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  1.   Useless Information Boy posted:
  08.17.2008 - 2:54 pm
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Only NASCAR start for Walt's cousin, Al Disney


  2.   MarkJ posted:
  02.26.2009 - 4:49 pm
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The first Nascar race I ever attended.I was 10 years old at the time.
Rex White is still my all time favorite driver.


  3.   MSportRev posted:
  09.10.2020 - 9:06 am
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Lap leader breakdown:

Junior Johnson 1-120
Joe Weatherly 121
Cotton Owens 122
Jim Paschal 123-150
Joe Weatherly 151-250

Laps Led:

Joe Weatherly: 151
Junior Johnson: 120
Jim Paschal: 27
Cotton Owens: 1

3 cautions for 13 laps

Source: https://twitter.com/basso488/status/1303906043530010625?s=21


  4.   Seybert3232 posted:
  09.10.2020 - 9:25 am
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@3- Only mistake I see is Weatherly led 101 laps, not 151. It was a 250
lap race and Weatherly and Johnson alone add up to 271 laps led. Great
info however! Love seeing details on these older races!


  5.   Mile501 posted:
  09.10.2020 - 9:31 am
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Why was this called the Capital City 200 if it was 250 laps? Is that a
mistake, or is there some reason for it?

In 1959 and 1960, this race was 200 laps. In 1962, it was extended to
300 laps but was called the Capital City 300.


  6.   KW posted:
  09.10.2020 - 9:50 am
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There are several newspaper articles that talk about the "Richmond 250"
maybe it wasn't the Capital City anything for this year.


  7.   David posted:
  09.10.2020 - 10:43 am
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Like many events from long ago, this race never had any official name
according to NASCAR.

[Track or city name] + [# of laps or miles] was a generic way of giving
a race a name in old newspaper accounts; they had to call it *something*.

If this must be assigned a name at all on here, "Richmond 250" would
correctly fit the pattern.


  8.   Mile501 posted:
  09.10.2020 - 11:35 am
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@6 - The Richmond 250 was the name given to the spring race during the
1960s. The fall race always used the "Capital City" name.

@7 - Thank you for the detailed explanation!


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