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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.18.2008 - 10:48 pm
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Bobby Issac finished 30th in this race driving Ed Gibson's #3 Chevy.
This was the last time to date a #3 car was fielded in the Cup series by
an owner other than Richard Childress


  2.   Anonymous posted:
  02.08.2010 - 9:40 am
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My name is chuck perkins, my dad worked crash crew. I beleive he started
in the late 60's to early mid seveties. I lost my dad in the late
seventies and I do not have any photos of him at all at the track. Could
any body help. My email is jrwingit@ yahoo.com THANKS


  3.   nascarman posted:
  08.27.2017 - 1:43 pm
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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk the day after this race in Lake Superior.
29 sailors died in the wreck which was commemorated by the Gordon
Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" released the
following year.


  4.   Bob Sawicki posted:
  03.27.2018 - 12:35 pm
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Car#4 Driver:Salt Walther Sponsor/Owner: Dayton-Walther/Walmotors Missed
the race DNQ to slow..


  5.   nascarman posted:
  08.10.2018 - 1:53 pm
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DNQ:
9 / Bill Elliott / Dahlonega Ford Sales / George Elliott / '72 Ford

The car Elliott attempted to qualify was a 1972 Torino that Richie Panch
drove several years earlier. Bill's father bought it from Bobby Allison.
From Bill's autobiography:
"Then we took that old Panch Torino and we went to Atlanta and tried to
make the race there. With me behind the wheel, the Torino hit only 147
mph, and we failed to qualify in our own backyard. Then we had to change
the body because it was a '72 model."


  6.   @Statscrash posted:
  08.17.2018 - 3:57 pm
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Was Bill's first attempt at Cup would make his first start in '76


  7.   Bloop posted:
  07.11.2020 - 1:30 pm
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2 cautions for 40 laps? Did it rain?


  8.   Mile501 posted:
  07.11.2020 - 3:53 pm
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@7 - A look at the historical weather observations from the airport in
Atlanta shows that this date was cloudy but rain-free. Could it have
rained at the track but not the airport? Possibly, but I'm not sure how
to find out. Hopefully someone out there knows for sure.


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.23.2020 - 2:17 pm
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Bruce Hill and his #47 team were sponsored by this race for several
races earlier in the 1975 season. When it finally rolled around Hill
finished 13th in the event he helped advertise.


  10.   rateus posted:
  02.19.2021 - 10:46 am
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Dick May qualified for Elmo Langley.

The two alternates for this race were Mel Larson and Jim Hurtubise so
they can be added to the non-qualifiers.


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