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  1.   Dan posted:
  03.23.2007 - 9:18 pm
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Gordon Johncock, my favorite Indy driver, finishes 4th at Daytona! Good
job Gordon.


  2.   JoeytheHDK posted:
  01.05.2011 - 7:17 am
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This race - and the 1969 and 1971 runnings of this race - was actually
called the "Medal of Honor Firecracker 400", in an effort to honor
Congressional Medal of Honor winners.

http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/features/07/01/enterprise.inside.nascar.daytona.july.race/index.html



  3.   DozierTheGreat posted:
  01.26.2014 - 1:55 pm
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Some Sponsors:
#72-MercyLife
#48-Union76 20W/50 Motor Oil


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.07.2015 - 12:17 pm
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Ontario racer Vic Parsons scores his best NASCAR finish in seventh
place. This was his seventh and final Winston Cup top-10 but his sixth
of 1973.


  5.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  01.17.2017 - 10:41 am
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Cautions (as per Southern Motorsports Journal):
L67-73 (#11 crash frontstretch)
L125-131 (#12 engine)

This was the first race with new rules regarding carburetor restrictors.
It was widely assumed that these ruled helped volume production wedge
engines, especially that used by Chevrolet. Buddy Baker and Harry Hyde
brought their usual Chrysler Hemi engine end skipped all practice
sessions and the first round of qualification grumbling and grumbling
about the disadvantage they were put at (Pettys on the other hand
decided to use wedge engines and decided not to push the issue). The
rumor was that it had been Chrysler's decision to have at least one team
using a Hemi engine just to see how it would be affected by new rules so
Hyde's reaction was just a theater.

Chevrolet indeed dominated, but after Yarborough and Allison retired
from the race it was David Pearson's show. Richard Petty, who was
following #21 Mercury for the final 20 laps, accused Wood brothers of
sandbagging, saying: "Pearson was so much faster he just played with me
until 10 laps were left to race and then he just took off like he had an
extra gear in his car".


  6.   rateus posted:
  05.30.2020 - 4:14 pm
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DNQ

#01 Earle Canavan - '72 Plymouth
#06 Neil Castles - '73 Dodge
#09 Charles Barrett - '71 Ford
#22 Jimmy Crawford - '72 Plymouth
#29 Bill Hollar - '71 Mercury
#36 HB Bailey - '73 Pontiac
#37 Bobby Johns - '72 Chevy
#38 Tony Bettenhausen Jr - '72 Chevy
#40 DK Ulrich - '71 Ford
#77 Charlie Roberts - '71 Ford
#80 Phil Finney - '72 Chevy
#85 Ronnie Daniel - '72 Chevy
#89 Johnny Barnes - '71 Mercury

Withdrew
#44 Richard D Brown - '71 Chevy (qualified P27)

The starting lineup with the official program was printed before the
final qualifying session and helpfully lists all entrants who hadn't yet
made the field (most notably Buddy Baker).


  7.   Rob posted:
  07.29.2020 - 2:10 pm
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@1. Johncock won a USAC stock car race at Texas World Speedway with this
team three months earlier.


  8.   rateus posted:
  02.20.2021 - 2:42 pm
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Full line-up shows Neil Castles did qualify, in 39th, but handed over to
Larry Smith for the race.


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