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Post by boomer on Jul 19, 2010 22:53:48 GMT -5
Some little known facts about NASCAR...
The first Grand National (today's Winston Cup) driver killed in a race was Larry Mann of Yonkers, NY, who flipped his Hudson Hornet September 14, 1952. He had violated racing superstition by painting his car green. In Richard Petty's very first Grand National/Winston Cup start July 18, 1958, his own father knocked him out of the race. Father Lee bumped son Richard in the rear on lap 55. Richard's car went into the wall. Lee won the race.
Slow Poke Travis finished 25th in the Febrary 15, 1953, Beach-Road race at Daytona Beach. It was his first last and only race. His lifetime earnings from racing totalled $25. In his very first NASCAR race, DeWayne "Tiny" Lund was thrown from his car when the seat belts broke during a roll. His sponsor was Rupert Safety Belts. It happened in Lehi, Arkansas on October 9, 1955 Carl Kiekhafer, an iron-willed eccentric who invented the team concept in stock car racing, wouldn't let his drivers or crew sleep with their spouses the night before a race. He was the most successful owner of the 1950s.
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Post by Marc Maness on Jul 19, 2010 22:58:27 GMT -5
dang, that "tiny" story is nuts man.
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Post by boomer on Jul 21, 2010 23:38:08 GMT -5
Is anyone reading this besides us?
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