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  1.   tquievryn posted:
  01.02.2005 - 6:32 pm
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Mark Martin won the DeVilbiss 400, but it was Jeff Burton who won it for
him. Martin went down 2 laps early due to a tire, but then-leader and
teammate Jeff Burton gave him the 2 laps back. Mark Martin took the
lead, held off the rain (whiched caused a caution of 32 laps) and Jeff
Gordon to win.


  2.   MOST posted:
  05.07.2006 - 3:06 am
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That caution took forever, NASCAR kind of cost Ted Musgrave this race,
he almost had it won but Spencer brushed the wall, they threw a yellow
and that hurt him.


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  02.17.2007 - 3:20 pm
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Why didn't they red flag the race for that rain delay?


  4.   most posted:
  12.30.2007 - 4:27 pm
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no doubt about that, it was yellow for an hour...


  5.   Willy on Wheels posted:
  08.31.2008 - 11:30 am
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The first of 12 races Roush fielded a General Motors-built car. (Chad
Little #97 Pontiac)


  6.   Anonymous posted:
  01.18.2009 - 5:42 pm
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Johnny Benson's last Cup pole.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.13.2011 - 1:01 am
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Mark had an incredible comeback, he was my favorite driver at the time
and as I'm from Michigan it was fun to watch the #6 dominate against the
odds.

If anyone is wondering why Roush entered three Fords and a Pontiac in
this race it wasn't because he was flirting with GM or anything, Jack
bought out the Greg Pollex-owned John Deere #97 Pontiac team Chad Little
was driving for earlier in the week leading up to this race. It was
mostly a deal for 1998 when Roush expanded to a then-unheard of 5-car
effort. While the team would switch to Fords for 1998 Roush let the team
finish out 1997 in their own Pontiac equipment creating the only
scenario to date where Roush teams fielded cars from General Motors.


  8.   Unser1 posted:
  12.05.2011 - 6:33 pm
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Sponsor:
#7 Geoff Bodine- QVC 24-Hour Gold Rush August 17

Bodine's normally solid black QVC Thunderbird morphed into an all-gold
car with black lettering for this race to promote an annual huge gold
sale on the 24-hour shopping network that took place the day of this race.


  9.   Brandon posted:
  09.08.2012 - 9:57 am
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I was at this one and if i remember correctly they kept giving the one
to go sign under that yellow and kept waving it off.


  10.   HD11 posted:
  12.23.2017 - 8:27 pm
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I was at this race and there was a fine mist during that entire caution.
NASCAR was afraid they would lose the track if they threw the red and
the rain could have stopped at any moment but just kept misting. It
sounds incredibly boring but watching the pit strategy play out during
the delay was very exciting.


  11.   CJ posted:
  04.23.2018 - 11:04 pm
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Final Cup series pole for Johnny Benson.
First start for Gary Bradberry in the 78.
Final start for Morgan Shepherd in the 77.


  12.   JT posted:
  03.30.2019 - 7:04 pm
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@anonymous: NASCAR wanted to keep heat in the track using the tailpipes
from the cars.


  13.   Rich posted:
  12.30.2020 - 3:57 pm
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Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons were the commentators. Dr.
Jerry Punch, John Kernan and Bill Weber were the pit road reporters.


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