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09-20-2009, 02:10 AM #21
Today in Nascar History September 19th:
Winners on this date: Fonty Flock (2 times), Buck Baker, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, Joe Nemechek, and Kurt Busch.
September 19th, 1953: Nascar's first nighttime race at a superspeedway ends in tragedy as Bill Blevins and Jesse Midkiff are both killed on an opening lap crash of the 220 mile Modified Sportsman race at Raleigh. Blevins car stalls on the backstretch before the green flag, unbeknownst to race officials-who give the field the green. Midkiff plows straight into the helpless car on the backstetch once they get there. Buddy Shuman wins the race.
September 19th, 1999: Joe Nemechek pulls off a huge upset at Loudon to score his first career Cup Series victory. It is the first for Felix Sabates Racing since 1995.
September 19th, 2004: Kurt Busch starts Nascar's inaugural Chase Playoffs by winning at New Hampshire in dominating fashion.
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09-20-2009, 02:15 AM #22
Today in Nascar History September 20th:
Winners on this date: Dick Rathmann, Lee Petty, Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Ricky Rudd (2 times), and Mark Martin (2 times).
September 20th, 1964: Jimmy Pardue, ranked 4th in the current Nascar point standings and considered to be a future golden boy of the sport, dies in a tire test crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Pardue is the 3rd Nascar driver to lose his life due to an accident on track in the 1964 season.
September 20th, 1992: Ricky Rudd beats Bill Elliott to win the 500 mile race at Dover. Alan Kulwicki crashes early in the race, putting him 278 points behind in the points race. Kulwicki says in his interview "this probably finishes us off in the championship deal"
September 20th, 2009: Sentimental favorite Mark Martin starts the Chase by winning for the first time in his career at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Martin holds off Denny Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya on a late race restart for his 5th win of the season.
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09-21-2009, 01:24 AM #23
Today in Nascar History September 21st:
Winners on this date: Dick Rathmann, Buck Baker, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, and Greg Biffle.
September 21st, 2008: Roush Fenway teammates Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, and Carl Edwards engage in a tremendous three way battle for the lead in the late stages at Dover. Biffle prevails to take his 2nd straight win.
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09-22-2009, 03:46 AM #24
Today in Nascar History September 22nd:
Winners on this date: Fred Lorenzen, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, Harry Gant, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson.
September 22nd, 1991: Harry Gant takes his 4th straight win in the Cup Series by winning at Martinsville despite getting in an accident early in the event. After Handsome Harry wins, he is given the nickname "Mr. September" since he has not lost a race in the month.
September 22nd, 2002: Rookie Jimmie Johnson wins at Dover, which gives him the season sweep at the Monster Mile for 2002 (Johnson won the spring event as well).
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09-23-2009, 02:46 AM #25
Today in Nascar History September 23rd:
Winners on this date: Herb Thomas, Fonty Flock, Paul Goldsmith, Lloyd Dane, Nelson Stacy, Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, Geoff Bodine, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Carl Edwards.
September 23rd, 1962: Nelson Stacy survives the beating and banging of an aggressive race at Martinsville to score the victory. Leaders Fireball Roberts and Fred Lorenzen essentially take eachother out of contention by fighting too hard for the lead.
September 23rd, 2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr wins at Dover. It is the first race back for Nascar since the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States. A very patriotic crowd salutes Dale Jr as he carries an American Flag around for his victory lap.
September 23rd, 2007: Carl Edwards takes advantage of teammate Matt Kenseth's blown engine and beats his other teammate Greg Biffle to the line to win at Dover for his 3rd victory of the season.
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09-25-2009, 01:34 AM #26
Today in Nascar History September 24th:
Winners on this date: Leon Sales, Hershel McGriff, Joe Weatherly, Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty (2 times), Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Burton.
September 24th, 2006: Jeff Burton breaks a multi year winless drought and shows he still has it by beating Matt Kenseth in a terrific duel at Dover. Kenseth and Burton shake hands on the frontstretch after the race in a great show of sportsmanship and respect for eachother.
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09-25-2009, 01:54 AM #27
Today in Nascar History September 25th:
Winners on this date: Red Byron, Rex White, Fred Lorenzen, Cale Yarborough, Ricky Rudd, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, and Jimmie Johnson.
September 25th, 1966: Fred Lorenzen wins the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville but has his win taken away by Nascar after it is discovered that his fuel cell held 23.1 gallons of gas, 1.1 over the limit for the fuel tank. Nascar however, overtturns their choice and declares Lorenzen the winner 3 days later.
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09-26-2009, 04:13 AM #28
Today in Nascar History September 26th:
Winners on this date: Fonty Flock, Gober Sosebee, Herb Thomas, Junior Johnson, Bobby Isaac, Cale Yarborough, Ernie Irvan, Mark Martin, and Ryan Newman.
September 26th, 1993: Ernie Irvan wins at Martinsville in the famed #28 Havoline car just a few months after replacing Davey Allison, who had tragically passed away in a helicopter accident in July. In victory lane, Ervan pulls off his firesuit to reveal that he was wearing a Davey Allison T-shirt for good luck during the race.
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09-27-2009, 03:22 AM #29
Today in Nascar History September 27th:
Winners on this date: Rex White, Fred Lorenzen, Darrell Waltrip (2 times), Ricky Rudd, and Jimmie Johnson.
September 27th, 1987: Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt crash while battling for the lead in the last lap at Martinsville, allowing Darrell Waltrip to get by and take the victory, his first for Hendrick Motorsports.
September 27th, 1998: Ricky Rudd cements his place in Nascar history as one of the toughest to ever climb in a racecar by winning at Martinsville. Rudd's cooling system goes out early in the race with the temperature nearly 100 degrees in Virginia. The crew's attempts to pour water on Rudd during a pit stop fail as the water gets down onto the seat and boils. Rudd suffers burns and dehydration but stays in the car and holds on for the win. In victory lane, Rudd takes an IV and does his winners interview laying on the ground. (One of my favorite races ever, as a huge Rudd fan this was a great day-what a tough cookie).
September 27th, 2009: Jimmie Johnson dominates at Dover and completes the season sweep at the Monster Mile for 2009. Rookie Joye Logano survives a wild accident in which his car gets upside down and tumbles down the banking early on in the event.
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09-28-2009, 01:08 AM #30
Today in Nascar History September 28th:
Winners on this date: Herb Thomas, Joe Eubanks, Richard Petty, Dave Marcis, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Geoff Bodine, Jeff Burton, Michael Waltrip, and Jimmie Johnson.
September 28th, 1952: Herb Thomas wins the 100 mile race at Wilson, NC. The race takes nearly 3 hours to run and has an average speed of 35.398 mph. It is the slowest average speed in Nascar Cup Series history (and probably always will be).
September 28th 1958: Joe Eubanks, who recently came out of retirement, scores his first ever career Grand National (Cup) series victory by winning at Orange Speedway.
September 28th, 1975: Popular driver Dave Marcis takes his first career Cup Series victory by winning the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville.
September 28th, 1980: Dale Earnhardt takes his 5th career Nascar Cup series victory by winning the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville. The race is slowed by 17 caution flags, and Earnhardt averages less than 70 mph for the race.
September 28th, 2003: Michael Waltrip holds off teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr and the field on a late race restart to win a wild race at Talladega. After the checkers a wreck ensues in turn 1. Also, Elliott Sadler survives one of the scariest looking wrecks in Nascar history as he becomes airborne and spins through the Alabama air before tumbling onto the pavement. (def remember this one-its shown all the time still lol)
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September 28th, 2008: Jimmie Johnson holds off a charging Carl Edwards to win at Kansas. Edwards runs down Johnson with a few laps to go, then tries a banzai move on the last lap by driving into turn 3 and momentarily passing Johnson before smashing into the wall. Edwards said that was the plan but he didnt think the wall would slow him as much. (what a great race-part of why I like Carl-idk who else would of tried that-maybe Kyle ha).
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