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  1.   Sébastien posted:
  07.27.2009 - 12:17 pm
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Pearson #17 sponsor was East Tenn. Motor Co.


  2.   Kevin Nauta posted:
  02.24.2012 - 9:41 pm
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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0oeUc68sgesC&dat=19680511&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Two drivers failed to qualify: 09-Wendell Scott and 88-Serge Adam

Qualifying times are on the newspaper page as well.


  3.   Kevin Nauta posted:
  02.24.2012 - 10:03 pm
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Correction to previous comment: The 5/11/68 News and Courier article
referenced shows DNQs as 09-Wendell Scott (Chevrolet) and 88-Serge Adams
(Oldsmobile). Scott seems to have made the field as an alternate since
70-J.D. McDuffie (Buick) is listed as having made the field in the
qualifying race but did not appear. Adams' car was subsequently taken
over by Neil Castles, who drove the #06 Plymouth in the qualifying race
but was a scratch afterwards.

Original lineup had the final two rows as 06/70 and 44/51.
Race day lineup had the final two rows as 44/51 and 88/09


  4.   CBASS posted:
  12.01.2012 - 10:39 pm
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Some sponsors

#3/6 Dodge
#43 Plymouth by Petty ( there was another alongside that logo, but I
can't make it out in the video)


  5.   KW posted:
  09.30.2016 - 4:05 pm
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Pearson took advantage of the NASCAR engine/weight rules for 1968 and
used a 396 cid engine instead of the normal 427. According to an article
in Stock Car Racing Magazine at the time the car had to be 4000 pounds
with the 427 but only 3707 with the 396. The lighter weight really paid
of as Pearson used less fuel and had fewer tire troubles than many of
the other team. Pearson would continue to use the 396 thru-out the year.


  6.   RaceFab posted:
  03.30.2018 - 10:30 am
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Larry Hess makes his only start of the season starting near the back of
the field at the wheel of a year-old Rambler. The "Kenosha Cadillac"
made it less than a lap before a blown engine sent him to the sidelines.
This was the only time all season anyone raced a Rambler in the Cup series.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.31.2018 - 1:18 pm
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The #44 Hess ran in this race marked the last Rambler ever to compete in
a Cup race. AMC discontinued the brand in the United States after the
1969 model year.


  8.   Seb posted:
  08.05.2019 - 11:53 am
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The 30 is a typo, Clyde Lynn was in the #20 car as usual.

#16 Lund was unsponsored indeed.

#22 Dieringer sponsor was "Plymouth"

#26 Yarbrough sponsor was "Winebarger Motor Co."

#27 D Allison sponsor was "Dick Brannan Ford"

#29 B Allison sponsor was "Long-Lewis Ford"


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