December 6, 1966 - Marvin Panch announces his retirement from racing. Pancho's final win was in the [ 1966 World 600 in a Petty Plymouth ] and with relief help from Richard Petty. From Spartanburg Herald .
December 6, 1978 - Benny Parsons announces he is leaving L.G. DeWitt's team to drive for M.C. Anderson. Parsons' departure created a great opportunity for rookie Joe Millikan to get a full-time Cup ride in 1979. But Benny's concerns about DeWitt's team were well founded as it shut down a third of the way through the 1980 season leaving Millikan without a ride. From Spartanburg Herald .
December 6, 1974 - Bud Moore announces he lost RC Cola as a sponsor. Fortunately, he was able to sign a patchwork of sponsors to help back Buddy Baker for a partial schedule in 1975 and then Norris Industries for all of 1976. From Spartanburg Herald .
December 6 , 1974 - On the same day as Moore's sponsor bad news, Joe Frasson got what was thought to be some good news. The long-time Mopar driver agreed to race a Pontiac in some races in its non-factory return. Crawford Clements was announced as the owner with Tiger Tom Pistone supplying the chassis. - Spartanburg Herald
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From the 1975 race results I've found, Frasson was credited as the "owner" - perhaps for points reasons. He fielded the Pontiac in 3 events. He DNQ'd in the Daytona 500 and finished 18th in the Winston 500 at Talladega. But when he DNQ'd again for the World 600, he'd seen enough. After missing the race, he took a jack handle and beat the snot of the Pontiac's hood.
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updated by @tmc-chase: 02/10/17 05:18:27PM
