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04-03-2009, 04:27 AM #1
Today in Nascar History April
Alright-im gonna start it up-instead of posting boring stats I thought id post a few events from the date in nascar history that stand out-and use some pics and videos to entertain and show-i think itll be more entertaining than reading race stats:
So for today-April 3rd-well not a whole lot of races have been run on April 3rd actually:
The most notable was the 1977 Rebel 500 at Darlington. Darrell Waltrip passed David Pearson, Richard Petty, and Donnie Allison on the last lap as they slowed for a crash in turn 4-DW kept his foot in it and beat them to the flag-the car-looked a lot like this one-nickname Bertha...
The other race that is of note sorta-in 2005 Kevin Harvick beat Elliott Sadler to win a wreckfest at Bristol-the race had 2 huge crashes-Jeff Burton and Kurt Busch's, and this big one in turn 3:
alright so that was day one of Nascar History-Ill try to do this everyday for everyone to enjoy.
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04-03-2009, 09:05 AM #2
Cool idea with visuals.
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04-04-2009, 03:26 AM #3
Ok April 4th, a pretty full day-Jack Smith and Ned Jarrett are among the cup winners on this date.
Notable Events:
April 4th, 1948-Fonty Flock drove his Ford to victory at Macon Speedway in Georgia from the pole.
April 4th, 1971-AJ Foyt drove a Mercury to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway-here he is leading the pack in the event:
April 4th, 1982-Dale Earnhardt ends an 18 month winless streak by winning the Rebel 500 at Darlington-and it was his first career win in a Ford.
Earnhardt circa 1982:
April 4th, 2004-Elliott Sadler holds off Kasey Kahne in an epic final lap duel to win at Texas:
April 4th, 2008-Michael McDowell...ouch
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04-05-2009, 12:23 PM #4
Wow! What a difference a year makes! A year ago the #00 looks like that! Now today it is gonna lead to field to green. Just amazing
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04-05-2009, 01:36 PM #5
Awesome stuff Stephen. Keep posting more goodies each day, this is kinda neat seeing some of this stuff that I remember as well as some I don't, lol. Thanks!
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04-06-2009, 01:44 AM #6
Notable Events-April 5th:
April 5th, 1953-Dick Passwater won in an upset at Charlotte Speedway (this isnt Lowes Motor Speedway LOL).
Passwater's 1953 Olds:
April 5th, 1981-Richard Petty beat Dave Marcis to record his 15th career win at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
April 5th, 1992-The late Alan Kulwicki takes the Food City 500 at Bristol.
April 5th, 1998-Mark Martin passes Roush Teammate Chad Little to win at Texas-many of the top contenders were taken out in a HUGE wreck on lap 2....
April 5th, 2009-Jeff Gordon ends a long winless drought by winning at Texas in his 17th start at the Speedway:
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04-06-2009, 02:00 AM #7
Notable Events-April 6th:
April 6th, 1985-Dale Earnhardt loses power steering early on at Bristol but still manhandles his car to victory.
April 6th, 1986-Rusty Wallace, driving the Alligard #27, beats Ricky Rudd to score his 1st ever career win at Bristol-a track he would have great success at over the course of his career.
April 6th, 1997-Jeff Burton scores his first career victory in the inaugural race at Texas Motor Speedway. The race featured several big crashes-including a lap 1 turn 1 melee.
April 6th, 2003-Alright Jr fans...LOL-after getting involved in a HUGE multi car crash early which started when Ryan Newman blew a tire in turn 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr rallies all the way from the back to win at Talladega (this was the infamous "he went below the yellow line race"-heres the last 5 laps (AWESOME racing).
April 6th, 2008-a good memory for me-Carl Edwards continues the Roush dominance at Texas by dominating at the Great American Speedway.
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04-06-2009, 10:44 AM #8
I remember the Talladega race, screaming at the TV for Harvick to make his move!!
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04-06-2009, 12:05 PM #9
Today in NASCAR history leemozoid is trying to recover from a 3 day sunburn suffered in the beautiful but beguiling Ft. Worth Texas Motor Speedway!
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04-06-2009, 01:54 PM #10
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