1953 - Buck Baker
Junior Johnson made his Grand National debut in his race. His day ended up like a lot of rookies' days - with a wrecked car. He also demonstrated a less-than-desirable-practice for fire fighting.
Tim Flock racing Herb Thomas ( Richard Guido )
The winner
1959 - Jim Reed
Lee and Richard Petty before the race - leaning against Lee's Daddy-O Plymouth. ( Carol Cain Henry )
Lee and Richard Petty's cars before the start of the race. ( Bill Rankin )
Two of the winner from a great thread at Randy Ayers Modeling Forum
A Goodyear ad emphasized the winner of the race - yet a rookie from Level Cross managed to get the larger photo in the 2 page spread. However, the day WAS meaningful for the future King as he led the first 7 laps of his young career in this race. Took him 25 starts to be shown as P1 for a few laps.
1970 - Buddy Baker
With deadline pressures, I guess local newspapers are entitled to those occasional mistakes.
Race footage is neat - but incomplete. Best I could find.
As expected, it was a good day for the winged Mopars.
1. Buddy Baker, Cotton Owens Dodge
2. Bobby Isaac, K&K Dodge
3. Pete Hamilton, Petty Enterprises Plymouth
4. David Pearson, H&M Ford
5. Richard Petty, Plymouth
1981 - Neil Bonnett
The pageantry
Qualifying
Racing action
The winner
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Schaefer: It's not just for racing anymore.
updated by @tmc-chase: 09/07/17 10:47:21AM
