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  1.   SK posted:
  12.20.2007 - 4:28 am
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Dale Earnhardt matches his career-best finish of fourth, one week before
notching his very first Winston Cup victory.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.09.2008 - 7:51 pm
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262nd and final NASCAR race for verteran driver Earl Brooks. Along the
way Earl scored three top 5s and 37 top 10s


  3.   18fan posted:
  04.08.2010 - 2:48 am
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Next non GM car after Allison was Ricky Rudd in 14th.


  4.   fannie davis posted:
  03.23.2011 - 1:43 am
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wow i am very surprised to see Richard Petty in a chevy never knew he
ran one in a race!


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.05.2012 - 11:25 pm
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The suspension on Bobby Allison's #15 Ford collapsed as he crossed the
finish line on the final lap of this race. It was a lucky time to break,
it led to a smokey victory lap as the car threw sparks but by that time
he had already won and was headed to victory lane.


  6.   Luke posted:
  05.28.2019 - 9:59 am
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"wow i am very surprised to see Richard Petty in a chevy never knew he
ran one in a race!"

Petty Enterprises fielded mostly Chevys and Buicks from 1979-1981,
before switching to Pontiacs.


  7.   Canadianfan posted:
  03.25.2020 - 1:11 am
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Per Cars of the King this is the first race for Richard Petty in the
?Caprice?. I say ?Caprice? because it was actually an Impala. The two
cars are virtually identical except for a few cosmetic things. The 1977
and 1978 Chevrolet Impala's had the front turn signal combined with the
headlamp cluster. The Caprice on the other hand had it's turn signal in
the front bumper. On the #43 in 1979 and 1980 you can clearly see this.
In fact the King had the front turn signal on some tracks blocked off on
one side and used as an air intake for the brakes on the other.

However sometimes teams really did use the Caprice including Buddy
Baker, DW, and Benny Parsons.


  8.   rateus posted:
  02.13.2021 - 1:22 pm
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Elmo Langley qualified for Tommy Gale.


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