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Those were great, Ken. Keep any trivia coming. You learn something new everyday and I like learning new things about racing all the time.
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Stock Car Racing History
Those were great, Ken. Keep any trivia coming. You learn something new everyday and I like learning new things about racing all the time.
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Stock Car Racing History
Wally Zale of Chicago, who won an unbelievable 173 midget races from 1939 to 1941 without a serious injury, was killed trying to beat a train at a railroad crossing?The famous Del Mar speedway in Del Mar, CA was built in 1937 by singer Bing Crosby?Only two cars completed the entire 500 miles in the 1974, 77, 78 and 81 Indy 500's?Morgan Shepherd drove for seven different teams in 1984?Dick Trickle was 48 years old when he won Nascar's Rookie of the Year in 1989?Richard Petty was once asked to (and did) autograph a live duck?Tim Flock was once disqualified for constructing his roll cage out of wooden 2X4's?The original members of the Alabama Gang-Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison and Red Farmer, are all from Florida?In the first Mexican road race in 1950, Nascar founder Bill France Sr. and Curtis Turner were teamed together in a Nash Ambassador?Darrell Waltrip has over 500 wins in go-karts?
updated by @jon-clifton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
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I'll see if I can find it. I had one but I haven't seen it in since forever. I did an interview with G.C. a couple of years ago and remember him talking about it. Somewhere, I still have the interview tape but I haven't seen that lately either. Johnson City's Paul Lewis also drove for Petty Enterprises.
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It was Glen Wood himself. Their first car was number 50 because they paid $50.00 for it. He was voted most popular driver in 1959.