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  1.   Destiny posted:
  07.29.2007 - 12:07 am
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That's a long way while Cecil Gordon decided that he's not a rookie or
he is. That's because Dick Brooks is a rookie. That's because Cecil's
top five is the first one.


  2.   Dtroppens posted:
  07.23.2008 - 11:15 pm
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Cecil Gordon gets his first top 5 of his career and did so 69 laps
behind the winner. Even in this era, being that far back and taking
fifth was a looooong way back.


  3.   PettyCash posted:
  07.18.2009 - 3:30 pm
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Pearson won with relief driver help from rival and fellow Ford driver,
Richard Petty.


  4.   hyperacti posted:
  07.20.2009 - 8:39 pm
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lol @ 15th place Henley Gray... "quit".

It was probably so he could get home in time to see the moon landing
which occured on this day.


  5.   KW posted:
  02.02.2016 - 1:13 pm
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The track was rebuilt with more banking for this race.


  6.   Sebastien posted:
  09.25.2017 - 8:32 pm
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To complete post #3, Richard Petty relieved David Pearson (healing from
a flu and suffering from heat) on the 100th lap, got the lead back on
lap 183 but Pearson got the car back on lap 255 (Petty planned to last
longer in the #17 but because of the heat he didn't).

Bobby Allison relieved #71 Bobby Isaac.

#27 Donnie Allison was cancelled his 9th spot on the grid after changing
brand of tires (goodyear on for the race) and started the race dead
last. Cale Yarborough relieved him at some point during the race and
crossed the finish line in that #27 car.

The crash that took out strong contenders like #22 Bobby Allison or #6
Buddy Baker was triggered by Cale Yarborough in the #21, because of a
bump on #25 Jabe Thomas in turn 1.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.25.2017 - 9:47 pm
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Wow, David Pearson and Richard Petty sharing a car? No wonder the Silver
Fox and the King won by three laps.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.25.2017 - 9:48 pm
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Roy Tyner finishes 97 laps down and still records his only top-10 finish
of the season. This one really was a war of attrition.


  9.   Rob posted:
  11.11.2017 - 9:20 am
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After his accident, Cale Yarborough predicted on a radio interview that
an independent was going to win this race. It probably seemed possible
the way the track was eating cars early on.


  10.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  09.27.2018 - 10:48 pm
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This race was run on the same date as the first lunar landing, as Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to set foot on
another celestial body.


  11.   Brandon posted:
  07.19.2019 - 6:19 pm
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Henley Gray has refuted the idea that he quit this race to watch the
moon walk.


  12.   BOBO83329521 posted:
  11.27.2019 - 12:40 am
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Pearson, after this race, took second on the all-time wins list, where
he still sits today some 95 wins behind Petty


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