The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Woody... maybe you know the answer to this....
Racing Reference lists Al Elmore of Bishopville, SC having driven 5 Cup races for DK Ulrich - 1 in 1979 and 4 in 1983.
However, original qualifying results for the 1981 Wrangler SanforSet 400 show Elmore qualifying 14th. In the race results, though, the 14th starting position is Ulrich. Wonder what happened between qualifying and race time at Richmond between Elmore and DK?
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Some Raytona and a couple of other photos of Mark's 1981 and 1982 cars at this link:
http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=75255&sid=cf4c8d8a70000d7154a2a181332b41ae
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Chase, I know you've written in your Bench Racing blog about Richard and Southern Pride Car Wash. Some folks just didn't want to spring for the King's appearance fee, lol!
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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well, excuse me PK & Chase, but....
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Photo of the Elliott / Mike Rich "missing man" formation at this link:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19911020&id=5ooiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F68FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2867,4280022
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Cody, you ought to find the article at this link interesting. Alexis Leras relates how the Elliott crew would honor deceased crew member Mike Rich at Rockingham's pit crew competition with a "Missing Man" formation - leaving the right rear tire untouched on the stop in the competition:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19911018&id=...
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Thanks, Woody. That is indeed the #02 pole winning car for the Wrangler SanforSet 400 driven by Mark Martin.
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Thank you, Tim and Cody.
Here is a link to another very interesting Google News Archive story from the Sumter, SC newspaper.
This story contains quotes about Earnhardt, Childress and Wrangler from Humpy Wheeler telling why he was "paying up."
You'll also see a quote from Joe Whitlock about the possibility of getting lawyers involved in the distribution of Winner's Circle payouts, as well as NASCAR starting to backpedal on how the program might work in the future.
Cody, of particular interest to you, residents around Dawsonville, and Bill Elliott fans might be that at the time, Alexis Leras (a good friend) was NASCAR PR head. She was later hired by Harry Melling and relocated to Dawsonville to become PR Rep for Melling Racing and the Bill Elliott team - soon to be a major rival of Dale Earnhardt. Bob Bahre later hired Alexis and she moved from Dawsonville to New Hampshire when New Hampshire got a Cup race.
Here's the link below to the story - full of interesting quotes :
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZBwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKoFAAAA...
Another interesting story from Associated Press:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vqMeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vs0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6641,2635238&hl=en
The Things We Did for Earnhardt & Childress to Keep Them Going
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Maybe we can get Mark Martin to send one of his publisher's other titles over to NASCAR.com:
