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  1.   Andrew Farley posted:
  08.27.2007 - 3:39 am
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Harry Gant's first top 10 finish.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.30.2008 - 11:31 am
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Jerry Hufflin's last major NASCAR race for 26 years. He'd return for a
race at Dover in 1990.


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  11.24.2015 - 1:28 pm
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Petty showed up with a 340 Chrysler small block for the first time this
race and won. The carburetor restrictions at the time really favored the
smaller engines, but Pettys had stuck with the big ones until this
point. I believe they could run a much bigger carb on engines under 366
that year and Maurice bored the 340 out to 362.


  4.   Scott B posted:
  09.07.2016 - 5:22 pm
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What's up with the first 40 laps listed as "not scored?" Did they start
under yellow for rain, perhaps?

The only other reason I could think of would be the leader of those laps
being DQ'ed, but I don't see any evidence of that.


  5.   To answer your question posted:
  09.07.2016 - 5:38 pm
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The first 40 laps weren't run/scored due to the 1974 energy crisis.
During the early part of the '74 season, races were shortened by 10
percent. Hence, the Daytona 500 was only 450 miles, so on and so forth
until the season was well under way. Then events were restored to their
normal advertised distance.


  6.   Anonymous posted:
  09.07.2016 - 5:38 pm
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Has to do with the races getting shortened that year


  7.   Scott B posted:
  09.07.2016 - 6:19 pm
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Ah yes, I do remember that. Had no idea it showed up in the stats this
way, though.

Thanks, Y'all.


  8.   Dennyfan05 posted:
  07.18.2020 - 6:55 am
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Richard Childress's younger brother Ronnie's only cup start.


  9.   A posted:
  12.21.2020 - 9:45 pm
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George Follmer, who was primarily an open wheel/road racer/sports car
guy, finishes sixth in North Wilkesboro, in the heart of old school
NASCAR country. Pretty impressive.


  10.   Rob posted:
  01.11.2021 - 9:29 am
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@2. Hufflin went 16 years between races.


  11.   rateus posted:
  02.19.2021 - 5:10 pm
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Raymond Williams qualified for Ronnie Childress.


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