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  1.   DaleJrFan15 posted:
  05.30.2007 - 1:54 pm
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Herman Beams record of consecutive finishes ends.


  2.   DaleJrFan15 posted:
  06.02.2007 - 9:43 pm
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Woops wrong race :/


  3.   jackie posted:
  07.08.2007 - 7:32 pm
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Does anyone know what happened to Burdick? He had very few starts in
Nascar, yet he had some great success.


  4.   Douche Bagolow posted:
  08.20.2007 - 9:54 am
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March 26th, 1961, Atlanta - Part-time competitor Bob Burdick drives a
family-owned Pontiac with used tires and a borrowed rear-gearing unit.
Serviced by a rag-tag, rookie pit crew, Burdick led the final 43 laps to
win the Atlanta 500 at Atlanta International Raceway. The 24-year-old
driver from Omaha, Nebraska, recorded his only win in his 11th career
start. Burdick only competed in 15 races during his brief career. With
operating funds running low, Burdick headed back to Omaha, having driven
his final NA$CAR ( at the time, NASCAR ) race at the age of 25.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.10.2008 - 2:50 pm
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Charlie Glotzbach's last start until 1967


  6.   Talon64 posted:
  08.09.2011 - 3:04 pm
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The only win to date for #53.

source: https://twitter.com/#!/18Winning/status/101004840926318592


  7.   Timberwolf Frenzel posted:
  01.15.2013 - 10:17 pm
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The only win to date for a driver from Nebraska!


  8.   nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted:
  05.21.2017 - 11:21 am
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Note: Marvin Panch was relieved by Fireball Roberts.


  9.   A posted:
  02.12.2020 - 8:36 pm
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Only win for #53, aside from those races Jim Douglas won in Herbie


  10.   QFH posted:
  11.04.2020 - 12:40 am
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Marvin Panch broke an axle on lap 292 and handed Burdick the win.


  11.   JSPorts posted:
  11.04.2020 - 1:42 am
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He broke an axle on lap 292 & managed to run 37 more laps & finish 6th?
Wow.


  12.   possum posted:
  11.04.2020 - 5:34 pm
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@11 - he lost five laps. That's about how long it would take to replace
an axle, assuming the crew had a replacement available (not a given in
1961) and the break was at the hub end, not the diff.


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