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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.23.2008 - 12:16 am
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Last of 137 wins for Richard Petty in a Plymouth


  2.   JoeyTheHDK posted:
  05.26.2009 - 9:47 am
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One of the wildest finishes in NASCAR history, with Petty and Allison
pretty much beating the crap out of each other trying to win.
Essentially, both cars were destroyed as the race came to an end
(Allison's was smoking, notably). It was the peak of their rivalry.

In victory lane, a fan tried to attack Petty, who was defended by his
helmet-wielding brother Maurice.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.07.2011 - 6:49 pm
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John Sears gets a one-off for Hoss Ellington and uses the rare ride in
quality equipment to score his final top-5 /top-10 finish.


  4.   rateus posted:
  11.05.2014 - 8:07 pm
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From the qualifying results, Sears stepped in for Fred Lorenzen after
qualifying - anyone know why?
Ed Negre (from Don Tarr) and Henley Gray (from James Cox) also stepped
into other rides after missing the field in their own entries.


  5.   Anonymoose posted:
  01.01.2016 - 5:08 pm
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Points after race 28:

1) Richard Petty 7691.9
2) Bobby Allison 7534
3) James Hylton 7229.2

Drivers outside the top 3 are mathematically eliminated.
Points available: 1046.5

4) Cecil Gordon 6421.3
5) Benny Parsons 6343.15
6) Elmo Langley 5964
7) Walter Ballard 5899.95
8) Dean Dalton 5455.8
9) John Sears 5387.5
10) Jabe Thomas 5290.05
11) Ben Arnold 5264.5
12) Bill Champion 5221.45
13) Frank Warren 5154.85
14) Raymond Williams 4844.15
15) Charlie Roberts 4814.45
16) Bobby Isaac 4777.35
17) Henley Gray 4657.65
18) Dave Marcis 4582.9
19) J.D. McDuffie 4518.35
20) Ed Negre 4112.4


  6.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  07.07.2016 - 9:20 am
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Caution 1: Lap 363-374: #48,90 accident turn 1


  7.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  11.01.2016 - 6:33 am
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As for Fred Lorenzen, his marriage was scheduled for Saturday in Chicago
and he failed to show up at the track next day. I wonder whether he
really had any intentions to race on Sunday.

A fan who attacked Petty in Victory Lane was not the only troublemaker.
People began to throw beer cans onto the race track after the finish and
several others jumped the fence but were neutralized by police.

Also, there was a controversial moment when the last caution waved.
Cecil Gordon was penalized a lap for passing the pace car. Gordon's crew
and Maurice Petty immediately addressed NASCAR officials, because Gordon
was following Allison at the moment and then Bobby too passed the pace
car and got away with it. It's absolutely unclear who was at fault there
since no video is available but tempers flared for a moment.

Quote of the race, by Richard Petty: "If I had films of what happened I
could sue him (Allison). For what? Assault, intent to kill or something
like that."


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.20.2019 - 10:36 am
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Max Berrier makes his first Winston Cup start in 13 years, and his last
overall, as the reigning Bowman Gray Stadium modified track champion
gets a one-off outing in Junie Donlavey's famous #90 Ford. Berrier won a
Grand National East race at Bowman Gray doing a one-off for Donlavey
about a month and a half earlier so its not surprising Junie gave the
short track veteran a call up to play with the big boys. Berrier
qualified well but a blown engine in the race itself doomed his hopes of
a good finish in his first Cup appearance at North Wilkesboro since 1957.

This wasn't the end of the association between Donlavey and the Barrier
family. Max's son Ed Berrier would follow in his dad's footsteps and
later race Donlavey's famous #90 Ford more than two decades later,
making over a dozen appearances behind the wheel in 1999 and 2000.


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.02.2021 - 2:13 pm
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Richard Petty swept both North Wilkesboro races in 1972 with Bobby
Allison having to settle for second both times. Petty would win here
again in early 1973 before Allison finally exacted his revenge by
breaking his streak with a win in the next running of this race later in
the year.


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