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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.31.2007 - 9:16 pm
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Last of 4 career victories for Pete Hamiliton, this was the only one
that didn't come during his tenure at Petty Enterprises.

Also the last win for Cotton Owens and the #6 team.


  2.   Clayton posted:
  06.17.2008 - 9:07 pm
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Until this day, Pete Hamilton is the last driver besides Mark Martin to
win in car number 6. David Ragan should break that real soon!


  3.   jr88fan posted:
  08.28.2008 - 9:51 am
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Marv Acton's first race.


  4.   hyltonfan08 posted:
  01.23.2009 - 6:47 pm
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Cale Yarborough's sponsor was Woolco.


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  04.23.2010 - 11:54 pm
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German Fritz "Udo" Schultz makes his only start. Schultz drove for
Porsche in several runnings of the Le Mans 24 Hour races, though he
nearly got killed in a huge crash during the 1968 race.


  6.   Eric posted:
  06.01.2010 - 1:39 pm
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Did Ron Keselowski flip in this race? I have old footage that someone
identified as him in this race.


  7.   Rob posted:
  03.08.2017 - 8:06 am
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ABC used to show these races on tape delay. I wish someone would put
this race on YouTube. With no cautions and that many guys sharing the
lead, it had to be a doozy.


  8.   Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted:
  07.15.2017 - 10:01 pm
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  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.31.2018 - 1:08 pm
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British Formula 1 racer Vic Elford enters the Daytona 500 again at the
wheel of Tiger Tom Pistone's new #59 Ford but doesn't finish high enough
to make the race. He'd be back with a Mopar, and better luck, in 1972.


  10.   nascarvd/racing-reference.info posted:
  04.12.2020 - 4:41 am
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Note: On the final lap, Ron Keselowski got in trouble and did a quick
flip between turns 3 and 4 with the car landing on its wheels, and Dick
May took the inflield grass and spun out. The safety man in the entrance
to turn 3 tower saw the flip and began waving (unofficially) the yellow
flag. Foyt (1st) and Petty (2nd) slowed, but Hamilton kept his foot in
it and beat Foyt to checker by 3 feet !


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