Dennis Andrews
02/27/13 02:23:10PM
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Pedro Rodriques

Pedro Rodriques 1940 - 1971

Pedro never ran a Grand National race but he did race and win at Daytona.

In 1963 he won the FIA sanctioned Daytona Continental 3 Hour Race in a Ferrari 250GT.

In '64 he won the Daytona Continental 2000K race in a Ferrari 250GT with Phil Hill.

Phil Hill and Pedro Rodriques sit on their Ferrari in Vitory Circle after the '64 win. The guy in the lower right with face behind trophy is my dad, Wayne Andrews.

In 1966 the race was lengthened to 24 hours. In 1970 Pedro won again in a Porsche 917K with Loe Kinnunen and Brian Redman.

Pedro won again and for the last timein 1971 with Jackie Oliver in a Porsche 917K. Pedro would die in a crash in Germany before the year was out.

Before the 1972 running of the 24 Hours of Daytona the following appeared in the Daytona Beach Morning Journal.

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September 30 - This day in Petty history


9/30/70 - Richard wins the final NASCAR Grand National race run on dirt in the Home State 200 in Raleigh, NC. Richard drives car owned by Don...
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September 29 - This day in Petty history


9/29/63 - Richard finishes 26th in a field of 28 in the Wilkes 400 driving car #41. Finishing just ahead of him in 25th spot is Jimmy Massey in a...
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September 28- This day in Petty history


9/28/69 - Richard wins the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville in his Ford.
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September 27 - This day in Petty history


9/27/64 - Richard clinches his first championship by finishing 2nd in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
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CAN YOU TELL ME WHO GOT BILL ELLIOTT THE MELLING SPONSER ?


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September 26 - This day in Petty history


9/26/54 - Lee finishes 2nd to Herb Thomas at Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania.9/26/65 - Richard finishes 2nd behind Junior Johnson in the Old...
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September 25 - This day in Petty history


9/25/49 - Lee finishes 2nd to Red Byron in a 200 lapper at Martinsville. This was NASCAR's first season with the Strictly Stock series (later...
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J.C. HAYES

did you know?????????????????????


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September 24 - This day in Petty history


9/24/67 - Richard keeps his win streak alive & extends it to 9 races in a row by winning the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville.9/24/72 - Richard...
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September 23 - This day in Petty history


9/23/62 - Richard finishes 2nd to Nelson Stacy in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville. Teammate Jim Paschal finishes 9th in the #41...
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