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  1.   James W. McLaughlin posted:
  07.21.2007 - 4:15 pm
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First year the qualifying races were each 125 miles long. It would stay
this way until 2005.


  2.   Destiny posted:
  07.29.2007 - 4:25 pm
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That's Dick Brooks' first race at Daytona.


  3.   learical posted:
  11.17.2012 - 12:04 am
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Cale Yarborough drove a '69 FORD Talladega because the '69 Mercury
Spoiler II wasn't approved yet for use by NASCAR.


  4.   JJ posted:
  06.27.2019 - 4:09 pm
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Why did Buddy quit?


  5.   ScottB posted:
  06.27.2019 - 4:36 pm
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Buddy Baker was already locked into the pole of the 500 on speed from
his qualifying lap. He was protecting his car for the main event.


  6.   possum posted:
  06.27.2019 - 9:35 pm
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To expand on @5's answer, in that era there was no rule requiring the
front row cars to compete in their qualifier, so it was normal to just
make a token appearance and then park it (today there is a rule, but of
course today the pole sitter has a backup car on the hauler and two more
in shop, so if he wrecks it's no big deal).


  7.   GoPM21 posted:
  06.27.2019 - 10:14 pm
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@6
There is? Didn't Terry Labonte park his car in the not so distant past?
Furthermore, if you start in a backup car, you are at the back of the
field, such as Schrader in the 1990 race.

You might lose out on a handful of points, but that's it. I'd like to
see your source and if I'm proven wrong, I'll gladly own it.


  8.   Corey posted:
  06.27.2019 - 11:24 pm
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@7 In regards to Terry Labonte, he was driving for Go FAS Racing and the
races he S&P'd in were the Shootouts. The team probably entered them to
get whatever they paid out for last. He completed three of the four
duels he ran in with the team. The other was a DNF after running 12
laps. I don't think that was an intentional S&P. They probably didn't
want to chance wrecking the car.


  9.   Jay posted:
  06.28.2019 - 12:06 am
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Terry did park his car in the 1998 duels and kept his starting position
in the 500.


  10.   possum posted:
  06.29.2019 - 11:42 am
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@7, @9 I want to say it was in the early years of this century that the
rule was changed. Possibly it was a response to Labonte not running the
1998 qualifier. Not having the rule book to hand (and it not being
on-line to go look) I can't say for sure.

It's probably worth pointing out that from 1972 onwards the qualifiers
did not pay points, so all that was lost by sitting them out was the
relatively small prize money.


  11.   thecautionlightnews posted:
  09.23.2020 - 11:32 am
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first race for Sports Car Legend Vic Elford in NASCAR


  12.   Rob posted:
  02.18.2021 - 11:14 am
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The way the starting lineups for each qualifier was determined by time
trials. This put nearly all the Ford heavy hitters into this first 125.


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