140th of Richard Petty's 200 career wins - at Texas World Speedway:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-12-this-day-in-petty-history.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 01/15/18 07:57:55PM
140th of Richard Petty's 200 career wins - at Texas World Speedway:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-12-this-day-in-petty-history.html
I found two things in the accompanying newspaper article extremely interesting:
1) Richard saying that running 46 races that year was "no big deal" (a thought that would choke today's racers).
2) The rain delayed race date causing Richard to postpone a trip to visit the troops in Vietnam by one week.
Oh... and Happy Birthday to Ms. Notenoughcountry!
Looking at the 1971 schedule, the one event Richard Petty skipped was the November 7th Georgia 500 at Macon, Georgia's Middle Georgia Raceway, an event that included 11 "Pony Cars" (Camaros, Mustangs, Javelins, Cougars, Firenbirds) among the 32 starters.That race was won byBobby Allison in a Holman-Moody Ford.
In January 1972, the King won the prestigious Myers Brothers Memorial Award for his trip to Vietnam to visit the the troops and meeting with President Nixon at the White House [ link to article ]
