Other September 1 Southern 500 winners

As referenced in Tim Leeming's post about the September 1, 1975, Southern 500 , four other 500s were held on September 1. Trying to squeeze in a few pics and other items before the clock strikes midnight in the CDT.

1952 - Fonty Flock

Video uploaded by RR's Russ Thompson

And some cool footage from collection of Lloyd Moore.

1958 - Fireball Roberts

The race featured the incredible wreck by Eddie Pagan. He tore down about 100' of guardrail, and the drivers were told to run low in that area the rest of the race. Fireball ran the line he wanted and won the race. (Pic from David Hawkins collection.)

1969 - Lee Roy Yarbrough (from Ray Lamm collection) - and one of my favorite victory lane photos

1980 - Terry Labonte ( Andy Towler collection)

Video of finish shared by RR's Jay Coker.

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updated by @tmc-chase: 08/31/17 12:38:52PM

Chase, as thorough as you and Tim Leeming have been... I believe there's another omitted September 1 Southern 500 that had several good story lines. However, it came after the race moved from Labor Day Monday to Sunday.

It took place on September 1, 1985. The race had a 50 year old rookie, who had been offered the chance to skip the then required rookie test in deference to his racing experience. He elected to take the rookie test, carry yellow rookie stripes and skip first round qualifying. That driver never used his two first given names of Anthony and Joseph. Any guess as to that driver's name?

There was also the matter of a redheaded fellow from RR member, Cody Dinsmore's neck of the woods who picked up an unusual nickname at The Southern 500 of September 1, 1985.

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I believe that was the curmudgeonly Super Tex, AJ Foyt. And thanks to a failed power steering belt or pump or something on Cale's Hardee's Ford, Awesome Bill became Million Dollar Bill.

As for forgetting, I probably should have added the disclaimer like Tim. He was cutting off the reviews as of 1983 - the final year for running the 500 on Labor Day. Elliott's win was indeed Sept 1 - but it was on Sunday vs. Labor Day Monday.

Still - some neat trivia to think a 4x Indy 500 winner, a Daytona 500 winner, a LeMans winner, and a master of many types of race cars still had to go through rookie orientation. Its also cool that AJ had enough respect for the track and tradition to go through with it vs. barking his way out of it.

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Yeah, that's why I prefaced my post with the disclaimer that this event came after the move from labor Day... but too many good story lines to ignore.

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Ttt

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