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  1.   Matthew Sullivan posted:
  06.28.2006 - 5:18 pm
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Two spectators were killed and six injured by a lightning bolt during
this race.


  2.   FHgrad99 posted:
  08.25.2007 - 7:41 am
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The final caution came out with just a handful of laps to go for rain.
Allison and Waltrip were in a tight battle for the lead at the time and
Allison beat Waltrip to the caution. By the time they crossed under the
checkers it was a full fledged thunderstorm.


  3.   most posted:
  03.24.2008 - 8:56 pm
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I seem to remember seeing parts of this race, tornado warnings and
whatnot were out for the area.


  4.   PettyCash posted:
  05.14.2009 - 10:24 pm
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Richard Petty - 7th. Kyle Petty - 11th. Kyle's sponsor? 7-11.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.10.2010 - 5:32 pm
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John Callis' best NASCAR finish in 20th


  6.   mike posted:
  05.14.2011 - 9:45 pm
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my first nascar race


  7.   Sebastien posted:
  12.19.2011 - 5:52 pm
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#98 Joe Ruttman's father died on friday night before qualifying, but he
told him something like "go out and race". Ruttman clinched his first
career pole that saturday.


  8.   Sebastien posted:
  12.19.2011 - 5:54 pm
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(made new Dover track record also).


  9.   cjs3872 posted:
  06.02.2012 - 8:27 am
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Yes, Kyle Petty's car was sponsored by 7-Eleven from 1983-'84 when he
drove for Petty Enterprises and for the Wood Brothers in 1985-'86, hence
the #7 on his car. The same was true in 1986 regarding Kevin Cogan at
Patrick Racing in the IndyCar series, when he came within a late caution
of winning the Indianapolis 500.

And that incident with several people being seriously injured, with two
or three people being killed makes you wonder why any outdoor sporting
event would takes place during a thunderstorm. Eight years later, after
four people were killed in a lightning storm at the U.S. Open at
Hazeltine in Chaska, MN in 1991, the PGA became one of the first major
sporting organizations to stop the contest when there was a thunderstorm
in the area, for the safety of not only the competitors and officials,
but most importantly, the spectators. But still, you see auto races and
outdoor baseball games continue when a thunderstorm is approaching, with
the officials not stopping the contest until the storm has arrived, by
which time, it might be too late one of these days. Major auto racing
sanctioning bodies need to take their cue from the NFL and the major
golf associations by instuting a rule that when a thunderstorm is
nearby, that the contest be stopped ASAP, for the protection of the
particpants, officials, and spectators.


  10.   Clayton posted:
  08.05.2012 - 9:34 pm
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cjs3872's comments really ring true again today after one person was
killed at Pocono Raceway due to being struck by lightening.


  11.   Redbyron posted:
  12.27.2014 - 5:05 pm
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Lightning strike happened about fifty yards in front of me, I saw the
folks who were hit and passed away lying on the ground


  12.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  04.05.2016 - 1:37 pm
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Note: complete lineup now available for this race.


  13.   SK posted:
  11.23.2016 - 3:13 pm
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Sterling Marlin notches the best finish of his rookie season.


  14.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.03.2017 - 3:45 pm
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Marlin went on to win Rookie of the Year for this season but this would
be the only top-10 performance of the year for the future two-time
Daytona 500 winner.


  15.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.23.2017 - 4:59 pm
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Bobby Allison's victory propelled him past Harry Gant into the points
lead. He would not relinquish the top spot again all season on the way
to his lone Cup championship.


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