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Today in Nascar History March 19th:
Birthdays:
Tommy Umscheid
Wyatt Dallenbach
Chris Graves
Events:
March 19th, 2000: Ward Burton ends a five year victory famine with a win at Darlington. Burton beats Dale Jarrett by 1.4 seconds to take his 2nd career win.
Races:
March 19th, 1967: Bristol, TN: Winner: David Pearson (started 14th), dodge, race avg at 75.937, 13 lead changes among 6 drivers, 6 cautions for 59 laps. Pole Winner: Darel Dieringer at 87.124 mph.
March 19th, 1978: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Bobby Allison (started 4th), ford, race avg at 142.520, 9 lead changes among 6 drivers, 4 cautions for 16 laps. Pole Winner: Cale Yarborough at 162.006 mph.
March 19th, 1989: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Darrell Waltrip (started 4th), chevy, race avg at 139.684, 29 lead changes among 11 drivers, 6 cautions for 41 laps. Pole Winner: Alan Kulwicki at 176.925 mph.
March 19th, 1991: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Ken Schrader (started 5th), chevy, race avg at 140.470, 16 lead changes among 9 drivers, 4 cautions for 33 laps. Pole Winner: Alan Kulwicki at 174.413 mph.
March 19th, 2000: Darlington, SC: Winner: Ward Burton (started 3rd), pontiac, race avg at 128.076, 13 lead changes among 7 drivers, 5 cautions for 30 laps. Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon at 172.662 mph.
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Today in Nascar History March 20th:
Birthdays:
Jeff Thousand
Events:
March 20th, 1966: Sophomore driver Dick Hutcherson steers clear of a bunch of crashes and wins at Bristol by 4 laps. Only seven out of the 32 starters finish the race.
March 20th, 1993: Morgan Shepherd takes the lead with 12 laps left and wins at Atlanta, an event postponed six days because of a blizzard. It is Shepherd's 4th career victory, three of which have come at Atlanta.
March 20th, 2005: Carl Edwards wins his first career race at Atlanta. Edwards passes Jimmie Johnson on turn four of the final lap and beats Johnson to the line in a photo finish.
Races:
March 20th, 1966: Bristol, TN: Winner: Dick Hutcherson (started 6th), ford, race avg at 69.952, 7 lead changes among 4 drivers, 7 cautions for 92 laps. Pole Winner: David Pearson at 86.248 mph.
March 20th, 1977: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Richard Petty (started 1st), dodge, race avg at 144.093, 15 lead changes among 3 drivers, 2 cautions for 11 laps. Pole Winner: Richard Petty at 162.501 mph.
March 20th, 1988: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Dale Earnhardt (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 137.588, 19 lead changes among 10 drivers, 7 cautions for 40 laps. Pole Winner: Geoff Bodine at 176.623 mph.
March 20th, 1993: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Morgan Shepherd (started 7th), ford, race avg at 150.442, 19 lead changes among 9 drivers, 4 cautions for 19 laps. Pole Winner: Rusty Wallace at 178.749 mph.
March 20th, 2005: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Carl Edwards (started 4th), ford, race avg at 143.478, 27 lead changes, 8 cautions. Pole Winner: Ryan Newman at 194.690 mph.
Birthdays:
Jeff Thousand
Events:
March 20th, 1966: Sophomore driver Dick Hutcherson steers clear of a bunch of crashes and wins at Bristol by 4 laps. Only seven out of the 32 starters finish the race.
March 20th, 1993: Morgan Shepherd takes the lead with 12 laps left and wins at Atlanta, an event postponed six days because of a blizzard. It is Shepherd's 4th career victory, three of which have come at Atlanta.
March 20th, 2005: Carl Edwards wins his first career race at Atlanta. Edwards passes Jimmie Johnson on turn four of the final lap and beats Johnson to the line in a photo finish.
Races:
March 20th, 1966: Bristol, TN: Winner: Dick Hutcherson (started 6th), ford, race avg at 69.952, 7 lead changes among 4 drivers, 7 cautions for 92 laps. Pole Winner: David Pearson at 86.248 mph.
March 20th, 1977: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Richard Petty (started 1st), dodge, race avg at 144.093, 15 lead changes among 3 drivers, 2 cautions for 11 laps. Pole Winner: Richard Petty at 162.501 mph.
March 20th, 1988: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Dale Earnhardt (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 137.588, 19 lead changes among 10 drivers, 7 cautions for 40 laps. Pole Winner: Geoff Bodine at 176.623 mph.
March 20th, 1993: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Morgan Shepherd (started 7th), ford, race avg at 150.442, 19 lead changes among 9 drivers, 4 cautions for 19 laps. Pole Winner: Rusty Wallace at 178.749 mph.
March 20th, 2005: Atlanta, GA: Winner: Carl Edwards (started 4th), ford, race avg at 143.478, 27 lead changes, 8 cautions. Pole Winner: Ryan Newman at 194.690 mph.
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No one has won all three races (Daytona 500, Budweiser Shootout and the Duel Race), but five drivers have won the Shootout and the 500: Bobby Allison (1982), Bill Elliott (1987), Dale Jarrett (1996, 2000), and Jeff Gordon (1997). Winners of the duel races have faired a little better doubling up on wins eight times: Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarbourough (1977, 1984), Bill Elliot (1985), Bobby Allison (1988), Sterling Marlin (1995), Dale Earnhardt (1998), Dale Earnhardt Jr (2004)........This year,2008,Dale Junior won the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel....
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Nascar lost cup champion Alan Kulwicki to a plane crash. Kulwicki was on his way to a race at Bristol when the crash happened. Nascar Now did a piece on Kulwicki's career and Kyle Petty and Paul Andrews talked about it. Very sad at the end of the segment. Everyone stood silent as Kulwicki's transporter left the track. :(
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in 1993, my 2 favorite drivers were Kulwicki and Davy Allison... it was a terrible year...it was until Matt Kenseth came along before I had any particular driver to pull for...rf
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RIP Alan
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15 yrs today we lost Alan Kulwicki. its hard to believe its already been 15 yrs and i can remember the race i went to at Atlanta when he won his championship.
we miss you Alan
we miss you Alan
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My clock radio woke me with that news. I thought I was having a nightmare. What a tragedy, and 15 years seems like the blink of an eye. That man had no peers.
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April 6, 1975
“Gwyn Staley 400”
In 1975 a new award was given out at select tracks in Virginia and North Carolina. The SUN-DROP Pole Award was given to the pole winners at Martinsville, Charlotte, Rockingham and North Wilkesboro. Buddy Baker won the first SUN-DROP Pole Award at Rockingham and Darrell Waltrip became the first SUN-DROP Pole Award winner at North Wilkesboro. Waltrip circled the track in 21.323 seconds on his fastest lap for a speed of 105.520mph. It was his first of a record nine career poles at NWS. Waltrip led 13 laps in the race and finished 7th, eleven laps down.
Richard Petty collected win number 12 at North Wilkesboro. As he did so often, “King” crushed the field and won by better than 3 laps. Petty started from the outside pole with a fast lap of 21.939sec/105.174mph in qualifying. Petty led 311 of the 400 laps. It was Richard Petty’s 168th career win. He’s got a few more NWS wins left in him yet.
William Caleb Yarborough started sixth with a qualifying lap of 21.690sec/103.734mph. Cale Yarborough finished 2nd in the Johnson Racing car owned by Junior Johnson. He led 16 laps in the race. To date, Johnson had four wins as a car owner at NWS—himself twice and Yarborough once. Look for that number to change soon.
The 3rd place finisher led three laps in route to his 8th top five finish at NWS. Buddy Baker started from the third position. His fast qualifying lap was 21.473sec/104.782mph. Baker finished the race 6 laps behind Petty. Baker finished in the top 5 eight times in his career at NWS, but he never saw victory lane there.
Dave Marcis finished 4th, also six laps down, and led two laps in the race in the K&K;Insurance Dodge owned by Nord Krauskopf, Bobby Isaac’s former car owner. Together, Marcis and Krauskopf went on to score one victory and 16 top fives in the 1975 season and finish second in points at the end of the year.
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A qualifying lap of 21.530sec/104.505mph on day two of qualifying, put Lennie Pond in the 9th starting position. The first eight spots were determined on day one of qualifying. Pond was the fastest on day two. Pond led 7 laps in the race and finished 7 laps down. To this date, Lennie Pond holds the record for the fastest ARCA 200 race at Daytona. In 1976, he took the checkered flag just over 1 hour, 18 minutes after the start with an average race speed of 153.224 mph.
The race lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds. The lead changed hands 15 times among 7 different drivers. Six have been mentioned—the seventh was 6th place finisher, Benny Parsons who led 48 circuits. There were only 28 cars entered in the race. It was the smallest field at NWS since the fall race of 1963. Some new faces in Winston Cup racing at NWS included 1975 Rookie of the Year, Bruce Hill (16th place finish) and Ricky Rudd (28th). The most positions gained from the start of the race was 9, by Frank Warren. Warren started 21st and matched his career best finish at NWS by coming in 12th. Warren often carried a saying on the trunk of his car that went like this....... “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”.......in not so many words though. You know it simply as “John 3:16”.
“Gwyn Staley 400”
In 1975 a new award was given out at select tracks in Virginia and North Carolina. The SUN-DROP Pole Award was given to the pole winners at Martinsville, Charlotte, Rockingham and North Wilkesboro. Buddy Baker won the first SUN-DROP Pole Award at Rockingham and Darrell Waltrip became the first SUN-DROP Pole Award winner at North Wilkesboro. Waltrip circled the track in 21.323 seconds on his fastest lap for a speed of 105.520mph. It was his first of a record nine career poles at NWS. Waltrip led 13 laps in the race and finished 7th, eleven laps down.
Richard Petty collected win number 12 at North Wilkesboro. As he did so often, “King” crushed the field and won by better than 3 laps. Petty started from the outside pole with a fast lap of 21.939sec/105.174mph in qualifying. Petty led 311 of the 400 laps. It was Richard Petty’s 168th career win. He’s got a few more NWS wins left in him yet.
William Caleb Yarborough started sixth with a qualifying lap of 21.690sec/103.734mph. Cale Yarborough finished 2nd in the Johnson Racing car owned by Junior Johnson. He led 16 laps in the race. To date, Johnson had four wins as a car owner at NWS—himself twice and Yarborough once. Look for that number to change soon.
The 3rd place finisher led three laps in route to his 8th top five finish at NWS. Buddy Baker started from the third position. His fast qualifying lap was 21.473sec/104.782mph. Baker finished the race 6 laps behind Petty. Baker finished in the top 5 eight times in his career at NWS, but he never saw victory lane there.
Dave Marcis finished 4th, also six laps down, and led two laps in the race in the K&K;Insurance Dodge owned by Nord Krauskopf, Bobby Isaac’s former car owner. Together, Marcis and Krauskopf went on to score one victory and 16 top fives in the 1975 season and finish second in points at the end of the year.
BRING BACK DAVE MARCIS
A qualifying lap of 21.530sec/104.505mph on day two of qualifying, put Lennie Pond in the 9th starting position. The first eight spots were determined on day one of qualifying. Pond was the fastest on day two. Pond led 7 laps in the race and finished 7 laps down. To this date, Lennie Pond holds the record for the fastest ARCA 200 race at Daytona. In 1976, he took the checkered flag just over 1 hour, 18 minutes after the start with an average race speed of 153.224 mph.
The race lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds. The lead changed hands 15 times among 7 different drivers. Six have been mentioned—the seventh was 6th place finisher, Benny Parsons who led 48 circuits. There were only 28 cars entered in the race. It was the smallest field at NWS since the fall race of 1963. Some new faces in Winston Cup racing at NWS included 1975 Rookie of the Year, Bruce Hill (16th place finish) and Ricky Rudd (28th). The most positions gained from the start of the race was 9, by Frank Warren. Warren started 21st and matched his career best finish at NWS by coming in 12th. Warren often carried a saying on the trunk of his car that went like this....... “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”.......in not so many words though. You know it simply as “John 3:16”.
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Guys, I am VERY busy right now-busiest ive been in my life-i am very sorry this hasnt been being updated-during the summer I might catch up-sorry to those who read it and I hope you understand that I have more important priorities at this time. Thanks (and go Carl!)!
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