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November 16 - This day in Petty history 11/16/52 - Lee finishes 2nd in a 100 lap race at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta.11/16/86 - Kyle finishes 15th in the 7-11 Wood Bros. Ford and Richard finishes 21st in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside as Tim Richmond wins for the 7th and final time of 1986.11/16/97 - Petty cars earn double-chicken money with 2 top 10s in the NAPA 500 at Atlanta. Kyle finishes 6th in the Hot Wheels Pontiac, and Bobby Hamilton finishes 7th. This was the first race at Atlanta with the new "quad-oval" configuration.
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Chessie

Junie's cars from 1950's


My grandfather, Rolen Moyer, worked with Junie on his racing engines. I'm in the process of building a family history, and we don't have any...
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October 8 - This day in Petty history


10/08/72 - Richard finishes 10th in the National 500 at Charlotte.10/08/89 - Richard finishes an irrelevant 34th in the All Pro Auto Parts 500 at...
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October 7 - This day in Petty history


10/07/51 - Lee finishes 5th in a 150 lapper at Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro, NC.10/07/56 - Lee finishes 9th in a 200 lap race at Newport (TN)...
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October 6 - This day in Petty history


10/6/57 - Lee finishes 3rd in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville.10/6/74 - Richard finishes 2nd to David Pearson in the National 500 at Charlotte.
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October 5 - This day in Petty history


10/5/57 - Lee wins at Southern States Fairground in Charlotte.10/5/58 - Lee wins at Salisbury Speedway in North Carolina. Rookie Richard Petty...
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October 4 - This day in Petty history


10/4/70 - Richard leads the most laps but finishes 2nd to Bobby Isaac in the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro.10/4/81 - Buddy Arrington finishes 10th...
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October 3 - This day in Petty history


10/03/53 - Lee finishes 6th in a 200 lapper at Bloomsburg Fairgrounds in Bloomsburg PA.10/03/76 - Richard finishes 3rd in the Wilkes 400 at North...
@TMC Chase started 16 years ago - replies: 0
Jennifer Long

Geoff competes at Dillon Motorspeedway


http://www.whowon.com/Results.asp?TrackID=2796&StoryID=260491 Sounds like Geoff gave them "a run for their money!"
@Jennifer Long started 16 years ago - replies: 0
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October 2 - This day in Petty history


10/2/49 - Lee Petty wins his first race at Heidelberg Raceway, Pittsburgh, PA.10/2/60 - Petty cars finish 6th (Richard), 10th (Jim Paschal), and...
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October 1 - This day in Petty history


The calendar page turns, but the trivia continues...10/1/50 - Lee finishes 7th in a 200 lapper at Vernon (NY) Fairgrounds.10/1/61 - Richard...
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