Record for consecutive lead lap finishes to start a season
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I don't know about the record, but he surely has had a strong and memorable season. Interesting information.
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The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
So, Dennis, do you suppose Richie would have thought Jimmie "Got The Call" Sunday at Charlotte?
The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
Sad note... incomparable motorsports writer and broadcaster, Brock Yates , longtime editor of Car & Driver and instigator of the Cannonball Run ,passed on October 5. I was privileged to have hoisted a few cold ones with Brock, the late Joe Whitlock and Unocal's Bill Brodrick at the long gone HoJos lounge in Daytona.
I still get a kick out of reading Brock's interview at a Michigan motel during a M.I.S. TransAm race weekend with my friend, car owner Bud Moore for Brock's 1972 classic book, Sunday Driver . Little has changed in NASCAR in the intervening 44 years:
The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
Chase, here's the final lap of that 1979 Ontario race, won by Benny Parsons, with interviews with Richard and Darrell. Note Darrell questions why he was scored a lap down instead of being the race leader.
The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
Yes, that is Brock Yates. Brock used to pit report and do victory lane on the CBS telecasts.
The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
Sports Illustrated photo taken at Ontario following Earnhardt clinching 1980 Cup Championship.
The Original 1-Time Only 1980 Championship Earnhardt/Osterlund Wrangler Jeans Machine at Ontario
Stock Car Racing History
I loved that Yazoo Mowers sponsorship on Lake's car. In Fall 1970, I spent two weeks in Tupelo, Mississippi at an engineering time study course at the Wrangler Tupelo Division headquarters. The other big employer in Tupelo was the Yazoo Lawn Mower factory.
We spent all our evening time at the Chickasaw lounge, where Elvis used to play. We also crossed over the famed Tallahatchie bridge, jumped off of by Billy Joe McAllister in the song.