Tim Leeming's Racing History Minute the last couple of days covered 2 of the 3 races of the 1995 "northern tour" in [ Rochester ] and [ Fonda , NY ]. The 3rd of the trio of races was at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY near Lake Placid, home of the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Lee Petty won the pole and the 200-lap, 100-mile race at the half-mile, dirt track. Petty's average race speed was greater than his pole-winning, qualifying time - the first of only two times in NASCAR Grand National / Cup history its happened.
(The 2nd time was in July 1958 at Buffalo NY. Jim Reed won the race with an average speed of 48 MPH. But Rex White won the pole with a speed of 38 MPH - ten miles slower - in a Chevy owned by ... Julian Petty.)
The finishing order:
1 Lee Petty, $1,000
2 Buck Baker, $650
3 Tim Flock, $450
4 Bob Welborn, $350
5 Carl Krueger, $300
6 Harvey Henderson, $250
7 Dave Terrell, $200
8 John McVitty, $150
9 Eddie Skinner, $100
10 Chuck Hansen , $100
11 Fonty Flock, $75
12 Ted Pitcher, $60
13 George Combs, $50
14 Frank Powell, $50
15 Chick Norris, $50
16 Julian Petty, $50
Airborne still operates today:
Read on for more:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-19-1955-petty-pockets-plattsburgh.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 06/19/17 11:16:49AM
