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  1.   WillG_46 posted:
  04.02.2008 - 3:04 pm
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Last of 8 races Richard Petty won using a number other than his famous 43.


  2.   MegaRacer posted:
  12.20.2008 - 8:36 pm
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The first time The King won a season opening race.


  3.   rob posted:
  01.24.2013 - 12:08 pm
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interesting that NASCAR went back to running the first race of a certain
calendar year in november of the previous year.


  4.   nascarfan44 posted:
  04.29.2013 - 5:08 pm
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what a bad break for tiny lund


  5.   The Great Dave posted:
  06.28.2013 - 12:38 am
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Sponsors

#26 Holly Farms Chicken
#42 Plymouth
#55 Tiny Lund's Garage


  6.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  07.22.2013 - 8:02 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI07AkQphWY Race Footage


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.12.2015 - 7:44 pm
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The King starts 1966 off with a victory. It would be the first of eight
for him in 1966. Petty would alternate between the #42 and the #43 over
the course of this season but this was the only race he would win that
year with his father Lee Petty's famous number.

Bobby Issac battled Richard Petty for the lead early and led the first
several laps. Petty stormed ahead when Issac blew a tire and lost four
laps getting it changed. Despite having to pit Issac's Ford was a hot
piece and made his laps back up to finish second.

Tiny Lund started shotgun on the field but came through the grid fast to
go from worst to first in just over 100 laps. It got racy at the front
between Lund, Petty, and Issac's lapped car, the cars made contact and
all got each other loose, but Lund started to pull away afterward. After
a caution Petty was back on Lund's tail and the two made contact with
Lund getting sideways for a moment. Tiny won the battle but not the war
as a mechanical failure eventually sent him for the sidelines. With no
serious challenges left Richard drove off and took the victory.

Buddy Baker lost a wheel and hit the wall at one point. The damage
wasn't terminal and he still finished in the top-15. Baker sat in his
car smoking a cigarette while his team, including his dad Buck Baker,
repaired it.

David Pearson's championship season kicks off with a top-10.


  8.   rob posted:
  02.06.2015 - 1:38 am
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Possibly the best run ever by Roy Mayne.


  9.   Old School racing fan posted:
  08.26.2018 - 7:52 am
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From watching the YouTube video of this race I would like to go back in
time and see it live


  10.   Joshua posted:
  11.17.2019 - 3:11 pm
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Wendell Scott's sponsor for this race was "Scott Racing"


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