5:07 pm
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Imagine what Dale Earnhardt Jr. had happen to him at Talladega in 2016,
just him not putting the wheel back on. I tip my hat to you, Ted.


  10.   possum posted:
  10.29.2020 - 6:40 pm
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@9 - well, no, don't imagine that. Race cars in 1952 didn't have
removable steering wheels like they do today, they were stock cars. If
the wheel broke off, he would have had at least part of the spokes to
steer with (given that race cars in 1952 didn't have power steering
either, he'd have had to have something to hold).

@8 - $25 "gas money" would be what it cost to go race, it was intended
by the promoter to let the drivers more or less break even, so they
would be encouraged to race and give a full field. Which makes the $975
profit the winning car took home a bit more impressive.


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