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  1.   Dalejrfan14 posted:
  03.14.2006 - 8:38 pm
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YAY SHEP 8th


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.08.2009 - 10:43 am
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Mark Martin, in just his second Cup start, qualifies well but goes out
early.

Last race for Ed Negre's race team, here fielding Buddy Arrington's #67.
Arrington brought the car home with a strong 9th.


  3.   awesomegordonfan posted:
  08.12.2011 - 7:11 pm
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One of Richard Childress's last races as an owner/driver


  4.   james-0-matic posted:
  01.05.2014 - 11:48 pm
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mike potter's best finish, 15th


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  03.05.2016 - 8:54 pm
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Was at my local library and found an old article about this race written
by a local sports reporter who was in attendance to write a piece on
Darrell Waltrip. 30 cars originally qualified but a large crash in
practice destroyed many cars. Apparently one car flipped onto its roof,
but the writer of the article didn't mention who it was.

Ronnie Thomas was originally going to race his own #25, while Charlie
Chamblee was entered in another unidentified car, but both of their cars
were destroyed in the crash. Jimmy Means gave a backup car to Thomas and
he allowed Chamblee to drive it in the race. The third entry that was
unable to start was not named.


  6.   The Great Dave posted:
  03.05.2016 - 10:31 pm
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^^ Might have been Buddy Arrington, I know he used a back-up Norman
Negre cari n this race.


  7.   bayley01 posted:
  03.28.2016 - 11:12 pm
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BTW...Benny decided to own Darrell and win this race.


  8.   Gutter rat posted:
  08.26.2016 - 2:19 pm
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1981 was a good year for Benny Parsons and Bud Moore They seem to fit
good together Would like to seen them race a few mor seasons together
Liked that little thunderbird


  9.   Maverick19 posted:
  04.06.2017 - 12:00 am
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A very rare occurance, as Benny Parsons led 49.8% of the race and didn't
lead the most laps.


  10.   Scott B posted:
  04.06.2017 - 4:58 pm
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Wow, that is odd. BP led the most important one, though.


  11.   IvanBalakhonov posted:
  05.14.2019 - 12:02 pm
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Cautions (according to Grand National Scene):
208-215 (#40 spun T1),
280-283 (#37 spun),
335-338 (#37 spun),
343-345 (#37 spun),
416-419 (#70 spun T4).

@5 Your article is incorrect. 27 cars was the original entry list.


  12.   AndersonWhitt posted:
  09.10.2020 - 7:29 am
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I see Lake Speed is entered in a Harry Dinwiddie car, so I wonder if
Speed's original car was damaged and Dinwiddie let him drive a car that
was originally going to be driven by Dinwiddie.


  13.   thog posted:
  02.06.2021 - 10:59 pm
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Well, looking at the comments I suppose we have a few WDs and DCs:

WD (driver - number - manu. - owner):
Charlie Chamblee - ? - ? - ?
Ronnie Thomas - #25 - Pontiac - Ronnie Thomas
Lake Speed - #66 - ? - Lake Speed
Buddy Arrington - #67 - Dodge - Buddy Arrington

DC (driver - number - manu. - owner):
Harry Dinwiddie - #49 - Pontiac - Harry Dinwiddie (renumbered to #66 for
L. Speed)
? - #82 - Dodge - Norman Negre (renumbered to #67 for B. Arrington)

On the result sheet, #67's owner should be listed as Norman Negre and
not Ed.


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