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There was a lot of ballyhoo going on between Rockingham and Dover in the 1970s about the 1-mile record. Earlier in 1970, Ray Hendrick of Richmond had run 134.028 at Dover with no special modifications qualifying for a NASCAR modified race, a mark that stood at Dover until broken by Geoff Bodine in 1977 in a Mustang. Bodine set what were claimed to be two closed course mile records that day, one on Grand National tires and a faster lap of 143.170 on wider tires.

Who was telling the truth... Rockingham or Dover??? I should note that in the story above about Tiny Lund and Bobby Allison at Rockingham by Herman Hickman, Herman just happened to be the PR guy at Rockingham!!!

Here's the accounts about Dover and the 1-mile record from the Wilmington, NC paper:

@dave-fulton
10/14/15 01:53:50PM
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Racing History Minute - October 14, 1956

Stock Car Racing History

Make us an offer we can't refuse, Chase. Perhaps Bill was poor because Don was into him. And Larry was probably afraid to be frank around him, fearing the consequences. And if Whitey messed with him, he might find himself in a pickle.

@dave-fulton
10/10/15 12:09:31PM
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Racing History Minute - October 9, 1955

Stock Car Racing History

Alex, I had no idea that longtime USAC stock car standout, Norm Nelson had ventured south to Arkansas in 1955, making the first of his 5 career NASCAR Grand National starts. 3 races later, at Las Vegas, he'd become a NASCAR Grand National winner. He wouldn't start a NASCAR GN event again until 1966, racing once that year and one time in 1967 and 1968.