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  1.   Anonymous posted:
  12.27.2004 - 5:20 pm
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Dominant performance by ... Bobby Johns! Beating out the likes of
Richard Petty and Fireball Roberts by *six laps*!

Go figure.


  2.   tony posted:
  03.24.2006 - 9:50 pm
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Too bad he didn't get any real sponsorship.


  3.   Clayton posted:
  07.09.2008 - 10:57 pm
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Only 4 cautions but for 37 laps!! I wonder why there were so many laps
spent under caution!


  4.   hyltonfan08 posted:
  01.23.2009 - 4:31 pm
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Marvin Panch's sponsor was Hull-Dobbs Ford.


  5.   18fan posted:
  07.20.2010 - 9:34 am
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Johns won this race running the high line when nobody else wanted to run
up high so he didn't get held up nearly as much as everyone else.


  6.   John Mullins posted:
  09.26.2011 - 7:43 pm
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You have Bill Morton, who finished 9th in the race, driving a 62 Ford
and listed Bill as the owner. Actually he was driving a 61 Chevrolet and
the car owners were R.K. Mullins from Gate City Virgina and Jimmy
Dishner from Bristol, VA.


  7.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  01.13.2015 - 8:06 am
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Note: Johnny Allen relieved Jack Smith in the #47 and received the
checkered flag.


  8.   Spen posted:
  06.27.2015 - 7:03 pm
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This was the only time in Herman Beam's career that he got a top ten in
a race with more than thirty cars starting. Granted, only eleven
actually finished.


  9.   Chris posted:
  08.19.2015 - 7:22 am
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From
http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2013/01/02/did-joe-weatherly-once-force-a-race-to-change-its-name-before-he-would-compete-in-it/comment-page-1/

In April of 1962, Joe Weatherly, who was deathly afraid of the number
13, was in position 13 at Bristol's Volunteer 500. He successfully
convinced the race officials to change his position to '12A' rather than
13.


  10.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  01.09.2016 - 6:02 am
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Note: First wreck occured when Nelson Stacy, on his 302nd lap, skidded
into the second-turn guardrail after the '62 Ford had blown a tire. It
bounced back on the track in time to be hit by Maurice Petty's '62
Plymouth. Stacy was shaken up, got a few minor bruises, and was sent to
the hostpital for observation. He was released before the race ended.

Cars driven by Ned Jarrett and George Green collided on the fourth turn.
Nobody was hurt. Both cars were badly damaged and hauled off the track
by the wreckers. They were quickly repaired, however, got back into the
race and were running at the finish.


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