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  1.   mcmurrayfan posted:
  06.20.2006 - 11:50 pm
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Richard Petty scored his 300th career top 5.


  2.   SK posted:
  12.10.2007 - 1:00 am
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Dave Marcis' first career pole.


  3.   rob posted:
  04.01.2014 - 10:03 am
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Amazing. The last three starters finished in three of the top four places.


  4.   rob posted:
  04.01.2014 - 10:03 am
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Amazing. The last three starters finished in three of the top four places.


  5.   Mini driver posted:
  06.28.2017 - 8:12 pm
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According to news reports, Richard Petty, James Hylton and Benny Parsons
were sent to the rear of the field before the race because their engines
were ruled to be set back an inch too far on the chassis. Reports also
stated that Petty accepted the back-of-the-pack penalty and raced with a
restrictor plate that cost him an estimated 50 horsepower.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.31.2018 - 9:01 am
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J.D. McDuffie ran one of his old Buick Skylarks in this race, marking
both the brand's only appearance in a Cup race all season and the last
time former Buick stalwart McDuffie drove one of their cars during the
1970s. McDuffie drove several kinds of car in 1971 but usually drove
Mercurys.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.18.2020 - 11:57 am
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Sponsor:
#43 Richard Petty- Plymouth by Petty

Even if its the King at the wheel of his famous #43 it's still weird to
see a car start straight up shotgun on the field and still win by a full
two laps. over everyone else.


  8.   Tarheel posted:
  07.18.2020 - 2:07 pm
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Tenth place was 37 laps down, which was not at all uncommon at the time.
I'll admit that I sometimes bitch about the quality of competition
today, but it's still more competitive now than it was then.


  9.   JSPorts posted:
  07.18.2020 - 3:05 pm
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I wonder what the record is for most laps down by a top 10 finisher.
This has got to be it, or at least close.


  10.   possum posted:
  07.18.2020 - 3:35 pm
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@7 - and at a track he hated, no less.

@9 - well, in the 65 Southern 500 Wendell Scott finished 10th, 44 laps
behind Ned Jarrett. I would not be surprised if that's not the record.


  11.   Mile501 posted:
  07.18.2020 - 3:58 pm
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I'm not sure what the record is, but I did a quick search of the 1964
season (because it had the highest number of races) and came across these 2:

10th place -182 laps (DNF)
https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1964-57/W

10th place -86 laps
https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1964-54/W


  12.   Alex posted:
  07.18.2020 - 4:34 pm
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The 1967 Western North Carolina 500 had cars over 200 laps down in the
top 10.


  13.   possum posted:
  07.20.2020 - 6:29 pm
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@12 - 10th place was a mere 276 laps down in that one. However, that may
just possibly have been due to the fact that only 6 cars (of 30)
finished the race.

Seems like we need two prizes for this one. One for furthest back 10th
place finisher, and one for furthest back running 10th place finisher.


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