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  1.   spencer posted:
  02.24.2007 - 5:16 pm
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Sweet victory for Martin who was so disappointed after the June race
where he came up short. His 2nd win of what would be 4 in a row.


  2.   Anonymous posted:
  10.14.2007 - 9:15 pm
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The exact opposite of what happened in the first Michigan race happened
in this race. In the 1st race, Mark Martin dominated, but had a bad pit
stop and Ricky Rudd stole the win. In this race, Rudd had the best car,
but lost the motor and Martin cruised to victory.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.06.2009 - 10:13 pm
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First of 27 career DNQs for 48-time NASCAR Cup race starter Loy Allen Jr.


  4.   CFob posted:
  10.08.2009 - 1:05 am
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First top 10 finish for the 28 without Davey behind the wheel.


  5.   Matthew Sullivan posted:
  08.26.2012 - 4:12 pm
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Geoff Bodine missed driver introductions due to a stomach virus and had
to start and the rear of the field.


  6.   Mike posted:
  11.12.2012 - 3:51 am
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If they'd been using the current points system in 1993, NASCAR would
have had an interesting situation on their hands after this race.

This would have been the race to decide the Chase field. Davey Allison
would have qualified for the chase as one of the wild card drivers, but
for obvious reasons he wouldn't have been participating in the Chase.
Essentially, there would have been an 11-driver Chase field with Davey
finishing 12th, unless NASCAR decided to allow the top 12
able-to-participate drivers in, in which case 11th in points Bill
Elliott (on the 175-170-165 system, it would have been Jeff Gordon on
the 43-42-41 system) would have qualified.

The same thing would have happened a year later with Ernie Irvan, except
that in 1994 it would have been Darrell Waltrip who would have been
moved in, IIRC.


  7.   myself posted:
  05.28.2013 - 12:04 pm
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Lets all be thankful the stupid Cha$e wasn't in place back then!!


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.01.2016 - 1:40 am
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Lake Speed's seventh-place run was his lone top-10 of the 1993 season
and his only top-10 during his three-race stint running Robert Yates'
famous Havoline #28 Ford. It was Speed's first top-10 finish since
Atlanta all the way back at the end of the 1989 season.

Ron Hornaday, Jr. and Wayne Spears' Winston West team make a surprise
entry in a Midwestern NASCAR Winston Cup race but do not make the field.


  9.   dedphesant posted:
  05.01.2016 - 4:05 am
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#8. IIRC, this was only the third time that Lake Speed qualified on the
front row. All three were P2.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.01.2018 - 10:08 am
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ESPN based the opening of their coverage of this race around the bad
luck that had been plaguing Mark Martin all season, including that fuel
mileage loss here at MIS in June, but how despite his bad pits stops at
Watkins Glen it seemed like his luck was changing after he won there
following Kyle Petty and Dale Earnhardt crashing out in front of him.
Given that Mark Martin was in the middle of what turned out to be a
four-race winning streak at the time it looks like the Speedworld crew
were right.


  11.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.12.2018 - 1:48 pm
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This was the last year this race was known as the Champion Spark Plug
400, ending a sponsorship deal that dated back to 1975. General Motors
bought the sponsorship rights for 1994 to promote its Goodwrench car
repair service at its dealerships, that sponsorship would last just
three years.


  12.   Mike posted:
  05.13.2019 - 7:15 am
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This was the first Michigan race with a pole speed higher than 180 mph.


  13.   CerealIsAmazing posted:
  05.06.2020 - 3:46 pm
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Jimmy Means was sponsored by McGee Trucking in this one.

John Krebs' DNQ was a Diamond Ridge/Gary Bechtel entry.


  14.   TheDewCrew posted:
  06.16.2020 - 1:23 pm
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Last race for legendary crew chief, Harry Hyde


  15.   SweetRich posted:
  07.09.2020 - 3:31 pm
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The final race for Mueller Brothers Racing.


  16.   SweetRich21/43 posted:
  07.29.2020 - 4:37 pm
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The commentators were Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons. The
pit road reporters were Dr. Jerry Punch and John Kernan.


  17.   Jay posted:
  09.17.2020 - 7:50 am
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Jimmy Hensleys sponsor was USA Bobsled Project/Miss Indianapolis.


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