Racing History Minute - October 29, 1961
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Racing History Minute - October 27, 1957
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On the same day Buck won the GN race at Greensboro, Banjo Matthews won a 200 lap modified championship race at Concord Speedway. (Or as my dad pronounces his name: "Banja Matthus".) Sadly, driver Earl Bryant was killed during the race when his car sailed over the first turn and down a 15-foot embankment.
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Finishing order from Jack Walker's page |
updated by @tmc-chase: 10/27/17 12:11:54PM
Oct 27, 1996 & 1997: The 43 returns to victory lane
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About a decade before Hamilton found himself victory lane at Phoenix following his first Cup win, he was a weekly racer at Nashville's Fairgrounds Speedway. In 1988, he went toe to toe with another Nashville hotshoe and previous track champion, Zillon Felts. The two got into each other pretty good, but they settled their differences quickly. And long-time Nashville sportscaster from WSMV, Rudy Kalis, interviewed the two of them.
October 27, 1974 - Young and Old win Cardinal 500
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From June 9, 1978 Asheville Citizen-Times:
Harry Gant ran hard in the Late Model Sportsman and Modified divisions of NASCAR in 1977, and the fans rewarded him by naming Gant as their choice for the Most Popular Driver in both divisions. Gant of Taylorsville competed in 83 NASCAR events, 68 Sportsman races and 15 Modified runs. He posted 12 wins (10 Sportsman and two Modified) and his schedule was unbelievable, sometimes competing in four races in three days. The fans obviously appreciated his efforts because the only other driver to win the Most Popular award in two divisions in the same year was Bobby Allison (1973).
And from December 21, 1973 Hagerstown MD Morning Herald:
Bobby Allison, Ray Elder, Red Farmer and Richie Evans have been selected NASCAR's most popular drivers in their respective divisions by a vote of the NASCAR membership. Allison became the first man ever to be selected for two divisions the same year. The Hueytown, Ala. star was voted most popular in the Grand National and Grand National East divisions. Like Allison, Elder is a multiple winner of the most popular award. This is the sixth time that the four-time Grand National West champion has been voted the honor. Farmer is a three-time late model sportsman national champion but in 1973 he curtailed his traveling somewhat, doing most of his racing near his Alabama home. Farmer has said many times the most popular award means more to him than the championship. This is the fourth time for him to receive it. Richie Evans is the only one selected who has not won the award before. He is the new national modified champion winning a close three-way battle over former champions Bugs Stevens and Jerry Cook.
updated by @tmc-chase: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
October 27, 1974 - Young and Old win Cardinal 500
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Couple of pretty good pieces of trivia tweeted by Chocolate Myers today. Apparently Choc got sideways with someone a bit during qualifying. He got a written warning and the oft-awarded "probation" but no additional penalty for his conduct. Coincidentally, Bobby Myers got docked with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty 20 years earlier - also at Martinsville.
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Racing History MInute - October 17, 1956
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Thanks Dennis. With Photobucket's pinheaded extortion attempt to strongarm folks into paying for third party photo hosting on sites such as this one, I've got broken image links all over the web. Some I've been able to retro edit - but most I have not so far.
Racing History MInute - October 17, 1956
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updated by @tmc-chase: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM