Sabotage at Daytona

Just saw an interesting article in Google News Archives where Bill Dennis revealed his car had been sabotaged by having a screwdriver stuck through a radiator hose in 1972 prior to the first of his three consecutive Daytona Permatex 300 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman wins in the Junie Donlavey Mercury #90. The Donlavey LMS ride was one of at least four cars sabotaged before the 300.

Dennis also revealed that following Friday Hassler's death in a Thursday Daytona 500 Twin Qualifier's crash, NASCAR had for the first time inspected and confiscated the helmets of several drivers.

A very insightful article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0E8fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u9EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=820,5345258&dq=bill+dennis+daytona&hl=en

The series had two more instances of sabotage a couple of years later - at the 1974 Dixie 500 and Talladega 500. To my knowledge, no one ever determined who did it.

Talladega 500

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-11-this-day-in-petty-history_11.html

News Article (with reference to Dixie 500)

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=100aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3923%2C1819123

And in 1983, Bobby Allison publcly blamed a fan for putting sugar in his gas tank at Riverside, but privately the talk was that a Junior Johnson crew member was responsible.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vAEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xs4FAAAA...

Wonder who could've been behind all those events. Could it have been?

dont remember the year but at daytona i beleive buddy baker thought someone sabotoged his car i think it was owned by harry ranier maybe it was 77 or 78 im not sure