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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.31.2007 - 9:08 pm
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Last race for Cup vetern Bunkie Blackburn


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.13.2008 - 5:16 am
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First victory for Richard Petty in his famous Petty Blue #43 Plymouth
Superbird


  3.   WillG46 posted:
  02.12.2010 - 2:54 pm
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A solar eclipse temporarily halted qualifying for this race.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.30.2020 - 4:49 pm
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Sponsor: #43 Richard Petty- Plymouth by Petty


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.30.2020 - 4:56 pm
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The King's first victory in the new Superbird built to lure him back
into the Plymouth fold after a year with Ford may have seen him lap the
field three times over with his ultimate aerodynamically-enhanced
Roadrunner but it wasn't all clear sailing. This one was a "spin and
win" for Petty as the Pride of the Randleman lost it coming into the
pits and looped the Petty Blue #43 wing car around. Petty avoided
damaging the car, got back going again, and buried the competition en
route to a victory with a race-record time.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.30.2020 - 5:08 pm
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The cause of Petty's big spin was a collision with Cale Yarborough and
his Wood Brothers' #21. While Petty spun into the pits, allowing him
quick access to new tires afterward, Yarborough got the worst of it with
left front fender damaged that required his team to remove it, costing
him time. Yarborough still came to finish second in the race behind
Petty. The spin left Petty's car with its share of issues though as the
#43 lost its brakes as a result and Petty ran the last 100 miles without
them, using a tactical mix of shifting into low gear and turning off the
ignition to slow down for pit stops.

The late Dick Brooks brought his Plymouth home third to tally the first
of his career-high 15 top-5s in 1970. Polesitter Bobby Allison had
ignition problems in his year-old Dodge but brought it home fourth.
Petty's Daytona 500-winning teammate Pete Hamilton had his own issues
but still finished fifth in his Petty Blue Superbird, if albeit 17 laps
down.

The New York Times reported that during the later stages of this year a
giant fight broke out in the crowd for some reason. A five-minute
brouhaha ensued before police broke it up but not before some of the
participants ended up with bloody noses or bruised jaws.


  7.   BobsonDugnutt posted:
  08.26.2020 - 12:44 pm
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Bobby Allison did not run this race under Coca-Cola sponsorship. Like
multiple other races in the season he ran it under local dodge dealer
sponsors. I don't actually know what dealership as the photos of it are
too grainy to read. Bunkie Blackburn was sponsored by Pepsi, and drove
the same car Jim Hurtubise ran at Daytona.

Sources:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXu_IrmX0AAnj8_.jpg (this also shows the
Pepsi car of Bunkie Blackburn)
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4d/47/87/4d4787242000ed8f8b2934f2b941297a.jpg


  8.   MSportRev posted:
  01.02.2021 - 10:27 am
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Sponsor for Cecil Gordon: Casa Linda Motel

Source: https://twitter.com/basso488/status/1345339053508591617?s=21


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