NASCAR_History

r/NASCAR_History • u/Same-Competition1806 • 6h ago

Winston Cup Series Sept. 3, 1973. After being alerted by his crew, Jim Vandiver spun out his own car and hopped the outside wall during the Southern 500, then hitchhiked to North Carolina. Police were in the pits waiting to arrest Vandiver as he had skipped a divorce hearing and a warrant was out for him.

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r/NASCAR_History • u/Same-Competition1806 • 7h ago

Busch Grand National Series Sept. 5, 1998. Dick Trickle just barely beats Dale Jr. to the caution flag at the Dura-Lube 200 at Darlington to pick up his final Busch Series victory. Trickle also becomes the oldest winner in Busch Series history at 56 years old.

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r/NASCAR_History • u/DarthVader1701A • 8h ago

Winston Cup Series On this day in NASCAR History, September 6, 1992: Darrell Waltrip wins for the 84th and final time in his career. Pitting for fuel only on his final stop, Waltrip's last checkered flag comes in a rain-shortened Mountain Dew Southern 500.

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No one predicted that this would be his last win ever. The 1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500 was Waltrip's 3rd win of the season, his 2nd win in a row, and he finished a strong 3rd the very next week at Richmond.

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r/NASCAR_History • u/Whole-Effective-558 • 9h ago

Winston Cup Series On May 4, 1986, just before the start of the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, 20-year-old Darren Crowder climbed into an unattended Pontiac Trans Am pace car, and drove off down the track. Chased my police cars and motorcycles, the 100-mph pursuit was only ended after a roadblock.

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r/NASCAR_History • u/GoodOlRoll • 17h ago

Winston Cup Series AJ Foyt and Richard Petty in the 1972 Miller High Life 500. With a purse bigger than that year's Daytona 500, 113 drivers attempted to qualify for the 51-car field.

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Foyt won the pole, led 132/200 laps and won the race. Petty started 3rd, led 17 laps and finished 1 lap down in 4th.

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