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  1.   Somerandomnascarfan posted:
  08.16.2007 - 3:31 am
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First race for Marty Robbins.


  2.   SK posted:
  12.16.2007 - 11:02 pm
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Of all the King's 200 victories in Grand National/Winston Cup
competition, arguably none were as dominant as this one. Richard Petty
won the pole and led all 400 laps of the Nashville 400 -- for the second
time in three years! But while in '64 Petty had Jim Paschal to contend
with right to the end, this event saw King Richard lap the field five
times over. Simply remarkable.


  3.   ReganSmithFan posted:
  09.23.2009 - 11:01 am
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Henley Gray's best career finish.


  4.   Gary posted:
  08.28.2010 - 12:32 pm
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I never saw this race, but I used to go to the local races sometimes
there in 1966. Coo Coo Marlin was the big favorite at Nashville on the
weekends as was Marty Robins. The public announcer at Nashville would
always introduce him as "Columbia recording star, Marty Robins." I saw
Marty get involved in a spectacular fiery crash one Saturday night that
involved several cars in turns one and two. After the wreckage was
cleared, Coo Coo eventually won in his orange '62 Chevy. At Nashville
they were pretty liberal about what makes and years could compete in the
feature races (not the Grand National races). There was even a fairly
competetive '59 Studebaker!


  5.   numbah10hatah posted:
  01.14.2014 - 12:46 pm
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Coo Coo Marlin's debut.


  6.   Wesley Fly posted:
  09.07.2014 - 12:04 pm
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My granddad carried to this race when I was 5 yr old.Never forget it.He
Loved racing.


  7.   rob posted:
  05.17.2015 - 9:43 pm
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Of Henley Gray's handful of career top fives,two came at Nashville.


  8.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  09.14.2015 - 12:00 pm
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Note: Point standings after this race:
1) David Pearson = 25736 points
2) James Hylton = 21546
3) Paul Goldsmith = 17944
4) Henley Gray = 15926
5) Richard Petty = 15776
6) Neil Castles = 15224
7) Bobby Allison = 14868
8) Wendell Scott = 14772
9) Elmo Langley = 14626
10) John Sears = 14474
11) J.T. Putney = 13892
12) Ned Jarrett = 12700
13) Cale Yarborough = 11300
14) Sam McQuagg = 11222
15) Clyde Lynn = 10980
16) Marvin Panch = 10610
17) G.C. Spencer = 10528
18) Jim Paschal = 10506
19) Buck Baker = 9700
20) Curtis Turner = 8538


  9.   rob posted:
  01.29.2016 - 5:40 am
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Great finish by Buck Baker in his Olds.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.27.2018 - 1:48 pm
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Marty Robbins' Cup debut marked the only time he ran in the series on a
short track. The county singer fittingly hit the track here at Nashville
but all the rest of his Cup starts would be on superspeedway ovals.


  11.   MSportRev posted:
  07.30.2020 - 12:42 pm
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Sponsor for Richard Petty: Plymouth


  12.   MSportRev posted:
  12.02.2020 - 7:24 am
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Sponsor for Friday Hassler: Jim Reed Chevy

Source: https://twitter.com/basso488/status/1334105035836432385?s=21


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