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01/18/14 01:52:06PM
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Racing History Minute - 1975 Winston Western 500

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Bobby's win in the Matador was featured on the cover of the June 1975 issue of Stock Car Racing.

@tmc-chase
01/16/14 02:55:59PM
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Racing History Minute - 1975 Winston Western 500

Stock Car Racing History

Race program- from Motor Racing Programme Covers

Race report - from Daytona Beach Morning Journal

Jimmy Insolo won the preliminary late model sportsman race, the Permatex 200. Driver Bill Spencer was sadly killed during the race. From Spartanburg Herald .

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01/18/16 08:51:15PM
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Racing History Minute - 1974 Winston Western 500 at Riverside Raceway

Stock Car Racing History

@tmc-chase
01/26/14 01:50:47PM
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Racing History Minute - 1974 Winston Western 500 at Riverside Raceway

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Just realized my link to the article about Pearson's 1971 Mercury being retired no longer works. I found another article about it in the Free Lance Star .

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01/15/14 02:48:58PM
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Racing History Minute - 1974 Winston Western 500 at Riverside Raceway

Stock Car Racing History

Once again, the ageless Hershel McGriff won the preliminary Permatex 200 late model sportsman race in a 1969 Chevelle.

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01/15/14 12:32:10PM
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Racing History Minute - 1974 Winston Western 500 at Riverside Raceway

Stock Car Racing History

Race program

As the cars made their pace laps on the original scheduled date of Sunday, January 20th, Gary Bettenhausen started fifth in Roger Penske's #16 Matador with King Richard to his outside. Row 4 was Jimmy Insolo to the inside and the 1973 Winston Cup champion Benny Parsons starting sixth. At the right edge of the following photo is row 5, with Ray Elder to the inside and the ageless Hershel McGriff starting tenth in a second Petty Enterprises Dodge Charger.

Although the first two rows are outside the frame of this photo, their numbers can be read on the scoring pylon: 21 David Pearson on the pole, 11 Cale Yarborough second, 12 Bobby Allison third, and 15 George Follmer fourth. After starting second alongside pole-winner David Pearson, Cale spun off the course on the first lap .

Cale gathered the car back and resumed racing near the back of the pack. About 60 laps and well short of half-way, however, the showers began to fall. The race was postponed to the following Saturday, January 26th with Bobby Allison leading and The King sitting in second place.

Source: Lewiston Morning-Tribune via Google News Archive

Richard racing his Petty Enterprises teammate, Hershel McGriff, although the photo caption erroneously had Charlie Glotzbach in the car.

When the teams returned six days later, Cale recovered from his spin and didn't take long to put his Junior Johnson Chevy back up front. He went on to lead 144 of the 191 laps to win the race. Not only was Petty running second to Allison when the rains fell on January 20th, but he also ended up second when the race ended on the 26th. The King tried to chase down Cale's Chevy but couldn't catch him.

Source for 3 photos above: Team Camaro message board

Source: Hendersonville Times-News via Google News Archive

Following the race, David Pearson's 1971 Wood Brothers Purolator Mercury was retired to Darlington's Joe Weatherly Stock Car Museum (as it was known then) but known today simply as the Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum .

Source: waymarking.com

About six years ago, the car was removed from the museum, restored by the Woods , and put back on the track a final time so Pearson could run a few pace laps with Carl Edwards. The car didn't return to the Darlington museum. Instead, it was moved to the higher profile NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. It was on display on Glory Road until just this month when the Hall changed over the original set of cars and replaced them with another set. I don't know if the 21 has now been returned to the Darlington museum.