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  1.   jp posted:
  03.01.2009 - 3:40 pm
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Allen Franklin out for being TOO SLOW?????? Geez.


  2.   Tom Nester posted:
  12.04.2010 - 11:14 pm
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The driver by driver laps led tallies to only 400. The lap by lap
summary shows that Junior Johnson's total should be 294 instead of 194


  3.   Aldo posted:
  05.20.2012 - 10:06 am
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I think this was the last start for a Nash.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  11.30.2012 - 2:00 pm
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Ned drove the 11


  5.   Timberwolf Frenzel posted:
  01.26.2013 - 7:23 pm
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Tommy Irwin started 6th, Paul Lewis started 22nd, Larry Thomas started
27th, Doug Yates started 29th, Friday Hassler started 32nd, Gene
Blackburn started 34th, Joe Jones started either 25th or 35th, and Allen
Franklin started 37th.


  6.   Graham Clayton posted:
  10.28.2013 - 7:19 pm
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Definitely the last GN Division start for an AMC Rambler (Nash had
ceased to exist at the end of 1957).


  7.   Nicheno posted:
  05.18.2016 - 10:27 am
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Webmaster,

you can find qualifying times and speeds in this article here (sorry, my
eyes are not that good).

http://api.ning.com/files/0qR8BrPZ-VZ10fX-ZJUgENBrcBJHeGIiLydvaEvpw*NJfBnct4WSxjSTCzNFfJWpWOHWGVA83ryF1kag8gmYqOsq0fc1IsKu/1961BristolSE500preview102261
Kingsport_Times_News.png


  8.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  10.29.2018 - 10:45 am
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W1961-50 Bristol
Driver standings after this race (Top20):

1) Ned Jarrett = 26584 points
2) Rex White = 25690
3) Emanuel Zervakis = 22312
4) Joe Weatherly = 17110
5) Fireball Roberts = 17104
6) Junior Johnson = 16554
7) Jack Smith = 14994
8) Richard Petty = 14376
9) Jim Paschal = 13570
10) Buck Baker = 13458
11) Jimmy Pardue = 13280
12) Johnny Allen = 13114
13) David Pearson = 13088
14) Bob Welborn = 12570
15) Herman Beam = 11288
16) Nelson Stacy = 10436
17) Ralph Earnhardt = 10182
18) Marvin Panch = 9392
19) Fred Lorenzen = 9316
20) G.C. Spencer = 9128

Note: Bobby Johns put a new qualifying record for a half-mile paved
oval. Previous record was 80.450 mph set by Jim Paschal at
Asheville-Weaverville last August.


  9.   MSportRev posted:
  10.29.2020 - 3:13 pm
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Based on this flyer, they were either expecting 51 entries or had 51
entries for this race:

https://twitter.com/toomuchcountry/status/1319304572121305093/photo/1


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