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  1.   Spen posted:
  05.17.2012 - 8:34 pm
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First time a DeSoto or a Willys raced in Cup.

First start for future race winner Dick Passwater.

First and only start for Stuart Joyce, who came home with an impressive
8th.


  2.   We need more Onion posted:
  02.09.2015 - 5:46 pm
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Lynch flipped his Willys and color footage(!) exists of the accident.


  3.   Eric posted:
  05.26.2017 - 6:13 pm
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John Scarfo flipped onto his side after hitting a berm. He continued on


  4.   Joshua posted:
  03.05.2019 - 8:22 pm
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Gene Comstock´s sponsor for this race was Fry Motors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NjfgkenoI


  5.   Joshua posted:
  03.18.2019 - 5:31 pm
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#897 Norman Lynch's sponsor for this race was Detriot Fairgrounds Air Lift:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NjfgkenoI


  6.   ? posted:
  03.19.2019 - 5:10 pm
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#16's sponsor was Victory Stadium. Also his car number was 16A


  7.   Spen posted:
  11.01.2019 - 7:57 am
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The $5,050 Tim Flock got for this win was the biggest single payday of
his career.


  8.   Z posted:
  03.30.2020 - 2:14 pm
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Information Compiled From Greg Fielden
& Period Newspaper Articles (Mostly):

The top x12 qualifiers all ran different makes, surely ain't happened
before or since(?);
As part of his winner's haul, Tim Flock won the Nash Ambassador pace car
- b/w winning $200 besting Dick Rathman in the 1st of 2 x10 lap leadup
sprints (Herb Thomas besting Fonty Flock & Joe Eubanks for the other
$200, attendance: 1,500) & other undetermined bonuses, Flock wound up w/
$7,000 in winnnings;

Temperature on raceday: 93 degrees
(Hence "overheating" - some of the unlisted DNF reasons are such, though
which IDK);
MOV: Half Lap
Attendance: 23,000
(Paying A Gate Of $70,000)

Billy Myers had a wheel issue that put him multiple laps down, though
Myers was able to resume & RAF;
DNF: 39-46 (exact reasons unknown)
33-37 likely DNFd, but not certain
Roughly halfway there was a 10 minute delay for slippery track conditions
caused by a thunder shower

Dick Rathmann had engine issues early & pitted x4 times before figuring
he was too far down to gain anything from continuing;
Lee Petty was x2 laps ahead of the field before a LF wheel problem
Tim Flock won taking x3 pit stops, his brother Fonty taking over as CC
after x13 laps had been run

Qualifying time trials were to begin x8 days before this race but
postponed to the next day & run through Wednesday; however, only drivers
who were present for Saturday's running were eligible for the pole - 30
of x50 drivers had qualified by Tuesday (meaning x3 drivers either DNSd
or are unavailable via current results)


  9.   possum posted:
  03.30.2020 - 7:11 pm
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@8 - probably not, altho Darlington had 11 makes in the first 12
qualifiers. At this time in NASCAR there were two schools of thought,
one which held that a big car with a big motor, like a Packard or DeSoto
or Lincoln, would be the best; and another that held a smaller, lighter
car with a smaller engine, like a Hudson or Plymouth, would be the way
to go. With Hudsons winning most everything, by 1953 the big cars were
mostly gone, and the chance of having 12 makes in the field went with them.


  10.   MSportRev posted:
  08.05.2020 - 12:57 pm
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Sponsor for Billy Myers: Strictly Stock Car Race

Status for Jack Fisher: crash

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtzKhhCU7dM


  11.   Joshua posted:
  10.11.2020 - 4:36 pm
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Instead of a 1952 Chrysler, Lloyd Moore drove a '50 Ford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOvzQZvqQw


  12.   Joshua posted:
  10.12.2020 - 6:21 pm
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Bob Pronger's sponsor was "NASH Dealers of Greater Detroit":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOvzQZvqQw


  13.   MSportRev posted:
  10.14.2020 - 12:08 pm
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Based on @11's video:

Sponsor for Dick Rathman: Hudson Hornet


  14.   possum posted:
  10.14.2020 - 7:15 pm
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@13 - and it's not a Fabulous Hudson Hornet. Must have been sponsored by
the local dealers, not the factory.


  15.   MSportRev posted:
  10.14.2020 - 7:35 pm
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@14, that would be my guess.


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