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  1.   Tom Nester posted:
  12.05.2010 - 9:05 am
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The lap lead summary by driver adds to 110 but the lap by lap summary
only accounts for 100 laps. It would seem that Petty led the last 11
laps but his line shows 21 laps.

His laps ran shows 110 and Owens 109, with no else having more than 100.
It does not seem likely that those 2 lapped the rest of the field that
many times on a short track of that distance


  2.   Webmaster posted:
  12.13.2010 - 12:22 pm
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Tom,

According to Fielden this was in fact a 110 lap race. A typo shows Petty
leading laps 90-100 when it should be 90-110 (and has been fixed in the
database). Thanks for catching that!


  3.   Spen posted:
  10.10.2011 - 5:21 pm
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Jack Smith is listed as having led 50 laps, but only completing 48. It
seems likely that he completed 50 laps.


  4.   Graham Clayton posted:
  07.28.2012 - 8:48 am
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Junior Johnson arrived late and missed the pre-race inspection. Starting
at the rear of the field, he had moved up to the Top 10 after only a
handful of laps.
He was disqualified for having an illegal locked rear differential gear.


  5.   nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted:
  05.21.2017 - 9:28 am
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W1959-40
Driver standings after this race (top20):

1) Lee Petty = 10496
2) Cotton Owens = 9368
3) Speedy Thompson = 6544
4) Herman Beam = 6488
5) Tom Pistone = 6040
6) Buck Baker = 5996
7) L.D. Austin = 5652
8) Jack Smith = 5092
9) Jim Reed = 5072
10) Junior Johnson = 4864
11) Rex White = 4268
12) Shep Langdon = 3938
13) G.C. Spencer = 3748
14) Bob Welborn = 3588
15) Richard Petty = 3428
16) Joe Weatherly = 3404
17) Fireball Roberts = 3340
18) Tommy Irwin = 2892
19) Bob Burdick = 2392
20) Bobby Johns = 2192


  6.   MSportRev posted:
  09.20.2020 - 8:26 am
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2 cautions

Source: https://twitter.com/basso488/status/1307537469206790144?s=21


  7.   MSportRev posted:
  09.28.2020 - 11:35 am
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Also, based on @6, Attendance: 6,400


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