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Busch Clash a Springboard to Earnhardt's 1st Championship

Stock Car Racing History

Here are the early laps (starting at lap 4) through the final, winning move of that 1980 Busch Clash.

Busch Clash a Springboard to Earnhardt's 1st Championship

Stock Car Racing History

There have been many exciting Clashes and Shootouts at Daytona.

Coming off his 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Rookie of the Year performance, a win in the 1980 Busch Clash at Daytona got Dale Earnhardt headed toward his first Winston Cup Championship.

I'm sure Busch Beer would have preferred Cale Yarborough in that #11 Busch Chevy they sponsored out of Ronda, NC in victory lane, but the results were prophetic.

The 1980 Busch Clash on CBS television was run on a rain plagued date. The ARCA race, already in progress, was red flagged to run the Bush Clash, then resumed following Dale's win.

That's the Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt smile I remember so well. R.I.P. Dale and Suitcase Jake.

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

1957 Southern 500 Trivia

Stock Car Racing History

Very thought provoking. I didn't have a clue, Dennis. That must be some story about snatching the car.

1957 Southern 500 Trivia

Stock Car Racing History

Here's a link to a clip from a 1958 Southern 500 preview from the Spartanburg paper proclaiming Eubanks an early favorite in a Cotton Owens ride, although "he hasn't raced in nearly two years."

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kG0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tcsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3455,3487151&dq=joe+eubanks+southern+500+1957&hl=en

1957 Southern 500 Trivia

Stock Car Racing History

The article clearly states Eubanks has "retired and made it stick" and infers only five of the Big Six would be racing in that year's Southern 500.

1957 Southern 500 Trivia

Stock Car Racing History

Outstanding. Big Bill didn't easily tolerate the "outlaw" stuff did he.

1957 Southern 500 Trivia

Stock Car Racing History

I look forward to hearing the answer. Brave folks to snatch a car off the starting line!

NASCAR on Fox to debut new gyro cam in 2013

Current NASCAR

As you describe, Sandeep... here's the in-car camera mounted in Cale's car at Michigan in 1983:

RacingOne/Getty Images

NASCAR on Fox to debut new gyro cam in 2013

Current NASCAR

Back when Ken Squier first brought back those big, bulky in-car cameras over from Australia, most teams and drivers didn't want them in their cars. They were distracting to the driver, created a weight balance problem, and took too long to install in the cars.

NASCAR Home Tracks & Events Listed

Current NASCAR

This link will take you to the map and state-by-state breakout of current NASCAR Home Tracks and their events:

http://hometracks.nascar.com/tracks

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM