By the way, in the video above, the Petty Enterprises spokesman explaining how they thought the #43 had won the Richmond race until they realized Marcis made up a lap on the yellow, then stayed out to assume the lead is a very young pre-Roush Racing, pre-D.E.I. STEVE HMIEL.
#43 lost in the rain at Richmond. It won in the rain at Daytona. That's racing, boys and girls.
Dave Marcis final Winston Cup victory, over #43 of Richard Petty - Richmond 1982 - in the rain.
I can't imagine anyone not having a special feeling to see #43 in the Cup winner's circle again, regardless of venue, circumstances or anything else. Everybody played by the same rules. I had watched and kept channel surfing to the ARCA race. I didn't even know Daytona race had been called until I checked NASCAR.com.
The talent seems to be in place for the team to put up some additional victories.
I'll always remember Dave Marcis' last Cup win in spring 1982. It started raining at Richmond and all the lead cars except Dave pitted on the caution. When the rain got worse and race was called, Dave was still on the point. For my money, he outfoxed all other competitors, including my Bud Moore/Earnhardt/Wrangler team.
Ironically, the 2nd place finisher that day was car #43, Richard Petty, who'd have won if he'd stayed out with Marcis when the rain came.
A win is a win.
On Sunday I watched the rain at Daytona, the Juan Pablo Montoya IndyCar runaway at Pocono and the Silverstone, England Formula One event won by Lewis Hamilton. Poor ole David Hobbs gets way too excited anytime one of his F-1 cars gets within ten feet of another.
Good to see the #43 return to NASCAR victory lane, but far and away the best show of the day was the ARCA stock car race at Winchester, Indiana.
The race was dominated by "old man" Ken Schrader, which did my heart good.
The final lap produced one of the most exciting passes of the year. If you believe "rubbing is racing" and '" 8 wheels are better than 4" - then you'll love the move on the final turn by 17 year old Georgian, Brandon Jones in his very first ARCA race.
Tell me what you think of this move and how it compared to the finish of the NASCAR race at Daytona:
2nd place finisher Earl Pangle from the Ralph Rose Scrapbooks collection:
17th place finisher, Jimmy Tori drove a Cadillac powered modified at Langley Field:
Doug Yates of Chapel Hill, NC drove the famed 1va at Langley Field on July 9, 1964:
Uncredited/undated photo
Race winner Earl Moss in an undated photo at Langley Field:
Uncredited/undated photo
Randy Hutchinson in 1968 on the NASCAR GT Tour.
Very, very interesting to see a Sportsman car run 2nd in a major 100-lap Modified-Sportsman race. That's a very young 15 year old Randy Hutchinson in 28th. He'd later, at a still very young age, race NASCAR GT and Grand American cars.
