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  1.   awesomegordonfan posted:
  11.12.2010 - 7:23 pm
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Jack Holloway's last start


  2.   webmaster posted:
  04.25.2013 - 8:44 am
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Yellow 1: Lap 14-? = #90 accident turn 1

Yellow 2: Lap 39-? = #89 accident turn 3

Yellow 3: Lap 158-? = #8 accident backstretch


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  07.06.2014 - 3:59 pm
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Julian J.H. Petty, Lee's brother, becomes the first Petty to drive the 43.


  4.   Kevin Nauta posted:
  08.18.2016 - 11:30 am
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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/october-19-1952-fred-dove-in-a-buick-leads-the-hudson-of-news-photo/142610646#october-19-1952-fred-dove-in-a-buick-leads-the-hudson-of-johnny-a-picture-id142610646

Fred Dove is photographed as driving the #138


  5.   Dan Jackett posted:
  11.13.2017 - 11:23 am
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Using the .526 mile measurement (Martinsville's outer walls have never
moved), the average speed for 105.2 miles would be 50.029mph

Grand National debut for Bob Welborn...The 1st driver to win a GN race
at Daytona International Speedway


  6.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  11.13.2017 - 11:57 am
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note for #5 comment:
It's not the outside walls of the track that is taken into account in
measuring a track for NASCAR. But at the time it was a yard from the
inner line. Moreover in 1952 there was no exterior wall in Martinsville
except in front of the main stand of the frontstretch. The rest
consisted of wooden palisades.


  7.   Dan Jackett posted:
  11.13.2017 - 2:45 pm
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Thanks for the clarification Moderator

I'm obviously using the current way NASCAR measures the track, which is
10 feet from the outer wall


  8.   JSPorts posted:
  11.13.2017 - 4:09 pm
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I didn't realize they ever changed the way they measure the track
length. It's actually pretty interesting if you think about it, because
different tracks are different widths so running the inside may be a lot
shorter at one track even if its length is the same as another track.


  9.   Eric posted:
  04.25.2020 - 12:14 pm
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There were some pretty significant accidents during the race, the first
of which came when Jack Holloway broke an axle and had a "severe" crash.
Buddy Shuman followed suit, though not much is known about this crash,
and rounding out the crash fest was Gene Comstock, who is known to have
rolled his car.


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