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  1.   Anonymous posted:
  01.09.2012 - 2:32 am
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Pretty much every single car left in the race was involved in a crash on
lap 116, 9 cars as a matter of fact.


  2.   Bradley Thomas posted:
  11.12.2014 - 2:30 pm
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Only 5 cars finished this race.


  3.   @Statscrash posted:
  07.10.2018 - 1:21 am
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Geez more cars finish plate races then this


  4.   Scott B posted:
  07.10.2018 - 11:24 am
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...and the race was scheduled for 200 laps, they called it a day early
because of the attrition.

Imagine if they had tried to run the full distance, or even been forced
to extend with a Green/White/Checkers like the current rules.


  5.   possum posted:
  07.10.2018 - 7:26 pm
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Probably worth noting that all the "name" drivers were racing at
Langhorne, and this race was mostly less experienced west coast drivers
(in the early days NASCAR frequently ran an east coast and a west coast
race on the same day).


  6.   Geesesoap posted:
  08.23.2018 - 9:42 am
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Only Cup series race at Santa Clara Fairgrounds, USAC and the west
series made 2 trips here.


  7.   A posted:
  07.08.2020 - 12:30 pm
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Parnelli Jones might be the biggest name in this race and he didn't last
long.


  8.   thog posted:
  02.07.2021 - 7:42 am
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There is a photo of Dick Getty's #225 car after the race-ending 9 car
pileup. The car was definitely upside down, in an ironic twist this was
the same exact car Lyle Matlock flipped in Sacramento three months prior.

If you drove the #225 Chann-Liggons Mercury in 1957, you were most
likely going for a ride.


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