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  1.   bduddy posted:
  12.31.2008 - 1:45 am
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Four races were run at this track, with it being measured at a different
distance each time...


  2.   Watched it posted:
  05.31.2010 - 6:22 pm
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I remember this race. I'd like to hear how others remember it. It was
very exciting, quite the battle between Petty & Allison. Petty beat on
Allison all night and at one point pinned Allison against the wall so
hard that both cars came to a stop. Normally, after a race, the gate
below the flagstand would be opened and fans could go meet drivers,
autographs, photos etc. But this night the gate stayed locked. In plain
view of the fans, Petty's bunch went to the pressbox, collected their
winnings and high tailed it out of there. The fans booed them something
terrible. I was never a Petty fan from that night on.


  3.   v2v1v5 posted:
  04.06.2014 - 2:58 pm
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Bobby Allison's #49 Ford Mustang is a 1969 model.Pictures on the net
verify this.Allison and Petty had a notorious rivalry back then in which
neither one of them gave an inch on the track,and each of them didn't
personally care for the other.Over the years they each said that in a
number of interviews.The untimely death of Adam Petty changed that.The
Allson's wanted to be there for the Petty's after the deaths of their
sons Clifford and Davey.Bobby said now they are friends...and
Adam,Clifford,and Davey are looking down and smiling...R.I.P.


  4.   Curious posted:
  05.29.2014 - 12:25 am
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I've always heard about a Grand National race run at this track on a
night there was a wreck outside the track. Somebody hit an electric pole
and it knocked the lights out at the track. Does anyone know about or
remember this? I'd like to know what year it was. Thanks


  5.   radkins posted:
  12.18.2015 - 6:59 pm
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To Curious - that was 1964. Please see this link: https://t.co/tYFqJngWQw
To Watched It - I was there as well. I recall the Petty/Allison duel and
became a Bobby Allison fan that afternoon. Seems as if there was a
pretty significant crash involving Neil Castles as well. Oh yeah, and
one of the fans behind me had a bit too much to drink in the summer
heat... I was 7 years old then and I'm still a NASCAR fan.


  6.   A posted:
  09.23.2019 - 9:36 pm
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Sounds like maybe driver Bill Seifert had a bit too much to drink in the
heat as well, or perhaps too little to drink?


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.21.2020 - 10:49 am
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