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  1.   HomeDepot20TS posted:
  02.28.2005 - 4:16 am
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Jeff Burton and then Jerry Nadeau both had potential victories wisked
away by blown right front tires that sent them crasing into the turn one
wall.


  2.   Darrell posted:
  03.11.2006 - 1:02 pm
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Carl Long's Winston Cup debut, finally.


  3.   brandon posted:
  03.15.2006 - 5:06 am
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also kurt busch's debut


  4.   Darrell posted:
  03.16.2006 - 12:11 am
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Rick Mast had a really good weekend. Too bad he didn't win.


  5.   Miller4Prez64 posted:
  07.31.2006 - 2:28 am
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Tony Stewart sweeps Dover in 2000.


  6.   Steve posted:
  08.01.2006 - 1:48 am
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Notables:
Kurt Busch's debut (18th)
Carl Long's debut (41st)
Rick Mast's last Top 10 finish (10th)
Tony Stewart's first season sweep at a track


  7.   Will posted:
  10.28.2012 - 10:54 pm
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Mayfield had a knack for blowing engines while leading races this year.
Sat on the pole and had a strong car once again.


  8.   Evan posted:
  04.25.2014 - 2:59 pm
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Sponsors
#18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries/MBNA


  9.   Chives5150 posted:
  07.14.2014 - 10:42 am
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It's a shame that Long's debut ended so early with a wrecked car.
According to autoracing1.com, Long's Mansion Motorsports Ford was
handling very well, and he felt that he could even possibly stay on the
lead lap for most, if not all, of the race. Apparently, they had the
wrong gear setup on starts and restarts, and after a couple laps of
gathering the thing back up, Long was actually passing guys.
Unfortunately, he tangled with Stacy Compton and Scott Pruett on lap 12
and ended his Winston Cup debut in abrupt fashion. Still, it's great
that Thee Dixon was able to field a car and to put Long in it.

Long was actually supposed to make his Winston Cup debut at the
Coca-Cola 600 earlier in the year, but he gave up the ride to Darrell
Waltrip, who I think used up all of his past champions provisionals by
the 12th race of the season.


  10.   Terry Maynard posted:
  06.10.2015 - 8:46 pm
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Bobby Labonte's sponsor should be reversed to MBNA / Interstate
Batteries. MBNA sponsored both Dover races and he had MBNA on the hood
as the primary sponsor for both. Also, Michael Waltrip's sponsor for
this race was New Holland Construction / Philips Light Bulbs


  11.   mister83 posted:
  06.29.2015 - 9:28 pm
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Roush logic: fire Chad Little, who is 21st in points, but keep Kevin
LePage, who is 28th in points and has a DNQ.


  12.   Alex posted:
  06.30.2016 - 4:52 pm
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@ Poster #11: the reason Roush fired Little instead of Lepage was
because the #97 team was a much better team than the #16, and he wanted
Busch to take over full time in 2001, so it was beneficial to get him
starts in the #97 for the rest of 2000. Lepage got to finish 2000 with
the #16 team, but then was fired and the #16 did not run in 2001, so it
was more of a stay of execution. Of course the #16 eventually came back
with Biffle in 2002.


  13.   SK posted:
  06.24.2017 - 1:57 pm
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Sponsor update:

#94 Bill Elliott - McDonald's McFlurry


  14.   John posted:
  03.29.2018 - 7:09 pm
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@7

I wonder if he was using the same techniques the cup guys did when
racing the Busch series at this time. Randy LaJoie has talked before
about when the cup guys would run the Busch series around this time
period that because they weren't competing for a championship they would
set the engines (not sure if it was more then engines) to such an
extreme limit that it would allow them to compete for a win and lead a
lot of laps or blow up. LaJoie talked about how the Busch regulars
couldn't do that because they were competing for a championship.


  15.   Rich posted:
  11.27.2020 - 2:53 pm
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This event is remembered for being the final NASCAR cup series event
held at Dover that was televised on TNN, whether the Nashville network
or the national network, that started in 1991.


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