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Desert Gold: race mare who won 19 races successive races during World War I; often raced against Gloaming; Desert Orchid: won King George four times and Cheltenham Gold Cup; Dr. Fager: "the Doctor"; set the world record at 1 mile on any surface, 1:32 1/5, and held it for more than 20 years. The only horse in American history who in 1968 won ...
The time of the race was three hours and fifty-four seconds with a crowd of 22,500 attending. [2] There were four cautions for twenty-three laps. [2] David Pearson defeated Darel Dieringer in his 1968 Ford by eighteen seconds. Pearson took advantage of the NASCAR engine and weight rules for 1968 and used a 396 cid engine instead of the normal 427.
The 1971 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 16, 1971, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in Talladega, Alabama. [ 2 ] George Altheide , Doc Faustina and David Sisco would make their NASCAR Winston Cup Series debuts in this race.
The 1972 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race on May 7, 1972, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. This was the first start for three-time Cup Series Champion Darrell Waltrip .
The 1969 National 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series stock car race that was held on October 12, 1969, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.This race is still being held in today's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as the 'Bank of America 500'.
The 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on April 13, 1980, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.. Forty-five thousand fans would attend the event, interrupted by 0.31 inches or 7.9 millimetres of precipitation, shortened to the shortest race in what is now the Cup Series by percentage in Darlington history (51.50%, 189 laps ...
The 1985 Winston Western 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on November 17, 1985, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.. With the deletion of the two Nashville races the 1985 Winston Cup season was the first since 1974 with less than 30 races.
Richard Petty officially became a millionaire after this race; bringing his career earnings to over $1,000,000 ($7,523,418 when adjusted for inflation). [2] This would be the last time a driver won 5 races in a row, in any series, until 2009 when Ron Hornaday won five in a row in the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. [ 5 ]