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October 16 - This day in Petty history 10/16/49 - Lee finishes 2nd in a sandwich of Flocks - Bob is 1st, Fonty is 3rd - in the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro in NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (later Grand National) season.10/16/55 - Lee finishes 8th in a 200 lap race at Martinsville. Jim Paschal finishes 3rd driving a #44 Chevy for Julian Petty.10/16/60 - The 1959 rookie of the year, Richard Petty, finishes 2nd to Speedy Thompson in the inaugural National 400 at Charlotte. Lee (42) finishes 36th, and Jim Paschal (44) finishes 8th.10/16/66 - Marvin Panch finishes 6th in #42 Petty Plymouth in the National 400 at Charlotte. Richard finishes 38th after starting fourth.
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September 22 - This day in Petty history


9/22/63 - Richard finishes 5th in car #41 in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville. Teammate Jimmy Massey finishes 36th and dead last in a #43 Petty...
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September 21 - This day in Petty history


9/21/52 - Lee finishes 2nd in a 300 lapper at Dayton Speedway in Ohio.9/21/57 - Gwyn Staley finishes 4th in Julian Petty-owned Chevrolet, and Lee...
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September 20 - This day in Petty history


9/20/59 - Lee wins at Orange Speedway in Hillsboro NC.9/20/70 - Richard wins the Mason-Dixon 300 at Dover in the winged Plymouth Superbird.9/20/81...
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September 19 - This day in Petty history


9/19/76 - Richard finishes 2nd to Cale Yarborough in the Delaware 500 at Dover.9/19/82 - Kyle finishes a close 2nd to Darrell Waltrip in the CRC...
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September 18 - This day in Petty history


9/18/60 - Richard wins at Hillsboro NC from the pole.9/18/64 -Richard finishes 3rd in a 500 lap race at Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas...
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September 17 - This day in Petty history


9/17/65 - Richard wins a 400 lapper at Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas VA.9/17/67 - Richard wins his 8th race in a row by winning the Hillsboro...
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September 16 - This day in Petty history


9/16/79 - Richard wins the CRC Chemicals 500 at Dover Downs International Speedway.
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September 15 - This day in Petty history


9/15/67 - Richard wins from the pole in the Maryland 300 at Beltsville Speedway for his 7th win in a row.9/15/68 - Richard wins the Hillsboro 150...
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DEI up for sale?


Boy...being an outsider to all the problems at DEI one can form opinions without all the facts. I personally have not been able to understand why...
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September 14 - This day in Petty history


9/14/52 - Lee wins at the famous Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. 9/14/69 - Talladega runs its debut race without most of its star drivers...
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