July 10, 1960 - Pettys Pull A Heidelberg Heist

Starting from the pole position, Lee Petty dusted the field to win the final NASCAR Grand National race at Heidelberg Raceway near Pittsburgh, PA. Lee finished three laps ahead of second place, son Richard Petty.

It was Lee's 53rd and next-to-last career win. It was also the 2nd time a father-son finished 1-2 in a GN race - the first being at Lakewood Speedway a year earlier when Lee protested his way to the win over 2nd place Richard. The pop-son, 1-2 finish wouldn't happen again until 1988 when Bobby and Davey finished that way in the Daytona 500.

Read on for more:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-10-1960-pettys-pull-heidelberg.html

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updated by @tmc-chase: 07/09/17 10:14:57PM

Neat historic sign highlighting Ringling Bros. final tent show.

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Hey Chase, The Grand National East ran there in 1973. It was a combination race with GNE and ARCA cars. I think I read somewhere that it was the last NASCAR race at Heidelberg.

Aug. 2, 1973 Heidelberg 100

1. Tom Colella '73 Chevrolet

2. Tiny Lund '73 Camaro

3. Bobby Watson '73 Camaro

4. Jeff Faber '73 Camaro

5. Bruce Gould '71 Ford

6. A. Arnold '73 Camaro

7. Cale Yarborough '73 Ford

8. Wayne Andrews '70 Mustang

9. Bob Wearing '72 Chevrolet

10. Ron Hutcherson '71 Ford

11. Delmar Clark '71 Ford

12. Neil Castles '70 Dodge

13. Bobby Allison '73 Chevrolet

14. David Boggs '70 Dodge

15. Jerry Huflin '73 Camaro

16. Ernie Shaw '73 Camaro

17. Wayne Trinkle '73 Nova

18. Bobby Fleming '73 Mustang

19. Larry Scott '72 Chevrolet

20. Vic Parsons '71 Ford

21. Ton Culbertson '71 Ford

22. Wayne Watercutter '72 Chevrolet

23. Buddy Baker '73 Dodge

24. Kenny Black '71 Ford

25. Jim Clarke '72 Chevrolet

Hmmm... I've seen very hurt feelings sometime when the track promoter won his own event. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

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