|| *Comments on the 1969 Talladega 500:* View the most recent comment <#77> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. HomeDepotKid posted: 09.12.2004 - 3:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Hey, Where's the big names of 1969 in this race?" Heading home that day. The Talladega 500 was boycotted by most of the big names in the race by a driver's union led by Richard Petty. 2. JC posted: 07.30.2005 - 8:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One of the strangest events in NASCAR history. Drivers boycott the race because of concerns over the safety of the tires. Big Bill held strong, the race went on with drivers few know. The chances of a drivers' union ends. The rest is history. 3. RC posted: 10.03.2005 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some guy by the name of Childress made his first Grand National start that day. Wonder whatever became of him? 4. Chicago posted: 12.11.2005 - 4:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Tiny Lund was a last minute substitute in a Holman-Moody prepared Ford for Big Bill France himself, who planned to run the race and had filed an entry form as a ploy to attempt to get in and evaluate the new Richard Petty started PDA -- which would go on to boycott the event over concerns of the safety of the Goodyear and Firestone tires. Richard Brickhouse, who was a member of the PDA, debated all of Saturday night whether or not to withdraw his membership, as he had been offered the fast Nichels Engineering car. Ken Squire announced over the public address system that Brickhouse had withdrawn his membership, and he then drove the car into the lead and into the record books, winning his first race with congratulations from Bill France himself in Victory Lane. France did what the folks at Indy during the Formula One '05 fiasco could not - put on a show despite concerns over tires and safety. Had circumstances been different, perhaps this could've been a defining moment in a different path for the sport. But what it did was establish Bill France's supremacy at the head of the pack and nip any drivers' association in the bud, much like they did with Curtis Turner's Teamsters Union. 5. Andrew posted: 03.09.2006 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Billy Hagan would finish 10th, his best and only top 10. He also was the car owner when Terry Labonte won his first race in the 1980 Southern 500 at Darlington. 6. Andrew posted: 03.09.2006 - 10:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) oops, I meant 8th 7. GK posted: 06.19.2006 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The pole for this race was won by Charlie Glotzbach, driving the Chrysler Engineering #88 1969 Charger Daytona at a world record speed of 199.998 mph. Of course, Charlie did not run the race, due to the boycott. See www.aerowarriors.com for more info. 8. Darrell posted: 08.19.2006 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm not sure what it is about this track that gives many driver their first, and only, career win. 9. Matt posted: 12.16.2006 - 8:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best finish for Jim Vandiver. 10. nascarman posted: 05.08.2007 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weird video clip about Talladega. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9pH8i27jls&mode=related&search= 11. jackie posted: 07.08.2007 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some of the cars were Camaro & Mustangs from the Grand Amaerican circuit 12. SK posted: 11.24.2007 - 1:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting that this race saw the debuts of two future championship-winning owners (Billy Hagan and Richard Childress) driving their own equipment. 13. Carl Sharp posted: 01.18.2008 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know if a Talladega actually ran at this innaugaral event? There were only 4 69 Fords in this event, but I understand that part of them were Mustangs. In 1969 a Daytona won at Talladega and a Talladega won at Daytona (twice). However I am curious as to what types of cars actually ran at Talladega during that first race. 14. RaceFanX posted: 02.08.2008 - 5:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm pretty sure the #4 would be be a Talladega unless there is a difference between a Talladega and a regular Torino race car. With regular driver John Sears away with the protesters, Jim Hurtubise makes his only start of the 1969 season driving L.G. DeWitt's #4 Torino but can only manage 25th after a blown engine. Don Schissler makes his final NASCAR Cup start but ends up doing a start and park. It was the only appearence of the 1969 season for his legendary car owner Bud Moore. 15. Patrick posted: 08.15.2008 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) well known car owner Richard Childress's debut as an owner/driver. 16. RaceFanX posted: 11.25.2008 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was Tiny Lund's only race of the 1969 season 17. RaceFanX posted: 11.25.2008 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only top-10 for Jimmy Vaughn Probably Jim Vandiver's best race 18. MARK.GILES posted: 12.12.2008 - 12:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) IF ANYONE HAS PICTURES OR VIDEO OF THIS RACE PLEASE EMAIL ME AS I HAVE THE IMCA DODGE DART #98 DRIVEN BY LARRY BOCK BOTH SAT AND SUNDAY 19. wlouie posted: 08.20.2009 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What was the Official Pace Car which was use at the 1969 first Talladega 500 race? I've been told there was three Ford Talladega's in the race and a special Convertible Talladega made but the engine was removed to replace one of the qualify blown talladega engine and a regular White Torino convertible replace the Convertible Talladega. Is this True???? 20. Sébastien posted: 09.14.2009 - 11:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lund #53 sponsor was Pepsi. 21. jeff ferguson posted: 09.22.2009 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) my friend larry bock started 31st and finished 21st hes doing good we are going to homestead in nov 22. jeff ferguson posted: 09.22.2009 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) i see larry bock 7 days a week and can ask any ? call me 239 200 2843 23. bduddy posted: 10.28.2009 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Firestone pulled out of this race, as their tires could not take the track, and never came back. 24. DieselDan posted: 10.30.2009 - 12:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to Dave Despian, Ray Fox still disputes the official results of this race. Fox claims his driver, Jim Vandiver, won by one lap. 25. WillG_46 posted: 10.08.2010 - 2:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This event ultimately led to the formation of Richard Childress Racing. You have to wonder, if tires weren't an issue and the drivers didn't protest, would Richard Childress have made the money to build his first race shop? Would Dale Earnhardt have won as many races and championships? 26. awesomegordonfan posted: 10.25.2010 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "Don Schissler makes his final NASCAR Cup start but ends up doing a start and park." There were start & parks back then? The top 3, before this, had never had a top-3 finish; Stott and Vandiver had their first top 5s. Funny how they were the only cars on the lead lap... Why didn't anyone replace Petty ion the 43? A pretty brutal race, again, only 3 cars on the lead lap. No major championship contendors raced, which is one reason why. A race dominated by Vandiver overall, although there were still many lead changes. Even Don Tarr led laps. (Possibly) David Starr's father, Stan, raced in his only career start. 27. Jimmy Wood posted: 03.02.2011 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I still have the cover for the race program I got at the track the day of the race. We all had a great time watching the odd cars. woodjd@roadrunner.com 28. Pacer posted: 11.30.2011 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) In retrospect this race may have been Big Bill's best move. By crushing the driver's union before it took root he saved NASCAR a lot of hassles that could have occurred later. NASCAR has never had a lockout like the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL all have (heck, each of those leagues have had serious ones in the last 20 years) in the years since. "There were start & parks back then?" Start and parks are by no means a 'new' thing, there were plenty back then for the same reason as there are today- easy money (although not as much of it) and making the race appear to have more entries than it actually did. Of course it is possible that was a legitimate engine failure, they weren't used to the speeds, so calling it a S&P might be a bit of an assumption. 29. Scott B posted: 01.16.2013 - 6:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #13: Does anyone know if a Talladega actually ran at this innaugaral event? There were only 4 69 Fords in this event, but I understand that part of them were Mustangs. Carl, I know for certain that the car driven by Tiny Lund and fielded by Bill France himself was not a Talladega, but a conventional short-nosed Torino body. Al Straub normally ran Grand American races in a Mustang, and I believe the same would be true of J.W. King. That would leave the Jim Hurtubise driven, L.G. DeWitt owned entry, which was the regular ride of John Sears for most of that season. I suspect that entry was a Talladega, but don't have definitive proof. So... best guess, one Talladega at the inaugural Talladega 500. 30. Jim posted: 08.29.2013 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best career cup finish for Billy Hagan as a driver 31. rob posted: 10.03.2013 - 12:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jim Vaughn was the top finishing pony car. He would go on to win an ARCA race at this track in 1982. 32. numbah10hatah posted: 12.27.2013 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would assume that since every other race that the #90 raced in 1969 was owned by Junie Donlavey that the #90 in this race would also be owned by Donlavey. 33. simonracer posted: 09.20.2014 - 8:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here, from a copy of the race program, is the enormous list of drivers who withdrew for this event or did not qualify: #3 Bobby Johns (replaced by Jim Vandiver) #4 John Sears (replaced by Jim Hurtubise) #6 Buddy Baker (Cotton Owens 1969 Dodge) #04 Ken Meisenhelder (Janet Meisenhelder 1967 Oldsmobile) #08 E.J. Trivette (E.C. Reid 1969 Chevrolet) #8 Ed Negre (G.C. Spencer 1967 Plymouth) #09 Wayne Gillette (E.C. Reid 1968 Chevrolet) #10 Bill Champion (self-owned 1968 Ford) #15 Dr. Ed Hessert (Trans-Air Freight 1969 Plymouth) #17 David Pearson (Holman-Moody 1969 Ford) #19 Henley Gray (self-owned 1968 Ford) #21 Cale Yarborough (Wood Brothers 1969 Mercury) #22 Bobby Allison (Mario Rossi 1969 Dodge) #23 Paul Dean Holt (Howard Cook 1969 Mercury) #25 Jabe Thomas (Don Robertson 1968 Plymouth) #30 Dave Marcis (Milt Lynda 1969 Dodge) #33 Wayne Smith (self-owned 1968 Chevrolet) #34 Wendell Scott (Franklin Scott 1967 Ford) #43 Richard Petty (Petty Enterprises 1969 Ford) #44 Bob Ashbrook (Giachetti Brothers 1967 Chevrolet) #45 Bill Seifert (self-owned 1969 Ford) #47 Cecil Gordon (Seifert 1968 Ford) #48 James Hylton (self-owned 1969 Dodge) #53 Paul H. Connors (Carl Miller 1969 Dodge) #57 Bobby Mausgrover (Ervin Pruitt 1967 Dodge) #61 Hoss Ellington (L.C. Ellington 1967 Mercury) #64 Elmo Langley (self-owned 1968 Ford) #70 J.D. McDuffie (N.V. Keith 1967 Buick) #76 Ben Arnold (Red Culpepper 1968 Ford) #88 Charlie Glotzbach (Nichels Engineering 1969 Dodge) #98 Lee Roy Yarbrough (Junior Johnson 1969 Ford) #99 Paul Goldsmith (replaced by Richard Brickhouse) #118 ? (F.R. Burruss 1968 Chevrolet) #? Jack Janos - Fort Lauderdale, Florida (self-owned 1969 Ford) And to top it all off, here are some possible entries for this race that are not confirmed to have actually entered: #2 Andy Hampton (self-owned 1969 Dodge) #14 Richard Brickhouse (1967 Plymouth) - replaced by Stott? #15 Paul Wensink (1968 Ford) #18 Benny Parsons (1969 Ford) #27 Donnie Allison (Banjo Matthews 1969 Ford) #29 Ramo Stott (self-owned 1969 Plymouth) #31 Buddy Young (1968 Chevrolet) #36 H.B. Bailey (self-owned 1969 Pontiac) #37 Dr. Don Tarr (self-owned 1968 Dodge) #39 Friday Hassler (self-owned 1969 Chevrolet) #49 G.C. Spencer (self-owned 1967 Plymouth) #67 Buddy Arrington (self-owned 1969 Dodge) #82 Roy Mayne (1969 Chevrolet) 34. Paul posted: 09.20.2014 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Following up simonracer's post, a link to the official entry list: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/10689901_10204501090633075_8914873795652332214_n.jpg?oh=0557eb0cec8a6925191e2627c7db90d6&oe=54908FC6&__gda__=1418903165_368c8ee549849dde54a7eed8e4920ce0 35. Graham Clayton posted: 06.21.2015 - 6:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Les Snow makes his final NSACAR start 18 years after his penultimate NASCAR race. 36. gearhead15 posted: 09.12.2015 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Technically, Don Schissler and Doug Easton weren't "Start and Park" drivers because their cars never actually fired up. Both cars broke in the GA race on Saturday and they had other cars push them around for the pace laps and to take the green flag. Their pushers dropped them off at the end of the back stretch and both cars coasted around to pit road where they retired. I think Bill France would have let a rental car start the race that day if it had a cage hastily installed, he was determined to have a field of cars. 37. Alex posted: 09.22.2015 - 9:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) For all intents and purposes, Bill France should be listed as a withdrawn entry in the #53 Pepsi '69 Ford that Bill owned. 38. Scott B posted: 09.22.2015 - 11:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Officially, that goes in the books as a driver change, since Tiny Lund replaced France and made the start. 39. Alex posted: 09.22.2015 - 1:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Then Kyle Busch should not be on the Daytona 500 as a withdrawn entry, but he is. 40. Brooks posted: 10.12.2015 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder why Red Farmer didn't hop on this one? 41. Scott B posted: 02.17.2016 - 12:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red may have sat it out in support of Bobby Allison's decision to boycott. Otherwise, yes, it would have been a good opportunity for him. 42. RaceFanX posted: 05.16.2016 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill France gave all 62,000 fans attending this race free admission to make up for the fact that so many of the star drivers they likely came to see pulled out. Fans were thanked for attending and, as an added bonus, promised they could back and redeem their tickets for free admission for a future race at either Daytona or Talladega so they would still see the big names they wanted. 43. David posted: 08.19.2016 - 1:09 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) In a hilarious bit of irony, the 1969 Daytona 500 was won by a Ford Torino Talladega, while the inaugural Talladega race was won by a Dodge Daytona. You can't make this stuff up. 44. Joe Machao posted: 04.28.2017 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Neil Castles car ran, but Neil did not drive it. I need to call him and see how he is doing lately. 45. Joe Machado posted: 04.28.2017 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Les Snow drove Neil Castles 69 Dodge. May have been a Coronet. 46. Rob posted: 05.03.2017 - 10:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting that all the pony cars are listed as the make (Chevrolet, Ford etc.) instead of the model ( Camaro, Mustang etc.). In the 1971 events where pony cars ran, the results are listed with the pony car model names. 47. Scott B posted: 05.03.2017 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if that was a deliberate attempt by NASCAR PR to downplay the fact that many of the entries were not really Grand National (Cup) teams due to the boycott, compared to 1971 when the combined fields were a planned part of the schedule. 48. Scott B posted: 05.03.2017 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On the other hand, though, there are lots of examples of race reports only including the car make and not the model. For example, in the late 60's when factory teams downsized to intermediate cars like the Ford Fairlane/Torino, a few independents still ran the full-sized Galaxie. In the '70's, Chevy teams made widespread use of both the Chevelle and Monte Carlo variations, and summaries rarely differentiate the two. If you can find still photos or film clips from this era, it's sometimes surprising what body styles are represented. The races that were combined fields with the West series were especially diverse since the ratio of indies to factory teams is higher. 49. KW posted: 08.03.2017 - 2:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Grand American cars had run the 'Bama 400 the day before this race. I'm not sure if 400 miles was the longest G/A race but it has to be close. Ken Rush the eventual 1969 GA Champion won in a 1968 Camaro, Wayne Andrews was 2nd, Bob Tullius, Wilbur Pickett, and G.B. Gwyn made up the rest of the top 5. Richard Childress was 17th, Buck Baker 21st, Billy Hagan 22nd, Tiny Lund 23rd, Jim Paschal 24th, Pete Hamilton 28th and Red Farmer was 29th. 50. MarkM posted: 01.24.2018 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) This race was the biggest joke NASCAR ever put on. Firestone did indeed pull out & Goodyear was going to, but Bill France, (one of the biggest A-holes in the sport), conned Goodyear into staying & shipping down a totally different & untested compound to race on, with zero laps of practice, on Sunday. Neither Goodyear or Firestone had a tire compound that would hold up more than 5-10 laps at speed without blistering &/or shredding badly. Couple that with qualifying speeds that ranged from 199+ MPH all the way down to 145 MPH, a 50+ MPH difference, & there was a chance for potentially fatal disaster. Then add in before Firestone pulled out, between Wednesday when the track openbed for qualifying & Friday night, both tire companies brought down 3 different tire compounds each, none of which worked, & Goodyear brought a 4th untested one down Saturday night. In 1968 two racing journalists visited the track, which was far behind schedule then & discussed the situation. Both agreed that the track wasn't anywhere close to ready, wouldn't be ready in time, & the best thing Bill could do was keep working on it & run the 1st race there in 1970, not 1969. With the race scheduled for 9/14, by mid-June 1969 the track had yet to be paved. So the paving job was rushed, the prep under the pavement wasn't done well, & between that & the scorching Alabama summer sun the asphalt didn't cure properly & the track wound up very rough. The time squeeze also kept Goodyear & Firestone from having adequate time to do testing & work out suitable compounds. Want to know the real reasons the drivers boycotted? 1-The tires blistering & Firestone pulling out. 2-Goodyear's bringing in an untried, untested compound to run without an practice on the day of the race. 3-The fact that Goodyear would not mount any tires on any car that qualified over 185 MPH. 4-The fact that Bill France told them to run a controlled, staged race, & not actually race as was natural & that he was so stubbornly determined to run the race, no mater the risks that it was obvious he didn't care about the drivers safety. A lot of people bitch about how incompetent Brian France is; well among those of us who know the real deal, neither his dad nor Big Bill were much more competent or honest in how they did things. The apples don't fall far from the tree. 51. 23andJoe posted: 01.25.2018 - 7:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A citation is needed on that salt. 52. Dan posted: 01.25.2018 - 8:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #50 - Hmm...and yet there wasn't a single spin, crash or tire failure in this entire race. Seems like all of the "big dogs" bitching was pointless. 53. Anthony posted: 01.25.2018 - 8:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That sounds like the 2008 Allstate 400, just without the television cameras 54. MarkM posted: 01.25.2018 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @52, read #4 again, the race that was ran was totally staged. Cautions were thrown at regular intervals, & the drivers were advised to keep speeds down. I did make one error in my post, with that last batch of tires delivered on Sunday, Goodyear said they wouldn't mount any on cars that went over 190 mph, not 185. They made it a point to keep speeds in the 180-185 range during the race. Bobby Issac was the only driver that tried to run faster & he kept blistering tires. From 1966 on speeds rose faster than the tire technology could keep up with. culminating in the Talladega debacle. The tire problems, coupled with the fact that the track was extremely rough, (they got in no testing time until July 24th, as they waited on the asphalt to cure), caused the problem. Both Goodyear & Firestone admitted they hadn't been able to come up with a compound that was safe in the limited amount of testing time they had, & before the 1st race at Talladega in 1970, the track was quietly smoothed out & repaved. Odd that with no spins or crashes, that they needed 7 cautions for 38 laps.... Again a staged race. All the facts that buttress everything I posted are easily found. 55. Anthony posted: 01.25.2018 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its fitting that the first Talladega race turned into a farce, rather keeping with the way that its become now. 56. Alex posted: 01.26.2018 - 8:31 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Add in the possibility that Brickhouse was really on the tail end of the lead lap... And the debacle between Bill France and Fonty Flock... Crazy stuff that day in 1969! 57. Dan posted: 01.26.2018 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But it was completely "staged" that Brickhouse was on the tail end of the lead lap, probably to add a little more controversy to the weekend, right MarkM? 58. MarkM posted: 01.26.2018 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @57: That I don't know for sure since i wasn't there, (I had attended the World 600 at Charlotte in May, the Firecracker 400 on July 4th & the Southern 500 ran two weeks prior, as well as the Hickory race the weekend before, & would go to the Wilkes 400, the National 500, & the American 500 after talladega), but Ray Fox went to his grave convinced that Jim Vandiver, (who drove his car in the race & finished second), was the actual winner, & when Brickhouse passed him he was just getting back on the lead lap. A lot of people at the race, as well as many journalists covering it thought the same. It could have been something as simple as a scoring snafu, & it could have been that as he was driving one of the two actual factory backed cars in the race, (along with both being the newly debuted Dodge Daytona & that Ray had turned in his factory deal earlier in the season, Vandiver was driving a Charger 500, not a Daytona), & the other was too far back to be awarded the win that some sleight of hand took place. It wouldn't be the first time NASCAR has manipulated things to suit them. However, as I tend to prefer dealing in facts & proof, not speculation, I can't & won't say for sure. The bottom line is this: Bill France was determined he was going to run that race, no matter the possible & potential cost. He got lucky in that the race was incident free, but that wa in part because he had the drivers run a staged race, which was reported & commented on by racing journalists at the time. I recall reading where one of them stated "There's no way they could have sold something like this in Charlotte. The fans there would have caught on." You can draw your own conclusions, but the evidence points to Bill France's stubbornness & intransigence in running the race. Perhaps the fact he owned & ran NASCAR & owned the track as well had something to do with it? 59. _Pale_Writer_ posted: 02.06.2018 - 5:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Nos. 17 and 88 are listed as driver changes. That is incorrect. David Pearson's No. 17 GN car was withdrawn and there was no driver change. The No. 17 that raced that day was the No. 17 Mustang that Ernie Shaw regularly drove in the Grand Touring/Grand American series. The No. 88 Dodge GN car was also withdrawn with no substitute driver. The No. 88 that competed on race day was the Camaro that T.C. Hunt usually ran--with that number---in the GT/GA series. 60. Anonymous posted: 04.28.2018 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Frank Warren was in one of the Chrysler prepared teams but went out because he had to go with the Petty's. 61. 1995z71 posted: 12.25.2018 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I talked to Paul Wensink's son today. According to him, his father attempted to qualify for this race. His dad was contacted by NASCAR to attempt this race because of the boycott. 62. Sandy posted: 03.23.2019 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First of 102 DNQ's for Dave Marcis 63. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.23.2019 - 12:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner if the 15 Ed Hessert car was Ed Hessert. 64. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.23.2019 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @62 I don't think Dave Marcus dnqed I think he participated in the drivers boycott 65. Sandy posted: 03.23.2019 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only Cup Attempt for Jack Janos But Was Unsuccessful 66. A posted: 06.24.2019 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 13 cars withdrew for "engine" issues 67. Eric posted: 06.24.2019 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What were the seven cautions for? 68. Danish_Pie posted: 06.24.2019 - 4:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The seven cautions could basically be akin to ?competition cautions', with the tire issues plaguing the weekend, they threw them throughout the race. 69. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2019 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update: #43 Richard Petty - East Tenn. Motors / 7-Up 70. MSportRev posted: 11.15.2019 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdraw update: Donnie Allison #27 Owner: Banjo Matthews, Manufacturer: Dodge J.C. Spradley #0 Owner: E.C. Reid, Manufacturer: Chevrolet Frank Warren #96 Owner: Frank Warren, Manufacturer: Ford Source: Ultimate Racing History 71. rm posted: 12.06.2019 - 7:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sponsors: 3 - Moss-Thornton 14 - Mendenhall Dodge 17 - Torino Talladega/East Tenn. Motor Co. (WD) 30 - Huntsville Dodge (DNQ) 37 - Biscayne Dodge Sheraton Beach 99 - Crown Dodge Curiously, the 99 had Charlie Glotzbach's name on the door at first but it was taped over by racetime. The 14 of Ramo Stott ran with Richard Brickhouse's name still on the door, even though Brickhouse had jumped in the 99 and would win the race. 72. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jim Vandiver won the Arca Vulcan 500 at Talladega just a month after this race, driving the #3 for ray fox. 73. Eric posted: 03.30.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How about Les Snow, his last cup race before this was in 1951! 74. MSportRev posted: 04.28.2020 - 1:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ/WD updates: Bill Seifert, Cecil Gordon, Cale Yarborough, and LeeRoy Yarborough (listed as DNQs) were WDs 75. JimmyS posted: 05.23.2020 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In response to questions earlier in the thread: The #4 Ford driven by Jim Hurtubise was a Torino Talladega with the Aero Nose. It is the same #4 Ford owned by L.G Dewitt, normally driven by John Sears in other races that same season, but Sears participated in the boycott at this race. Sponsors: #3 - Moss-Thornton #99 - Crown Dodge, Gadsen Alabama. Source: Still photos from Dave Despain video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-krDQc1_qE 76. RaceFanX posted: 05.23.2020 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #13 Richard Childress- Camaro Richard Childress' NASCAR Grand National debut came at the wheel of a green Chevrolet Camaro with branding down the side promoting the pony car model. In October 2019 his grandson Ty Dillon, who drove a #13 Camaro in the Cup series after that became Chevrolet's model of choice for the series, would run a throwback paint sceheme at Talladega replicating that car 50 years after this race. 77. thog posted: 01.12.2021 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to #61, Paul Wensink was a DNQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: