July 30: Two Petty short track wins

I'm coming out of turn 4 and headed for the start-finish line. Only one more post after today to wrap up my blog series about Richard Petty's 200 wins.

1963 - Pickens 200 - Greenville-Pickens Speedway
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-30-this-day-in-petty-history-part-1.html

1966 - Nashville 400 - Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

This race also marked the Grand National debut of CooCoo Marlin AND Marty Robbins.

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-30-this-day-in-petty-history-part-2.html

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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Chase,

You've done a fantastic job tracing Richard's 200 wins. Sure look forward to your final post.

Quite a historic day at Nashville for both Marty and Coo Coo to have made their Grand National debuts. There ought to be a plaque at the Fairgrounds with that date commemorated.

Mr. Blackwell let us test at Greenville-Pickens with Derrike Cope in 1986 getting ready for the April Cup race at Martinsville. He agreed not to charge us track rental if we'd turn some laps before the crowd for the Saturday night weekly show. That was a good deal for both parties.

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