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  1.   HomeDepotKid posted:
  09.12.2004 - 3:50 am
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Boy, the Hendrick team needed to work some what-EVERY SINGLE Hendrick
engine blew this race.


  2.   Dave posted:
  01.05.2005 - 3:10 am
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Only the second caution free race in talladega history. Also the very
first race with the new 13 gallon fuel cells. They worked a little too
well making this a fuel milage race, something that hasn't been seen at
talladega in years.


  3.   Mr. Etc posted:
  07.09.2005 - 11:40 pm
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It was the 3rd...Spring 97, Spring 01, and this one, etc.

This was also the race that won Tony Stewart his Winston Cup
championship :)


  4.   JC posted:
  07.30.2005 - 5:21 am
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Tony Stewart takes over the points and will not look back.


  5.   Chicago posted:
  11.28.2005 - 10:03 pm
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Something so bizarre I doubt we'll ever see it again, with front row
starters Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson (as qualifying was rained out
and they were the points leader) colliding into one another on the pace
and parade laps before the green flag flew. Martin later claimed that
something had broke in his steering, claiming a "pebble" had flew up in
there, but what really happened remains open to speculation and rumor.

Martin would slog home thirtieth while Johnson dug deep recovered before
his motor -- along with every Hendrick power plant in the field,
including the Morton Blowers sattelite operation of Schrader and Benson,
blew up.

Despite rampant season long inconsistency sparked by an engine failure
on the second lap of the Great American Race and major publicity and
media problems throughout the year, Stewart finished second in this
race, one of only seven cars to make it on fuel, and took the points
lead and never looked back.


  6.   brandon posted:
  03.01.2006 - 10:53 pm
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martin siad that after the race he put the steering wheel in the same
position and it looked up again. tough break as both martin and johnson
had to start a lap down


  7.   Darrell posted:
  03.19.2006 - 2:42 pm
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That's too bad. It would have been really something to see Johnson win
the championship in his rookie year.


  8.   smoke20ri posted:
  04.04.2006 - 2:58 am
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Didn't NASCAR make Jimmy and Mark come to Pit Road?


  9.   dalejrfan14 posted:
  04.19.2006 - 3:16 pm
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jamie mcmurrays first start


  10.   mcmurrayfan posted:
  06.14.2006 - 4:28 am
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McMurray was subbing for the injured Sterling Marlin.


  11.   nascarnut posted:
  10.18.2006 - 12:46 am
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Nascar wouldn't delay the start for Johnson and Martin to make repairs.


  12.   Darrell posted:
  11.07.2006 - 11:14 pm
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Final start for Dave Marcis as an owner. Too bad he went out on such a
tough note.


  13.   Steve posted:
  12.24.2006 - 7:28 am
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I guess Jay Sauter hit the wall while Nothing But Commercials lived up
to their name.


  14.   3fan4eva posted:
  04.06.2007 - 5:38 am
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If Im not mistaken this is the last No Bull 5 race


  15.   Steve.M. posted:
  05.07.2007 - 8:06 pm
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Jamie McMurrays first cup start subing for the injured Sterling Marlin,
good top 5 for Jeff Green.

Also i believe last time the Winston No-Bull 5 was won or even eligable
was it not??


  16.   most posted:
  08.04.2007 - 6:42 pm
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I like how Chad Knaus bitched at the officials at the beginning, he
wanted them to not wave the green flag until they made repairs! Dude,
it's a race and you got into someone elses mess, get over it. Knaus is a
cheater anyway so what do you expect!


  17.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.15.2008 - 12:50 am
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This was the final event for the No Bull 5 challenge.
Here's how the eligible drivers faired...
#17 Matt Kenseth finished 14th
#12 Ryan Newman finished 7th
#30 Jeff Green finished 5th
#8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race and the million dollars
#26 Todd Bodine finished 23rd one lap down


  18.   Breaker posted:
  03.22.2008 - 11:02 pm
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Jay Sauter scraped the wall off of turn 2 and pulled it behind the wall.
Not enough for a caution, but enough for them to call it a day.


  19.   Mr. Big posted:
  05.22.2008 - 3:49 pm
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Seriously, what the hell was up with Hendrick engines in this race?


  20.   ChazzyJoe posted:
  07.16.2008 - 2:39 pm
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Maybe Randy Dorton was on vacation when they built the Hendrick
Talladega motors, ;).


  21.   Anonymous posted:
  07.08.2009 - 10:02 pm
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last caution-free cup race to date


  22.   myself posted:
  08.19.2009 - 1:37 pm
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Is this the Talladega race Dale Jr. was dropping F-bombs in victory lane?


  23.   Madison posted:
  11.26.2009 - 2:48 pm
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The last time a driver won a No Bull race.


  24.   martin-n-rusty posted:
  01.28.2010 - 9:49 pm
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I remember this race in which Rusty Wallace was busted for bringing an
illegal spoiler, even before the car hit the track for practice. I swear
Rusty got jobbed, and after that penalty, the wind got knocked out of
Rusty's sails for that championship


  25.   AutoRockinRacing94 posted:
  03.25.2010 - 2:58 pm
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This race cost Mark Martin the title for the most part


  26.   Ed posted:
  07.15.2010 - 2:24 pm
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Nobody would have ever guessed what would happen the following week at
Charlotte.


  27.   hibo posted:
  03.07.2011 - 5:41 pm
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jeff gordon fell back in the points and never was a challenger again


  28.   1995z71 posted:
  07.16.2011 - 1:02 am
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First time DEI had 3 cars all with top 10s


  29.   Evan posted:
  11.03.2011 - 11:43 am
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This was the final No Bull Race and the final time where they issued a
million for the fan and a million for the winner. Todd Bodine's ONLY
shot at a million dollars ends with a spin while running well. Winston
was a class organization and they did not mind giving out money to
victors and a fan. However this program did the company in, and the
company would soon face its demise soon after. There were 5 races that
were No Bull races Las Vegas(no winner), Coke 600(Winner Mark Martin),
Pepsi 400(No Winner:Michael Waltrip was not eligible), Richmond II(No
Winner:Matt Kenseth was not eligible), Talladega(Junior)


  30.   Ryan posted:
  03.02.2012 - 3:57 pm
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The last caution-free Cup race. Probably last ever since they now throw
fake cautions every time there's a long green run (idiots)


  31.   Nate posted:
  03.22.2012 - 9:21 pm
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Post 22-Junior's F's were in 2003. How did the No Bull work and how did
someone be eligible?


  32.   Spen posted:
  03.27.2012 - 1:51 am
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If you finsished in the top five in one of the 'major events' you could
win a million dollars by winning the next major event. It was a system
dreamed up in 1998, replacing the earlier (and far harder to win)
Winston Million. Personally, I hated the No Bull 5. Not only did it
lessen the importence of the big events, it seemed to change it's
criterea for 'major' status every year. Sorry, but Las Vegas is in no
way a major win.


  33.   martin-n-rusty posted:
  05.06.2012 - 2:22 pm
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Originally, it was the big events (Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte,
Darlington, and the growing in prestige at the time Indianapolis), but
NASCAR messed with it, and had Richmond, Vegas, and I think one or two
others thrown in


  34.   18fan posted:
  05.15.2012 - 2:22 am
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In 2001 they replaced the Daytona 500 with the summer Daytona race and
the last two years(2001, 2002) it was Vegas, the Coke 600, Pepsi 400 at
Daytona, fall Richmond, and fall Talladega. It started as the big races
but first they took out the Brickyard for 1999, the Southern 500 for
2000, and the Daytona 500 for 2001.


  35.   David posted:
  09.18.2012 - 9:58 pm
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It is criminal to replace the DAYTONA 500 with Las Vegas! What on earth
were they thinking!!


  36.   David posted:
  09.18.2012 - 10:01 pm
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Or to just replace the 500 with anything!!


  37.   Ryan posted:
  03.16.2013 - 4:43 pm
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Most likely the last caution-free Cup race ever, or in any division of
NASCAR for that matter.

It could happen again, but its unlikely with their stupid fake cautions
they throw when a race goes green for a while. I'd love to see a
caution-free race, but I've resigned myself to the fact it will never
happen again.


  38.   Gabriel Nunes posted:
  03.15.2014 - 4:24 pm
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Jamie McMurray made his Winston Cup debut in this race. He started 5th
due to Qualifying being canceled, and per the NASCAR Rules, the Team's
Owner Points determined who Qualified where.


  39.   Dylan posted:
  08.21.2014 - 9:29 am
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The last caution-free race in NASCAR so far.


  40.   Jason24 posted:
  10.27.2014 - 2:13 am
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Crappy race for the Hendrick guys. I can confidently say it is probably
the last caution free race in NASCAR history. As BP would say Man oh Man!


  41.   mister83 posted:
  07.14.2015 - 1:12 am
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#29- Winston, a class organization??? Are you even aware of what they
sell??? Cigarettes. That's right, cigarettes. Those things that are
purposefully made to be addictive and give people cancer. Real classy.
So glad they are out of NASCAR.


  42.   We need more Onion posted:
  07.14.2015 - 4:44 am
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lol
Yes it is better that sports doesn't have the backing of some big-money
sponsors, who actually cared about talent, right?
Also, I don't think that there are people who are unaware of the dangers
of tobacco...


  43.   Cornys posted:
  07.14.2015 - 8:30 am
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NASCAR's fine without the tobacco sponsorship, and I prefer it that way.

I actually am glad that they are gone as well, but that's just me.

There's still plenty of sponsorship money to go around.


  44.   Doug posted:
  07.14.2015 - 11:14 am
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@41, sounds a LOT like alcohol, pain killers, and a whole hose of other
things that are out there mainstream. Cigarettes are just a small piece
of a large problem. But yet you still see so many younger people,
nevertheless, smoking nowadays.


  45.   Biscuits In A Red Bull posted:
  07.14.2015 - 2:34 pm
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Guys, Winston are a major brand because they sell things that people are
willing to pay for. Basic economics. You only make any money if you make
something people want to buy. I don't care whether tobacco sponsors
sporting events or not. It's a sport, so there's already a contradictory
image for you, and also the dangers of tobacco are so well publicised
that only ignorance (in a developed nation) means that you won't know
the affects of it.

I'm neither for or against, and neither do I understand how it's a major
debate (or at least was).


  46.   NASCARLover22 posted:
  09.06.2015 - 7:09 pm
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Withdrew

#42 Jamie McMurray
Sponsor: ?
Owner: Chip Ganassi
Manufacturer: Dodge

#89 Morgan Shepherd
Sponsor: Racing with Jesus
Owner: Morgan Shepherd
Manufacturer: Ford

http://www.jayski.com/next/2002/2002talla2.htm


  47.   Big Mac Fan posted:
  10.20.2015 - 5:58 pm
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A day that belongs in the Hendrick Hall of Shame.


  48.   Anthony posted:
  01.18.2016 - 1:16 am
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Interesting how this is the last caution free race in NASCAR - Brian
France took over the next year and there hasn't been one since.


  49.   88&4Fan posted:
  01.18.2016 - 3:19 pm
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Actually Brain took over in 2004, but I get what you're trying to say.


  50.   Big Mac Fan posted:
  01.18.2016 - 4:52 pm
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I'm pretty sure he took over in 2003. Or are we wrong?


  51.   88&4Fan posted:
  01.18.2016 - 5:04 pm
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I'm pretty sure it was '04, the same year that NEXTEL and the Chase
started.


  52.   1995 Subaru WRX STi posted:
  01.18.2016 - 6:22 pm
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Brian toke over in October of 2003. Nextel started sponsership of the
Cup series in 04, as the Chase started that year.

The last NASCAR race too run caution free was the 2003 Winn-dixie 250 at
Daytona. Dale Jr. lead every lap.


  53.   Big Mac Fan posted:
  01.31.2016 - 8:30 pm
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"The last NASCAR race too run caution free was the 2003 Winn-Dixie 250
at Daytona. Dale Jr. lead every lap."

Actually that race wasn't caution free. Dale Jr. did lead every lap, but
there were 3 cautions.


  54.   Ryan posted:
  02.10.2016 - 12:07 pm
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Post 29 - the No Bull 5 did little to do Winston, or the parent company
RJ Reynolds in. Reynolds American had a revenue in 2013 of $8.236bn,
with a net income of $1.718bn. Certainly sounds like a company that is
still thriving. What did in the Winston sponsorship of the No Bull 5 and
the Cup Series as a whole was the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement,
signed in 1998.


  55.   chevyfan98 posted:
  10.01.2016 - 6:38 am
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The "Big One" in this race was Mark Martin hitting Jimmie Johnson during
the pace laps.


  56.   R2L posted:
  12.07.2016 - 7:09 pm
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Final Winston No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus
standings/statistics/records/rankings all-time

1998-2002

1. Jeff Gordon - 4 wins (98 Brickyard 400, 98 Southern 500, 99 Daytona
500, 01 Las Vegas 400) [If you count his 1997 Winston Million, he has
won the most money ever from the program in history - $5 million]

2. Jeff Burton - 3 wins (99 Coca-Cola 600, 99 Southern 500, 00 Las Vegas
400)

3a. Dale Jarrett - 2 wins (98 Winston 500, 00 Daytona 500)

3b. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - 2 wins (01 Winston 500, 02 Winston 500)

4a. Dale Earnhardt - 1 win (00 Winston 500) [Final win ever in his
career. Who would have known?]

4b. Mark Martin - 1 win (02 Coca-Cola 600)

There they are ladies and gents. You could also put Awesome Bill from
Dawsonville up there, but I was only counting the No Bull 5 and not the
original Winston Million from 1985-1997.


  57.   Sean posted:
  12.07.2016 - 7:20 pm
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Sorry, the No Bull 5 was stupid. It was way too easy to win. I never
liked it and liked it even less once they started randomly adding
non-marquee races to it. They should have just changed the Winston
Million to a 5-race program. Winning 3 races out of 5 would still have
been difficult, much more than merely winning after finishing top five
in the previous race.


  58.   BMan0213 posted:
  01.22.2017 - 1:57 pm
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Well with NASCAR expected to announce a new format that would stop races
as they divide them up into segments, this looks to soon officially be
the last caution free race in the Cup Series.


  59.   The Great Dave posted:
  01.22.2017 - 2:05 pm
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except they won't be doing that. Isn't it just going to be every so many
laps they'll call it a segment regardless of track condition?


  60.   BMan0213 posted:
  01.22.2017 - 2:10 pm
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@59
No it sounds like they're going to be stopping the races

"During the segment breaks, there will be coordination between NASCAR
and the TV networks to ensure as little on-track action (including pit
stops) will be missed as possible."

That's from Jim Utter so It does sound like this is the way the're gonna
go.


  61.   Tide1732 posted:
  01.22.2017 - 2:21 pm
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Im not found any a Replay from Jay Sauter crash at lap 45-46


  62.   Seibaru posted:
  01.22.2017 - 6:56 pm
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@61 Meaning it was an incredibly gruesome crash that killed Jay, and his
ghost was actually the one racing in the Busch Series for the next few
years.

...Or maybe the crash was just unimportant.


  63.   Anonymous posted:
  01.23.2017 - 7:09 pm
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Unless there is another radical format change, this will be the last
caution-free race in Cup Series history.


  64.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.06.2018 - 11:37 am
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Jeff Green's fifth-place run was the final top-5 finish in Cup
competition for the 2000 Busch Series champion.


  65.   Gabriel posted:
  05.12.2019 - 4:32 pm
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Man. Just imagine if Qualifying doesn't get rained out, the 48 and 6
don't start next to each other, if Jimmie and Mark's momentum is not
killed by this race, and if the race was not caution free!

That strange wreck on the pace lap (only crash of the whole race, and it
won't even go down in the record books because it was on the pace lap)
blew the fight for the Championship lead wide open.


  66.   Kellen posted:
  09.13.2019 - 10:04 am
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Only Superspeedway race Steve Park finished in the
Top 10 driving for DEI.


  67.   undertaker0024 posted:
  03.05.2020 - 7:40 pm
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@65. Gabriel

In all likelihood, Johnson probably still loses his engine. That said, I
agree it would have been interesting to see how the plays out without
the wreck on the pace lap.


  68.   SweetRich posted:
  03.05.2020 - 7:49 pm
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The commentators for the race were Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and
Wally Dallenbach with Bill Weber, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider and Dave
Burns on pit road.


  69.   Mile501 posted:
  03.05.2020 - 7:52 pm
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@65 - Most likely, Mark Martin wouldn't be "the best driver without a
championship" because he would have had a much better chance at winning
the 2002 championship.


  70.   Mile501 posted:
  08.17.2020 - 12:49 pm
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Although 22 drivers finished on the lead lap, that is a bit misleading.
They weren't all in the lead pack as you might expect at Talladega. In
fact, just 7 lead lap cars were in the lead pack at the end of the race.
Michael Waltrip in 8th was by himself, about a half-lap down after
having an issue on the last pit stop. The other lead lap cars (9th-22nd)
were clustered in a second pack about 35-40 seconds behind the lead
pack. This group generally included those teams that had to make an
extra pit stop for fuel near the end.

This was due to a number of factors:
- The smaller fuel cells, used in this race for the first time, helped
to split up the field more than normal.
- Because the race went caution-free, some teams could make it to the
end with 4 pit stops while many had to stop 5 times.
- Also because there were no cautions, any little issue (flat tire, out
of fuel, penalty, etc.) essentially cost the driver a lap.


  71.   danny posted:
  11.27.2020 - 9:56 am
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The most recent NASCAR caution free race is uploaded again thanks to
BigRocky26's Youtube Channel. And with Jimmie Johnson's retiring and
Matt Kenseth possibly running his last NASCAR race, only Kurt Busch,
Ryan Newman, and Kevin Harvick that were full time in 2020 that raced in
this race that will be in 2021.


  72.   #goingfor2 posted:
  11.27.2020 - 8:37 pm
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@69 Mark lost 97 points in this race and lost the title by 38. Obviously
the 20 might have run better than 18th at Homestead but Mark finished
4th there so if Mark had a lead would have been hard for Tony to overcome.


  73.   Aaron posted:
  01.24.2021 - 7:45 am
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Last NASCAR attempt for Melling, shame qualifying was rained out.


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