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  1.   Spen posted:
  09.08.2011 - 8:35 pm
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Herb Thomas becomes the first driver to win three consecutive races.

J.C. White makes his Cup debut.

One and only start for Bill LaGrance.


  2.   Graham Clayton posted:
  10.26.2013 - 6:03 am
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First three places feature cars with numbers in the 90's - #92, #90 &
#93 - surely a NASCAR record?


  3.   ScottB posted:
  01.28.2020 - 11:17 am
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The three consecutive wins by Herb Thomas came with two different
manufacturers, the first in a Plymouth and the next two in a Hudson.
He's listed as owner/driver in all three of those races.

Not sure if it was strategy to run the lighter Plymouth at the shorter
track and the more powerful Hudson at the longer ones, or just
coincidence that those were the cars that were ready to go on those dates.


  4.   ScottB posted:
  01.28.2020 - 11:25 am
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Looking back at the results for Herb Thomas, he had crashed out of a
race with in a Hudson the day before his win streak started in the
Plymouth. So, that was probably a case of going to the back-up car
because his primary could not be repaired in time.

That makes the three straight wins even a little more impressive.


  5.   Eric posted:
  04.26.2020 - 5:33 pm
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Bill Miller flipped his car into an unrecognizable hunk of metal.
Luckily he walked away unharmed.


  6.   thog posted:
  02.23.2021 - 7:34 am
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Owner of #217 is BJ Dantone


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