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  1.   DaleJrFan15 posted:
  09.22.2006 - 8:32 pm
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Paul Goldsmith Had a wild Tumble while leading on lap 55.After leading
the first 54 laps he blew a tire and flipped over.He was okay though


  2.   jackie posted:
  06.03.2007 - 9:38 pm
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Another huge battle for the factories


  3.   Don Capps posted:
  11.18.2007 - 9:28 pm
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The starting positions are incorrect at the end of the field, not
reflecting Lyle Stelter, Kenneth Sanderson, and Doug Cooper not starting
the race after participating in the consolation race on Saturday. This
moved up Jack Anderson, Buddy Baker, Roy Mayne, Soapy Castles, and Joe
CLark to the 35th thru 39th positions respectively. Why Clark is listed
here and elsewhere (Greg Fielden, in other words, which is wher all this
information comes from) in the 35th position is beyond me since he was
the last driver in the consolation race to start the Sunday event. It
appears to be from a typo that was never corrected.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.29.2007 - 2:55 pm
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Dan Gurney's last NASCAR race anywhere except Riverside


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.21.2008 - 8:09 pm
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Dave MacDonald's last NASCAR race, he'd die (along with fan favorite
Eddie Sacks) in a firey crash in the opening laps of the next month's
Indy 500


  6.   hyltonfan08 posted:
  01.23.2009 - 4:43 pm
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Fireball Roberts was sponsored by Young Ford.


  7.   Anonymous posted:
  02.22.2009 - 4:04 pm
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Actually, Dan Gurney's ~only~ NASCAR race anywhere but Daytona and
Riverside.


  8.   Firered30013 posted:
  04.30.2010 - 6:00 pm
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The era of "Fearless Freddie's Fast Ford."


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  08.13.2011 - 4:18 am
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AJ Foyt was sponsored by Zecol Lubaid.


  10.   LASTCAR posted:
  03.30.2012 - 1:16 am
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Some great footage from this race is featured in the final act of the
classic drive-in movie "Speed Lovers," starring Fred Lorenzen himself.
Footage of Lorenzen's Daytona 500 win opens the hilariously poorly-acted
film.


  11.   Anonymous posted:
  01.18.2013 - 1:58 am
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3 cars blew engines here and failed to start. That must be why Lyle
Stelter, Kenneth Sanderson, and Doug Cooper are not listed here.


  12.   Scott B posted:
  07.26.2013 - 5:56 pm
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Brutal race for attrition even by 1964 standards, with only 10 cars
running at the finish. Many of the engine failures were from top
builders, not field-filler teams.


  13.   MSportRev posted:
  08.28.2020 - 3:42 pm
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Sponsor for Marvin Panch: English Motors

Sponsor for Dave MacDonald: Mercury


  14.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.28.2020 - 4:26 pm
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Sponsors:
#01 Rex White (in one of his last starts)- Pugmire Lincoln Mercury
#26 Bobby Isaac- Tennessee-Virginia Dodge Dealers

Pugmire Lincoln Mercury is a Marietta, Georgia car dealership. As of
2020 it's still going strong too, having first opened in 1960.


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