Excerpted from my 2011 blog post here:
https://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-15-this-day-in-petty-history_15.html
1968 - Richard scores his 88th career victory by winning from the pole in the Hillsboro 150 at Orange Speedway in Hillsboro NC as the legendary Curtis Turner makes his final Grand National start. - photo from Chris Hussey
In his book, Silent Speedways of the Carolinas , author and fellow RR member Perry Allen Wood writes:
When the green sent the boys on that last journey, Petty led (David)Pearson and the others for 74 laps. With some spine-tingling, door-to-door banging, Pearson led for 11 laps before they swapped it a couple of more times. In the meantime,(Buddy)Baker made only five laps before losing the drive shaft and on lap 116, Curtis Turner rolled into the dusty pits with a blown engine. Four laps later, Pearson parked it, and after 11 more(Bobby)Isaac hung it up. Even(G.C.)Spencer conked out. and Petty coasted to a yawner of a seven-lap victory... ~ p. 122
From Ray Lamm
Pic and article from RR Jerry Bushmire
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updated by @tmc-chase: 09/15/20 10:10:33AM
