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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.17.2010 - 12:02 pm
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Pete Hamilton's second win in a row at Talladega, becoming the first to
sweep the two races there in the track's firsrt year with two races.

This was Hamilton's third win of the year and his last for Petty
Enterprises.


  2.   Brad posted:
  04.08.2010 - 5:49 pm
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with 50 cars in the race, did they have 50 pit stalls back then or did a
bunch of teams have to share a bunch of pit stalls?


  3.   dozierthegreat posted:
  08.21.2012 - 8:58 pm
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Wood Brothers #21 driven by Cale Yarborough was sponsored by
TelePrompTer Cable TV for this race. This was the very early days of
cable tv, but this startup grew into one of the largest cable networks
through the 70's. 60 Minute Cleaner also sponsored but Tele was huge on
side of car, 60 minute was normal back qtr panel, same as all other WB
rides for 70.


  4.   simonracer posted:
  10.25.2014 - 10:08 am
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Bill Dennis replaced Lee Gordon for the race.


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  06.27.2016 - 6:41 am
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Also some of the top Ford drivers didn't show up to this race for some
reason, like Donnie Allison, David Pearson and Lee Roy Yarbrough.


  6.   KW posted:
  10.28.2016 - 10:39 am
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The Grand American Series ran the 'Bama 200 as a support race. The
winner was relative unknown Bill Ward driving a Mercury Cougar for Tom
Pistone (possibly an ex-Bud Moore car). Jim Paschal was 2nd in a
Javelin, followed by Harry Gailey, Bob Burcham and Gene Felton. Buck
Baker was 11th, David Pearson 13th, Richard Childress 14th and Tiny Lund
16th.


  7.   Taxation is theft posted:
  03.19.2017 - 5:27 pm
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James Hylton's sponsor was Mullins Ford.


  8.   Rob posted:
  05.04.2017 - 3:31 pm
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To post #5....Pearson was in this race.


  9.   Joshua posted:
  11.15.2019 - 8:51 am
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Wendell Scott's sponsor was "Star City Body Shop"


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.04.2021 - 8:53 pm
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Fred Lorenzen was a NASCAR veteran but the race organizers still slapped
a rookie stripe on the back of his #28 Dodge for this race since he'd
never run at Talladega before. His competitors didn't get much of a
chance to see it, a blown engine since his car to the sidelines the
opening laps.


  11.   JSPorts posted:
  01.04.2021 - 9:22 pm
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This was only the 3rd race at Talladega, and they still made him use a
rookie stripe? Did all the drivers who boycotted the 1st race have to
use rookie stripes in the race earlier in 1970?


  12.   GoRC42 posted:
  01.05.2021 - 6:59 am
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@11
Tony Stewart could come back and race the Daytona Road Course and still
have to run rookie stripes. Regardless of your experience, if it's your
first start at the track, your car gets fitted with stripes.


  13.   possum posted:
  01.05.2021 - 6:51 pm
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@12 - that's not an invariable rule. NASCAR takes prior experience into
account when deciding if a yellow stripe is appropriate. In Lorenzen's
case, it was probably as much because he hadn't raced anywhere for close
to 3 years before mid-1970, as much as because he'd not run Talladega
before.


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