Talladega Trivia III
Trivia
"the only accident of the week came when Talladega 500 winner Richard Brickhouse pulled his Dodge Daytona into victory lane. Brickhouse brushed the fence and dented the right front corner of the car's nose."
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Talladega Trivia III
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Bobby, Now this is something you will never read in a Nascar record book.Talk about a coin having two sides, how can something so good for Richard also be the very thing that ends up hurting him. I have always been confused about how this turn of events helped some and hurt others.Other than Brickhouse the one in particual I'm thinking about is the one thatyou used bold type to note their first GN start. I have heard it said more than once how he was remembered well by France for it but who knows, you will hear all kinds of stuff like this at a race track, kind of like a barber shop. I have what I believe to be a great conspiracy theory about someone who choose not to run both races.
RecentlyI was reading old newsletters and read the account that was the subject of this trivia post. I hope that you do not think I was making fun of Richard Brickhouse, that was not at all my intent. It just jumped out at me as being one of those obscure things that made good trivia.
I know what you mean about old emotions, I've heard dad say that it took him 30 years to "get over(fill in the blank)". Tell you that story sometime. Most all racers have those lost opportunities and times that they felt they got the short end of the stick and it stays with you. I've heard Jim Vandiver say that he actually won that race. Great stuff though, no where else but on RacersReunion.
Talladega Trivia III
Trivia
"the only accident of the week came when Talladega 500 winner Richard Brickhouse pulled his Dodge Daytona into victory lane. Brickhouse brushed the fence and dented the right front corner of the car's nose."
Talladega Trivia III
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The inaugural Talladega 500 is more famous for the "Boycott" than being the 1st race at the massive speedway. The main issuse of the PDA was that the tires would not be able to withstand the strain of the high speeds and the result would be crashed cars and injured (or worse) drivers. Big Bill's responce was "Just slow down you, control the throttle".
Well, as you know the PDA went home and the race went as "scheduled" (started to say as planned but that would not be true) and tire failure was not being reported afterward. As if to prove the point the following was printed in the next Nascar Newsletter.
"In the heat of the happenings during the inaugural week of activity at the Alabama International Motor Speedway one fact apparently went unnoticed: During the entire week and during 900 miles of racing over the weekend not one car spun out or lost control on the race course.
As a matter of fact, the only accident of the week came" when?
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:10:12PM
Talladega Trivia II
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That is right Sonny. I knew this one would be easier than the last one but I found it to be interesting. Jimmy is from Greenville, S.C. and started 23rd and finished 7th in his #7 Camaro 29 laps behind Brickhouse. Got to remember that the GN cars were running close to 30 MPH faster than the GT cars and were no where near as aerodynamic.
Talladega Trivia II
Stock Car Racing History
First Talladega 500 was held on Sept. 14,1969 and is famous for the "Boycott". Richard Brickhouse is credited with the win in the #99 Nichols Dodge Daytona. Of the 36 cars that started the race 23 were sports sedans from the Grand Touring division and 9 GT cars were running at the end even after running 400 miles the day before.
Who was the highest finishing GT driver?
What was he driving?
How many laps down was he to Brickhouse?
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
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Cory,
The GT cars ran twice at Jackson International Speedway in 1969. The first was on May 23rd and was the 6th race of the year. Pete Hamilton in the #25 Gene White Camaro won his first race in the series.
The results of the last race of the season are posted below.
Baton Rouge International Speedway
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Cory,
Can't help with track dimensions except that the race results that I have say the track was a 0.625 (5/8) mile paved oval. The NASCAR Grand Touring Division held an event there on May 26, 1969. The first 133 of the 320 laps were ran on the 25th beforethe race wasstopped due to rain. The results are incomplete but Ken Rush started from the pole and the race was won by Jim Paschal in an AMC Javelin followed by Buck Baker 2nd, Martin Sharpe 3rd, Stan Starr Jr. 4th, Phil Wills 5th, Al Staub 6th, Al Lemons 7th and Ernie Shaw 8th. These were the only starters running at the end. Some of the others in the race wereCharlie Blanton, Bob Tullius and Tiny Lund. Rush's qualifying time was 24.56 seconds.
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That is cool Blane. I still remember the first time I saw those towering banks. It was in 1970 and when we came up out of the tunnel I looked back, and up, to see a group of 8 to 10 cars. Mostly Superbirds and Daytonas in the middle of turns 3 and 4.