Racing History Minute - 1973 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

I originally blogged about the 1973 Daytona 500 in 2012 - with a primary focus on its winner: King Richard.

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-18-this-day-in-petty-history.html

I'll repeat much of it here - but expand it more for the rest of the race and Speedweeks in general.

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February 18, 1973 - Richard Petty wins his fourth Daytona 500 to capture his 149th career Winston Cup / Grand National victory.

Race program from Motor Racing Programme Covers

Unlike some of his other Daytona wins, Petty didn't dominate the 1973 race. He led only 17 of 200 laps. Petty's teammate in 1971-72, Buddy Baker, moved to the K&K Insurance #71 Dodge in the fall of 1971. When the new season returned to Daytona, Baker won the pole and led over 150 laps of the race. - Richard Guido

In the ARCA Royal Triton 300, Charlie Blanton was the winner. Finishing 18th was N.D. Copley, father of RR member David Copley .

The feel good story of Speedweeks came in the qualifying twins. Pole-winner Baker also won his twin as expected. But in the second twin, long-time independent driver from Columbia TN, Coo Coo Marlin, brought his Cunningham-Kelly Chevrolet under the checkers in first place for the first and only time in his GN/Cup career. Unfortunately, he was two years too late for the win to count officially as a Winston Cup victory. Nonetheless, the win was a popular one for all. - Ray Lamm .

Just 3 years removed from his magical, unexpected win at Daytona, Pete Hamilton was back in the 500 but for the final time. As he had been in his previous starts at the speedway, Pete was FAST off the truck. He qualified second to Baker. Unfortunately, that's where his racing luck ended. He lost an engine in the 125 and finished 27th. He still made the 500 but finished 40th with a second blown engine after only 33 laps. Afterwards, he'd run just one more Cup race in his career. Here he is racing RR's Dave Marcis in Roger Penske's Matador.

1972 Daytona 500 winner, A.J. Foyt, returned to defend his title. Rather than race for the Wood Brothers who had latched onto a good 'un in David Pearson, Foyt entered his own car. Both he and Pearson had sponsorship from Purolator. Perhaps because he wasn't a NASCAR regular, Foyt's runs in the 500 were a bit overshadowed. Petty won the 500 twice in 3 years, but Foyt finished 3rd in 1971, 1st in 1972 and 4th in 1973. Not too shabby.

Another who had a pretty good 500 was Cotton Owens. In 1972, his car with driver Charlie Glotzbach finished 2nd on seven cylinders to Foyt. And in 1973, driver Dick Brooks finished 3rd behind Petty and 2nd place finisher Bobby Isaac.

Bill Dennis won the Permatex 300 Sportsman race for the second consecutive year.

Another entrant was modified star and future NASCAR Hall of Famer, Richie Evans. He didn't have a career day, however, as he finished 34th in the 40-car field. - Ron Wetzler

Yet Evans finished one spot ahead of another NASCAR Hall of Famer, Darrell Waltrip. DW readied two cars for the beach - a #95 Mercury for the 500 and his P.B. Crowell owned #48 Chevelle for the Sportsman race. He raced the same car to many wins on Saturday nights under the lights on Nashville's short-track. - Randy Binkley

In the Main Event, Baker dominated and led with 12 laps to go. King was second right behind him though he'd only led a handful of laps up until then. Under green, Petty made an aggressive run down pit road, locked the tires, hit his pit box perfectly, got fuel only, and headed back out in less than 10 seconds. A lap later, Baker made a more conservative trip down pit road, smoothly entered his pit, got his fuel, and drove away. But the approach and exit strategies made a difference as Petty then had the lead.

As Baker came back to speed, he started chopping into the 43's lead. With six laps to go and Petty's bumper in his crosshairs, Baker's Dodge puked a motor. His day was done, and Petty cruised the last five laps for his fourth 500 win. Baker needed another seven years before he could claim his only Daytona 500. My first 500 to see in person was the 1980 race in which Baker finally won the 500 in the #28 Harry Ranier-owned Oldsmobile.

Finishing 12th was rookie of the year candidate Waltrip. Yep, Ol' DW now known as the FOX announcer who annoys us with his Boogity, Boogity, Boogity bit made his debut Daytona 500 start in 1973. To notch his top 15 finish, Waltrip survived a near miss of a spin and wall-smack by another Daytona rookie - Marty Robbins. Ray Lamm

Another Cup rookie in 1973 - and the one who eventually claimed the season's Rookie Of The Year title, Lennie Pond - failed to even make it to Daytona much less race in it. As Dave Fulton posted here one year ago , Pond got caught in a snow storm and never even made it to Florida.

Hershel McGriff finished 5th in a #04 Plymouth. While fielded under the name of Beryl Jackson as the car's owner, the car was a second Petty Enterprises-prepared and crewed Plymouth.

A victory is always special - but a kiss from your sponsor Andy Granatelli? Ehh, not so much. - Richard Guido

But hoisting your daughter in victory lane. Now, that indeed is a memorable moment for both. - SMJ cover from Jerry Bushmire

And in what may be my favorite Daytona victory lane photo, Granatelli showed how truly larger than life he could be. He bear hugged Richard in victory lane, grabbed Lee Petty's beret and put it on his own head, hammed it up with the pretties for photos, shed his jacket, and almost lost his shirt as he raucously doused himself with champagne.

Bud Lindemann hosted a weekly 'magazine' racing show called Car & Track in the 1960s and 70s. The following is a recap of the race in a bit less than 5 minutes using coverage from one of C&T's episodes.

For about 10 minutes more coverage from the race, view these two clips from Bud's show.

NSSN cover from Russ Thompson, article from Jerry Bushmire.

Fin	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car
1	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge
2	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Engine Conditioners (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford
3	Dick Brooks	John Naughton Insurance (Cotton Owens)	'73 Dodge
4	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (A.J. Foyt)	'73 Chevrolet
5	Hershel McGriff	K.D. Pauley (Beryl Jackson)	'72 Plymouth
6	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'72 Dodge
7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury
8	Ramo Stott	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury
9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Dodge
10	Vic Parsons	JetWay Products (Bill Seifert)	'71 Mercury
11	David Sisco	McGee Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet
12	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury
13	Joe Frasson	Krager Motor Homes (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge
14	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury
15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge
16	Frank Warren	Rossmeyer (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge
17	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'71 Mercury
18	Ray Elder	Olympia Beer (Fred Elder)	'72 Dodge
19	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard)	'72 Chevrolet
20	Ron Keselowski	Keselowski Racing (Roger Lubinski)	'72 Dodge
21	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet
22	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet
23	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Ford (Joe Nagle)	'73 Ford
24	John Utsman	G.C. Spencer	'72 Dodge
25	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet
26	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'71 Chevrolet
27	Dave Marcis	AMC (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador
28	Jim Vandiver	Bradford Enterprises (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge
29	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet
30	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet
31	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'73 Dodge
32	Red Farmer	Long-Lewis (Willie Humphries)	'72 Ford
33	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury
34	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins (Marty Robbins)	'72 Dodge
35	Bill Dennis	Emrick (H.J. Brooking)	'72 Chevrolet
36	Tiny Lund	Price Construction (Carl Price)	'72 Chevrolet
37	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'72 Dodge
38	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing (Hoss Ellington)	'72 Chevrolet
39	Earl Ross	Red Cap Ale (Allan Brooke)	'73 Chevrolet
40	Pete Hamilton	Housby Mack Inc. (Jack Housby)	'72 Plymouth

updated by @tmc-chase: 02/18/19 11:26:46AM

FOUND THIS ABOUT THE" DAY"

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That was Jr's Daytona testing scheme. As far as I know, it won't be used during a race.

Racing History Minute - 1972 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

Some notes about the qualifying twins, the EIRI altered plan for setting the line-up, and the struggles of the Petty team that carried over to the 500.

Video of the Ballard - Baker accident

Highlights from the remainder of the 500

updated by @tmc-chase: 02/20/17 10:29:55AM

Racing History Minute - 1972 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

A solid article about Allison's win in the Grand American race - and just competitive and in-the-hunt Wayne Andrews was for much of the race. I do like the irony of Andrews racing Allison in a car prepared by another member of the Alabama Gang, Red Farmer. From DBMJ .

(Click article to open a larger, easier-to-read version.)

Racing History Minute - 1972 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

Race program

Bill Dennis won the Permatex 300 Sportsman race in Junie Donlavey's Mercury - his first of 3 consecutive wins in the race from 72-74. - Ray Lamm

As I've noted in an earlier post, I remember Alton Jones from his days racing late models at Nashville. But from time to time, he had the chance to race on a grander stage such as the Permatex 300.

Andy Hampton won the ARCA Royal Triton 300 in a car set-up and originally fielded by Tom Bowsher. But because Bowsher ended up being banned by ARCA, the car had to be entered under a different "owner" name. Hampton fielded it under his name, was quickest in about all practice sessions, was predicted to win, and delivered on those expectations.

From: Midwest Racing Archives

Painted in that shade of blue, the car to me looks awfully close to what could have once been a Petty Enterprises Ford Torino from 1969. But Bowsher drove other cars painted below, so I think the similarity to Petty blue may just be a coincidence. - Brian Norton

Bobby Allison won the Citrus 250 Grand American race. Wayne Andrews, father of RR member Dennis Andrews, finished 3rd.

Though Foyt was pretty much on cruise control with Petty and Baker out of the race and Glotzbach on 7 cylinders, he still had to stay focused on the race. When Jim Hurtubise's engine erupted, the windshield of Foyt's Mercury caught a ton of oil from it. Not exactly what a driver wants to have happen while running at 190 MPH.

Speedweeks as expected was the cover story for the May 1972 issue of Stock Car Racing magazine.

updated by @tmc-chase: 02/20/17 10:29:22AM

Racing History Minute - 1972 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

Two years ago, chattanoogan.com featured an article about the loss of Friday Hassler around the 40th anniversary of his death. The article even includes the source of his nickname. Link to original article:

http://ww.chattanoogan.com/2012/2/20/219850/Remembering-NASCAR-Driv...

Remembering NASCAR Driver Raymond "Friday" Hassler

February 17, 2012 marked the 40 ^th anniversary of a tragedy that saddened many Chattanoogans and stock car racing fans everywhere the death of driver Raymond Friday Hassler.

Likely the most accomplished Chattanoogan to compete on the NASCAR circuit, his death came during a Thursday qualifying race for the 1972 Daytona 500.

As 40,000 fans, including wife Joannie, watched the 125-mile qualifying race, a wreck that apparently started with a blown tire by driver David R. Boggs resulted in some swerving and a massive pileup.

Mr. Hassler was hit head-on by another fast-moving car after his 1970 Chevelle had been turned around during the melee, and he died instantly, news reports at the time said.
Such famous drivers as Richard Petty and Buddy Baker had been competing in that qualifying race, and Daytona speedway president Bill France Jr. was on the track immediately afterward directing the cleanup.

Chattanooga News-Free Press sports writer Rex Sanders and Chattanooga Times photographer Cecil Pearce also witnessed the deadly crash, which was the third one in a Daytona event since 1969.

As was his style, Mr. Hassler had moved his No. 39 car up near the front before the backstretch crash shortly before the midway point of the race.

In his career, he had been working his way up closer to the top as well. In fact,had the 36-year-old Mr. Hassler not died at what is considered a prime age for NASCAR drivers , he might have later become as familiar a NASCAR name as some of the others mentioned.

And the man known for his quiet, unassuming and friendly manner had managed to achieve what he did as an independent car driver at a time when bigger-money sponsorship was starting to become more common and NASCAR was soon to explode in national popularity.

In 1971, in the first year when NASCARs top circuit was called the Winston Cup series after previously being called the Grand National series, he finished 16 ^th in point standings and had 13 top 10 points series finishes, included a second at Islip, N.Y.

He had also enjoyed a ninth-place finish earlier in the 1972 season at Riverside, Calif.

He never had a Winston Cup or Grand National win in his career, although he did fill in briefly for Charlie Glotzbach in a hot July 1971 race won by Glotzbach at Bristol.

According to Friday Hasslers brother, C.W. Bill Hassler Jr., who still lives on some longtime family land off Mountain Creek Road, his younger brother had enjoyed cars and racing since he was a child.

He started out when he was real young, Bill Hassler said over the telephone this week. He had matchbox cars and raced in the soap box derby. His last year he was runner-up in the soap box derby.

The Red Bank and Mountain Creek resident went on to graduate from Kirkman High School after studying automotive mechanics.

His brother said he received the nickname Friday because he worked at an auto body and upholstery shop only on Fridays and Saturdays, and the operator would joke, Here comes Friday, when Mr. Hassler walked in on the last workday of the week.

Mr. Hassler would go on to work in auto parts and help his father with a tractor business, but racing was his passion. His brother said he competed for years at smaller tracks at such places as Boyds Speedway, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta and at tracks in Montgomery and Birmingham in Alabama.

Along the way, he built quite an impressive record for winning at that level.

He also gained respect for the way he raced, as he would never jeopardize another racer by trying to be greedy. He would rather finish third and keep from messing somebody up than finish first, Mr. Hassler said.

But his brother said he certainly liked the competitive nature of the sport of racing. It was a challenge to beat somebody, he said.

Friday Hassler went on to compete in 134 Grand National or Winston Cup races starting in 1960, including Daytona a number of times.

According to some information found online, Mr. Hassler is also credited with helping develop the first modern NASCAR race car. As an independent driver, he could not buy factory new equipment for his car, so he simply put improved parts on his older cars.

However, even before his unfortunate death, his brother said not everything fell into place for him in various facets of his experience trying to survive in NASCARs competitive top circuit.

He never did get any breaks, said the elder Mr. Hassler, becoming emotional as he remembered his brother with fondness.

Racing deaths have also hit other accomplished Chattanooga drivers, including Harold Fryar in Gadsden, Ala., in 1971 and Grant Adcox, son of longtime local Chevrolet dealer Herb Adcox, in 1989. Mr. Adcox, whose career included 61 Winston Cup races, was killed during a race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Like with Mr. Hasslers death, family members and supporters of those drivers were also left with feelings of loss and questions of what if.

As NASCAR has become even more visible in recent decades, despite a sluggish economy and higher gas prices that have hurt attendance in recent years, Mr. Hassler thinks his brother who was also survived by four sons would likely still be involved in racing in some way.

Hed probably be in there with them, he said. He would probably have a car and a driver.

Racing History Minute - 1972 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

Buddy Baker was actually racing in the all-red STP Petty #11 Charger. He'd driven the white factory Dodge for the Pettys in 1971. In 1972, he was covered for a partial schedule under the STP sponsorship agreement the Pettys signed with Andy Granatelli. After debuting the STP deal on an all Petty-blue Plymouth at Riverside in January, Richard made his first starts with the STP red / Petty blue combo during the 1972 Speedweeks. With Baker's running an all-red car, I've often wondered if the Pettys were able to wrangle a few more dollars out of Andy Granatelli since he'd wanted an all-red 43.

The car had Petty blue numerals - though they were switched to white later in the season. I'm not sure why other than the Petty blue on day-glo red may have been tough on the eyes for the spotter. If so, it seems an all day-glo red car would be sufficient for anyone to know who it was - regardless of any number on it! - Ray Lamm

Baker had a fast car. But as seemed to be the case for him a lot in his career, he couldn't quite close the sale. The incident with Ballard ruined the day for both of them.

From  Ron Scalissi

From  Ron Scalissi

[ As posted back in December ], Charlie Glotzbach signed a deal to run a limited schedule for Cotton Owens in 1972. It turned out to be an even more limited schedule than either likely thought it would be. But the season did start well with Chargin' Charlie finishing 2nd to Foyt - while running on 7 cylinders!

Cale Yarborough made another rare start in that era. Once again, he was back in a Plymouth fielded by Ray Fox. Its still fascinating to think how Cale had 2 distinct GN careers - one in the 1960s including winning days with the Wood Brothers and the second from the mid 70s through his retirement. Those early 70 years spent in USAC with only the occasional NASCAR start clearly separated the 2 aspects of his hall of fame career. - Ray Lamm

Super Tex in victory lane with the Wood Brothers - Ray Lamm

updated by @tmc-chase: 02/20/17 10:28:12AM

Racing History Minute - 1971 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

Video refresh. Others have been pulled from YouTube.

Race recap

And more coverage of Maynard Troyer's spectacular, Olympic gold medal worthy tumble.

Racing History Minute - 1971 Daytona 500

Stock Car Racing History

The 1971 season was one of transition. In with some new - out with some old. The season was the first to be financially supported by R.J. Reynolds and known as the Winston Cup Grand National Series.

The schedule was still largely packed with many of the same tracks and races that had been on the schedule from the late 1960s forward. The radical change came in 1972 when the schedule was pared down to about 30 events. As a result of Winston coming aboard, the twin qualifying races at Daytona were run for the last time in 1971 as points-paying, official GN events.

On Valentine's Day - February 14, 1971 - Richard Petty won his third Daytona 500 to land his 120th career victory. At that time, no driver had won the 500 twice - much less three times. I originally blogged about the race in 2012. I'll repeat much of it here, tweak it some, add some new info, etc. The link to my original blog post is here:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-14-this-day-in-petty-history.html

Race program from Motor Racing Programme Covers

Petty Enterprises ran twin factory-backed Plymouth Superbirds for Petty and Pete Hamilton in 1970. Chrysler Corporation revised the strategy, however, for its support of the Petty teams for 1971. Richard continued to run the familiar Petty Blue #43 Plymouth. Hamilton left the team, and Buddy Baker was hired to replace him. Baker ran a solid white #11 Petty Enterprises Dodge Charger. - Don Smyle / Smyle Media

I've asked the question for years but without finding what I think is a legitimate answer. Consequently, I've crafted my own educated guess about the number selection.

In addition to Petty's Plymouth, Fred Lorenzen was back on the circuit in a Plymouth of his own - a Ray Nichels, STP sponsored, #99 Plymouth. - Ray Lamm

With intense competition between the Plymouth and Dodge brands within the 4 walls of Chrysler Corporation, I think 11 was selected for Baker's Dodge as the lowest available palindromic number and farthest away from Lorenzen's 99.

For 1971, gone were the radical looking winged Mopars from 1969-1970. The race cars returned to ones that more closely resembled streets versions - for model sold in large volumes. One exception was Dick Brooks who raced a winged Dodge Daytona for owner Mario Rossi. - Ray Lamm

In qualifying, A.J. Foyt continued to show folks how versatile he was in varying forms of racing by taking the top spot in the Wood Brothers' Mercury. Defending series champion, Bobby Isaac, timed second to earn the outside pole.

In this shot, some of the cars have been pushed to the starting grid for the first 125-mile qualifying race. Foyt on the pole, former Petty driver Pete Hamilton in Cotton Owens #6 Plymouth starting 2nd, Petty in 3rd, Fred Lorenzen in 4th (not shown), and #98 Lee Roy Yarbrough in 5th. Photographer Al Consoli allowed me to share this photo.

Green, green, green!

My dad took me to Daytona for the 500 in '71. He claimed we could "camp in the parking lot ... with sleeping bags ... because it NEVER gets cold in Florida." Let me just say LOL!!! Me and my best friend both took our bags and both "slept" on the gravel parking lot outside of turn 4 while dad and co. slept in the rental car ... as a February cold front of biblical proportions rolled into northern Florida. With cloudless skies reigning, the next day's Permatex 300 was run under frigid conditions with a sustained wind of about 30 MPH and higher gusts. It was all me and (my brave best friend) could muster to stand in the back of a Ranchero in the infield and watch the race won by Red Farmer. With nightly temperatures plummeting we (miraculously) found the absolute last boarding house in all of Florida and all 12 or so in our party staggered in the one-room efficiency and happily slept on the floor. Next day the 500. The winds had died somewhat, and as the only factory-backed team left in NASCAR Richard Petty and A.J. Foyt (Wood Bros. #21) dueled most of the race until Foyt encountered some type of problem ... might have been a pit stop, can't remember, but Richard cruised home to victory, his 3rd Daytona 500.

The 500 was one of most competitive in history - before or since. Many drivers took turns on the point - but sometimes for only one lap at a time. Eleven drivers took turns pulling the field around the superspeedway.

As Hamilton and Brooks in the winged Dodge battled for 2nd while chasing the leader Foyt, the two tangled. Surprisingly, both were able to continue despite the damage. Brooks somehow managed a 7th place finish for the day. Pete soldiered on as well albeit many laps down; however, engine woes with a few laps to go finally did him in relegating him to a 28th place finish.

But as Bobby referenced, the two chief combatants were Petty and Foyt. A troublesome pit stop late in the race put Foyt a lap down. He was able to pass Richard to unlap himself, but he had to settle for third. Buddy Baker took over second as Foyt's Wood Brothers team had pit issues, and the Petty Enterprises Mopar entries finished 1-2.

The famed Petty blue 43 sweeps across the finish line...

... and pulls into Victory Lane.

And to the victor belongs the spoils. (Although clearly nothing is spoiled in this photo.) - Ray Lamm

Announcer Keith Jackson with the introductions and the start of the race ... including a spectacular lap 9 wreck by Maynard Troyer (7:00 on video).

Jackson and National Speed Sport News' Chris Economaki cover the middle stages...

The drama of the end of the race. Hamilton...gone. Donnie Allison...gone. Foyt...pit issues. Battle of teammates Petty and Baker. And the finish.

NSSN cover from Russ Thompson

Race report from Jerry Bushmire

Fin	Driver	Car
1	Richard Petty	'71 Plymouth
2	Buddy Baker	'71 Dodge
3	A.J. Foyt	'69 Mercury
4	David Pearson	'69 Mercury
5	Fred Lorenzen	'71 Plymouth
6	Jim Vandiver	'69 Dodge
7	Dick Brooks	'69 Dodge
8	Jim Hurtubise	'70 Ford
9	James Hylton	'69 Ford
10	Bobby Isaac	'71 Dodge
11	Ramo Stott	'71 Plymouth
12	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge
13	Pedro Rodriguez	'70 Plymouth
14	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury
15	Freddy Fryar	'69 Dodge
16	Bill Champion	'69 Ford
17	Cecil Gordon	'69 Mercury
18	Bobby Allison	'70 Dodge
19	Marv Acton	'70 Plymouth
20	Coo Coo Marlin	'69 Chevrolet
21	Tommy Gale	'69 Mercury
22	Larry Baumel	'69 Ford
23	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford
24	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth
25	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge
26	Donnie Allison	'69 Mercury
27	Bill Dennis	'69 Mercury
28	Pete Hamilton	'71 Plymouth
29	John Sears	'69 Dodge
30	Bill Seifert	'70 Ford
31	Henley Gray	'69 Ford
32	Red Farmer	'71 Ford
33	Cale Yarborough	'71 Plymouth
34	LeeRoy Yarbrough	'69 Mercury
35	Benny Parsons	'69 Ford
36	Friday Hassler	'69 Chevrolet
37	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge
38	Maynard Troyer	'69 Ford
39	Tiny Lund	'69 Dodge
40	Ron Keselowski	'70 Dodge

updated by @tmc-chase: 01/18/21 04:41:06PM

CHEVY IMPALA OWNERS CAN RELAX

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With the pace car catching fire, I think GM has now been forced to make a slight alteration to its badge decal on the front bumper of the Cup cars.