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04-10-2017, 07:53 PM #11Today in Nascar History April 11th:
Winners on this date: Bob Flock, Marvin Panch (2 times), David Pearson (2 times), and Rusty Wallace.
April 11th, 1948: Bob Flock of the famous Flock racing family takes the win on the Augusta, GA short track.
April 11th, 1999: Rusty Wallace wins at Bristol to score his 50th career victory.
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04-11-2017, 08:05 PM #12Today In Nascar History April 12th:
Winners on this date: Buck Baker, Speedy Thompson, David Pearson, Pete Hamilton, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Davey Allison, and Jimmie Johnson.
April 12th, 1952: Buck Baker wins at Columbia, SC and Lee Petty takes the points lead, but the real what? moment from this race-E.C. Ramsey crashed into a passenger car that attempted to cross the track DURING THE RACE!-both cars were damaged badly-Nascar’s come a long way.
April 12th, 1970: Pete Hamilton takes the win at Talladega in his winged Petty Enterprises Superbird. The 2nd half of the race is televised by ABC.
April 12th, 1987: Dale Earnhardt boots Sterling Marlin out of the way to win at Bristol.
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04-13-2017, 07:01 PM #13Today in Nascar History April 13th:
Winners on this date-Curtis Turner, Ned Jarrett, Buck Baker, Richard Petty, David Pearson (2 times), Bobby Allison, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon (2 times).
April 13th, 1958: Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly finish 1-2 at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta in Holman Moody Fords.
April 13th, 1975: Bobby Allison comes from 2 laps behind with 40 laps to go to win at Darlington. Allison beats Darrell Waltrip to the line by a car length or so in his famed red, white, and blue matador.
April 13th, 1980: David Pearson is out front at Darlington driving his 1st race for Hoss Ellington in a Chevy when it rains, giving Pearson his 105th and final career Cup Series victory.
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04-13-2017, 07:14 PM #14Today in Nascar History April 14th:
Winners on this date: Fireball Roberts, Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett, Bill Elliott, Rusty Wallace, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, and Greg Biffle.
April 14th, 1991: Rusty Wallace holds of Ernie Irvan in a spirited battle at Bristol to take the win-earlier in the race Sterling Marlin survives a fiery crash after blowing a tire.
April 14th, 1996: Terry Labonte ties Richard Petty's consecutive start record of 513 races at North Wilkesboro-and wins both the pole and the race to cap it off.
April 14th, 2002: Bobby Labonte takes the first short track win of his career at Martinsville-Kenny Wallace subs for a suspended Kevin Harvick in the 29 car.
April 14th, 2012: Greg Biffle passes Jimmie Johnson to win a tame and record average speed-setting race at Texas Motor Speedway. It is Biffle's first win in 49 races breaking a long dry spell.
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04-14-2017, 09:30 PM #15Today in Nascar History April 15th:
Winners on this date: Fonty Flock, Joe Weatherly, Richard Petty (2 times), Jim Paschal, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Burton.
April 15th, 1973: David Pearson dominates at Darlington and wins the Rebel 500 by 13 LAPS!!!!
April 15th, 1984: Darrell Waltrip cruises to victory in the Budweiser #11 at Darlington.
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04-16-2017, 12:06 AM #16Today in Nascar History April 16th:
Winners on this date: Curtis Turner, Rex White, Ned Jarrett, Darel Dieringer, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon.
April 16th, 1972: David Pearson passes Richard Petty and wins the Rebel 400 at Darlington in his very first start in the #21 Wood Brothers Car.
April 16th, 1989: Dale Earnhardt pulls away to win at North Wilkesboro-it is the first race in which Goodyear uses its new radial tire in the Cup Series compared to the bias plys in the past (we've used radials ever since).
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04-16-2017, 08:58 PM #17Today in Nascar History April 17th:
Winners on this date: Tim Flock, Joe Weatherly, Dick Hutcherson, Jim Paschal, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte (2 times), Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, and Carl Edwards.
April 17th, 1952: Marshall Teague, the Grand National series points leader, is stripped of all his points when he quits Nascar and joins the AAA tour rivals.
April 17th, 1965: Rookie Dick Hutcherson takes his first ever career win in the race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
April 17th, 2005: Greg Biffle dominates at Texas in route to another Roush victory at the track as 3 Ganassi cars finish in the top 5 spots.
April 17th, 2011: On a record-tying day in Talladega, Jimmie Johnson edges out Clint Bowyer in a thrilling finish which sees the top 8 cars tango draft for the win coming to the line. The race ties the number for a record amount of lead changes in Nascar history (88-set at the same race in 2010) and for closest margin of victory since the electronic timing era (.002 seconds-tying Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch in 2003 at Darlington).
April 17th, 2016: Carl Edwards dominates from the pole in Bristol leading 276 of the 500 laps in route to his 4th career victory in Thunder Valley.
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04-17-2017, 08:44 PM #18Today in Nascar History April 18th:
Winners on this date: Skimp Hersey, Herb Thomas, Curtis Turner, Glen Wood, Junior Johnson, Bobby Isaac, Richard Petty (2 times), Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace (2 times), John Andretti, and Mark Martin.
April 18th, 1948: Skimp Hersey wins his only career Nascar race in the modified division. He would unfortunately lose his life in 1950 after a crash at Lakewood Speedway.
April 18th, 1970: Richard Petty dominates at North Wilkesboro-the 2nd half of the race is televised by ABC and Petty leads the whole broadcast.
April 18th, 1999: John Andretti, driving the #43 car for the King Richard Petty, takes his 2nd career win by taking the checkers at Martinsville.
April 18th, 2004: Rusty Wallace takes his 55th and last career victory by winning at Martinsville after the dominant car of Jeff Gordon clobbers a piece of concrete that comes up out of the racetrack effectively ruining his shot at victory.
April 18th, 2009: Mark Martin breaks a 4 year drought with a win at Phoenix. He becomes the first 50 year-old plus driver to win since Morgan Shepard at Atlanta in 1993. It is also his first win for a car owner besides Jack Roush.
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04-18-2017, 07:19 PM #19Today in Nascar History April 19th:
Winners on this date: Lee Petty, Fireball Roberts, Ned Jarrett, Fred Lorenzen, and Denny Hamlin.
April 19th, 2010: Denny Hamlin holds off a late charge from Jimmie Johnson to win the Cup race at Texas on a Monday. Hamlin goes 2 for 2 on the season on Monday races. Jeff Gordon and many other front runners are wiped out in a huge late race accident.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXaUhTBhqRE
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04-19-2017, 07:26 PM #20Today in Nascar History April 20th:
Winners on this date: Bill Blair, Bob Welborn, Cotten Owens, Bobby Allison, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, and Bobby Hamilton.
April 20th, 1998: Bobby Hamilton dominates at Martinsville leading most of the laps and cruising to over a 6 second victory. It is his 3rd career win.
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