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  1.   myself posted:
  02.14.2007 - 3:15 pm
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Its plainly obvious that even though Cale won the championship in 76'
(he re-took the points lead after this race), this season was David
Pearson's personal playground!!!! Not bad for 2 Sandlappers!!!!


  2.   Walleyewhacker posted:
  07.04.2011 - 1:42 pm
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Only a grand total of six Ford and Mercury entered the race, and four of
them are in the top six finishers. The cost of running Fords might have
been more expensive than running a Chevy by the mid 1970's, otherwise
there would have been more teams running them by 1976.


  3.   83andJoe posted:
  09.15.2013 - 5:19 pm
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#10 sponsor: Sunny King (same for all races this year except Daytona 500).


  4.   Kellen posted:
  01.02.2019 - 7:39 am
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This race was broadcasted on SiriusXm NASCAR Radio this morning. During
the broadcast Ken Squire mentioned Cecil Gordon and Coo Coo Marlin where
testing Chevrolet McLaren engines in this race. I'm assuming this
engines where based off of McLarens Can-Am engines of the time, anyone
have more info?


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.02.2019 - 10:11 am
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Cale Yarborough dominated most of this race, with radio announcer Ken
Squire saying it was one of the best runs he'd ever seen Cale have, but
in the closing stages of this one it was David Pearson was out front and
cruising to a win in this one when a late caution came out for Coo Coo
Marlin's blown engine, the McLaren motor Kellen mentioned going kaboom
while he was running seventh in the closing laps. Under the yellow the
leaders all pitted with Yarborough regaining the lead only for Pearson
to blow by him on the backstretch right after the restart and take the
win. Overall it was still a good day for Yarborough as he capitalized on
a 74-point swing in the point standings to vault back into the points
lead as a result of Benny Parsons' issues.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.02.2019 - 10:12 am
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Bobby Allison was running second very late in this race when he was
black flagged for the Penske team having put tape over parts of the
grill of his Cam 2 #2 Mercury. That aerodynamic improvement was illegal
at the time but later became common place in later years. Allison still
recovered to finish third in part due to how few cars were left on the
lead lap and the late caution.


  7.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  07.03.2020 - 7:16 am
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Caution 1: Lap 33-40: #29 engine

Caution 2: Lap 171-176: #92 spun

Caution 3: Lap 193-198: #14 engine


  8.   rateus posted:
  02.15.2021 - 5:03 pm
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Bill Hollar qualified for Walter Ballard.


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