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  1.   dalejrfan14 posted:
  05.19.2006 - 8:15 pm
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this race almost wasnt run on schedule due to a moonshining scandal


  2.   Johnny C from Chattanooga Tn posted:
  09.24.2010 - 3:55 pm
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I remember that the pavement came up between turn 1 and 2. King Richard
cut a tire early on and came back from 5 laps down to finish 2nd one lap
down. I remember taking a picture of my niece sitting in Friday
Hassler's car....our Chattanooga driver.


  3.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  06.01.2012 - 2:21 pm
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Yeah. They found an old moonshining place under the speedway, and the
track owner went on trial. Thirteen months later, a jury acquitted him
of owning an apparatus for the harvesting of illegal whiskey.


  4.   rob posted:
  08.03.2014 - 10:07 pm
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Tom Pistone leads the final laps of his GN career in the Turkey Minton
Chevy. Cale Yarborough makes a one off start in a Bud Moore Mercury.


  5.   Aaron posted:
  09.14.2014 - 12:49 am
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Best career finish for Dub Simpson


  6.   Fuzzy posted:
  12.26.2020 - 2:21 pm
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This race was called the Georgia 500, per many news articles I read from
1967.

Other notes:

- This was the first 500 lap race on this track.

- There were 44 entries for 30 starting spots.

- Bill Seifert drove a 1965 Ford.

- Richard Petty had ignition problems early on and lost 5 laps in the
pits for repairs.

- Lee Roy Yarbrough dropped out of the race from the lead.

- Neil Castles crashed into the wall on lap 252, which caused a caution.

- David Pearson took the lead from Bobby Allison on lap 374, but blew
his engine on lap 451 and did not finish.

- James Hylton did not run this race due to being injured in a crash at
Rockingham two weeks prior.

It sounds like Bobby Allison got pretty lucky with all the other
contenders having engine woes.


  7.   Fuzzy posted:
  12.26.2020 - 2:50 pm
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Regarding the comment above, disregard the part about Yarbrough dropping
out from the lead. I misread the article.


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