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Rusty Wallace wheeling his no. 2 Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac Grand Prix to victory at the first ever Slick 50 300 at New Hampshire. Rusty would celebrate the win with a Polish Victory Lap in tribute to Alan Kulwicki.
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Rusty Wallace wheeling his no. 2 Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac Grand Prix to victory at the first ever Slick 50 300 at New Hampshire. Rusty would celebrate the win with a Polish Victory Lap in tribute to Alan Kulwicki.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 23 hours ago
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Rusty Wallace may have dominated the 2000 Brickyard 400 leading 110 of 160 laps, but Bobby Labonte took the lead with 15 to go and picked up the win. This was the last Winston Cup race on ABC until 2007 Fall Richmond.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 12 days ago
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The start of the 1996 First Union 400. Terry Labonte tied Richard Petty's ironman record of 513 consecutive starts that day and ran a special paint scheme to celebrate. Terry also won the race after starting on the pole.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 1 month ago
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"And both of them spin!!!!" Earnhardt and Rudd tangle in turn one during the last lap of the '89 Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro. Geoff Bodine won the race and Rusty Wallace added to his points lead over Earnhardt.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 1 month ago
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July 14, 1996. Ernie Irvan wins the Jiffy Lube 300 at New Hampshire. Its Irvan's first win since his return from his near-fatal crash at Michigan in 1994.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 1 month ago
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July 7, 2007. Jamie McMurray beats Kyle Busch to the line by .005 seconds at the Pepsi 400. It is the final restrictor plate race for the Gen. 4 car and the final Pepsi 400.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 1 month ago
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July 5, 1997. John Andretti wins the Pepsi 400 and notches his first career Winston Cup victory as well as the first victory for Cale Yarborough Motorsports.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 2 months ago
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Ernie Irvan during the 1992 Save Mart 300K. Ernie qualified 2nd, but was black flagged for jumping the start. Despite this, Irvan fought his way through the field and made a pass for first with eight laps to go and won the race.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 2 months ago
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June 19, 1949. NASCAR holds its very first race in the Strictly Stock series at the 3/4 mile Charlotte Speedway. Bob Flock sits on the pole, but its Glenn Dunaway finishes first. During post-race inspection, Dunaway's car is discovered to have illegal springs, and Jim Roper is declared the winer.

Roper drove a '49 Lincoln that day.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 2 months ago
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William Shatner was a guest of Dale Earnhardt and his team at the '92 Champion Spark Plug 500 at Pocono. Unfortunately, Captain Kirk forgot to bring along Scotty and Earnhardt's car developed engine problems relegating him to a 28th place finish.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 2 months ago
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Richard Petty in the pits during the 1974 Purolator 500 at Pocono. This was Pocono's first NASCAR sanctioned race and Petty won it. Petty had won at Pocono the previous year in a USAC sanctioned stock car race as well.

u/Same-Competition1806 — 2 months ago