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  1.   SK posted:
  11.11.2007 - 1:54 am
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Bill Seifert's final start is marked by an early exit.


  2.   SK posted:
  11.24.2007 - 4:17 am
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And Bill Elliott's 33rd start is marked by his very first lap led in
Winston Cup competition.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.07.2008 - 3:16 am
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Bill Green's second and last start is marked by dropping out early but
becoming the third driver named Bill to do something notable in this event


  4.   Bill posted:
  05.30.2008 - 4:45 pm
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Steve Pfeiffer, relief driving for Roger Hamby, lost control of his car
during caution, smashed right through the end of the pit wall and mowed
down a couple of people. Fortunately, the injuries weren't life
threatening, but it was a frightening wreck.


  5.   rob posted:
  09.24.2009 - 5:15 pm
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comment #4 by bill completes the bill.


  6.   Ryan posted:
  06.09.2010 - 12:14 pm
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Ricky Rudd started this race 2 laps down and came back to finish 8th
without any"Wave around rule or Lucky Dog"


  7.   Spen posted:
  01.29.2011 - 12:40 am
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Ronnie Thomas becomes the only driver not named Richard Petty to lead a
lap in a Don Robertson car.


  8.   rob posted:
  02.20.2011 - 9:20 am
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check out the video link to this race. hard to believe racing was once
so good at michigan.


  9.   Walleyewhacker posted:
  07.04.2011 - 3:10 pm
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rob wrote:
>check out the video link to this race. hard to believe racing was once
so good at michigan.


The 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a terrific race, and four years
later you had the close finish between DJ and Davey Allison. I'm not
sure what the reason is behind the bad races at MIS the last dozen years
or so. Maybe with the cars getting so aero efficient the draft is less
effective and the fields spread out too quickly into a green flag
segment? Add to that it's a wide track with less cautions and you tend
to get more cheap fuelie wins. Junior and Mark Martin being the latest
to get some cheap fuelie wins at MIS. The crowds are staying away from
the races at MIS in droves beyond what you would expect given the dire
Michigan economy.


  10.   CBASS posted:
  01.11.2013 - 7:23 am
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  11.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  08.14.2014 - 3:25 pm
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Caution 1: Lap 26-30: #3 spin tri-oval

Caution 2: Lap 67-73: #42 accident turn 3

Caution 3: Lap 132-139: #44 spin backstretch

Caution 4: Lap 173-178: #21,71 accident turn 4

Caution 5: Lap 185-188: #19 spin turn 4

Caution 6: Lap 198-200: #79,88 spin/accident turn 2/3


  12.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.04.2018 - 10:08 pm
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This was Marty Robbins' last race in his signature #42. He would switch
to using a variety of different numbers from here on out, normally the
#6. He changed numbers to free up the #42 for young Kyle Petty to use
it, reviving his family's use of the digit his grandfather Lee Petty had
made so famous.


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