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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.04.2009 - 12:42 am
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In his final non-companion Winston West race, Dale Earnhardt wins.


  2.   Unser1 posted:
  12.27.2009 - 10:33 pm
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Last Winston West race at Seattle International Raceway (now called
Pacific Raceways)

A rare road course win for Earnhardt

Scott Autrey appears to have broken a transmission while leading


  3.   Matthew Sullivan posted:
  11.21.2014 - 9:37 pm
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Earnhardt's car was one of Bill Schmitt's cars.


  4.   Jeff Hammers posted:
  12.06.2015 - 10:12 pm
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I put on the lunchtime show at the race that day. I rented the track for
a weekend in Sept. of that year (The Washington History of Motorsports
Festival) and the track management contacted me about putting a 1/2 hour
show on for the Nascar race. I had about 20 vintage sport racing cars
including a gullwing Mercedes, a Yenko Corvair, The "Scepter", a
D-sports special powered by a Mercury 6 cyl. outboard engine, Alfas, 2
Shelby Mustangs, etc.

After the race, Dale Earnhardt went out of his way to come and find me
to tell me that he really enjoyed the vintage cars. I very much
apprieciated his effort and will always remember what a nice man he was.
The gullwing spun out twice in 20 minutes.....I hope Dale had the
enjoyment of seeing that.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.06.2015 - 10:56 pm
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What a cool story. That sounds like an amazing collection of metal and
it's cool to hear that old Ironhead himself loved seeing it. Was that
Mercedes loose or was the driver just too aggressive?

Owner-
#3 Dale Earnhardt- Bill Schmitt

Earnhardt's car for this race was a spare Bill Schmitt entry and had the
same white-and-green California Cooler paint job as the other car.
Earnhardt's #3 had offset numbers, the car was a #73 like Schmitt's car
that had the #7s removed.

The Intimidator won this race but it wasn't a walkover. His Monte Carlo
got a flat tire early and Earnhardt had to race back up through the
field once he pitted for new rubber.


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