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  1.   bartman posted:
  02.17.2007 - 2:40 pm
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According to Greg Fielden's book, there were 7 cautions for 66 laps in
this race.

Also, he gives the attendance as 20,000, and the margin of victory was 3
car lengths.


  2.   Destiny posted:
  04.12.2007 - 1:27 pm
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This is Terry Bivins' first and only top 5 is 5th. That's a good best
finish for him.


  3.   dtroppens posted:
  07.13.2008 - 5:33 pm
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A late caution made it a one-lap race. Marcis took the low groove and
beat out Petty by about three lengths.

Lennie Pond looked to have a chance to get his first win until hooking
fenders with Ed Negre. Apparently Negre was able to continue but Pond
wasn't.


  4.   the Great Dave posted:
  09.03.2012 - 10:57 am
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This was the Race Cale Yarborough crashed into a fire truck.


  5.   b4il3y posted:
  07.11.2013 - 3:46 am
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thank ed...


  6.   mkl62 posted:
  01.13.2015 - 7:22 pm
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A lot of entries without sponsors in this race.


  7.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  02.19.2018 - 2:45 pm
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The race was moved from the original date because of the rain, and it
created a huge problem for Roger Penske's team after their primary car
was destroyed in the wreck in Rockingham. In Reading the decision was
made to strip the remaining AMC Matador chassis off its bodywork and
'convert' it into the Mercury. To make things even worse, on the way to
the track the hauler broke and Bobby Allison missed the practice
session, so he started from the pole (which he won two weeks before) in
a car he had no tested at all. It's a small miracle that Bobby managed
to finish 3rd given the circumstances.

Also, Richard Petty lost two cylinders during the race. How on earth he
managed to compete for the win I don't know.


  8.   AntonyBlalock posted:
  07.06.2020 - 6:10 am
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Only in the old days can someone wreck with 12 laps to go and still
finish 4th


  9.   MSportRev posted:
  09.16.2020 - 9:42 pm
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7 cautions for 66 laps

Source: Ultimate Racing History


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.03.2021 - 10:49 am
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@4, @8
Indeed. Cale Yarborough was racing hard with Dave Marcis and Richard
Petty for the lead in the closing laps when lost it in Turn 4, hit the
inside wall hard, ricocheted up to hit the outside wall, and then the
damage to the #11 Holly Farms Chevrolet left him out of control as he
slide down the track and went right through a gap in the guardrail into
the infield where he hit the fire truck head on. The impact with the
truck wasn't a big one, Cale's Chevy had lost a lot of speed but he
still hit it hard enough to move the big red truck back a bit. The truck
had only minor damage but the #11 was smashed up quite good. Yarborough
noted that after the race the fire department actually sent him a bill
for the damage to the truck although he didn't pay it (NASCAR wasn't
exactly a big bucks sport back then).


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