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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.17.2009 - 10:41 pm
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Roger Hamby matches his best Cup finish in 10th


  2.   rob posted:
  08.27.2012 - 1:43 pm
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a brutal race ending battle between waltrip and bonnett with waltrip
getting in the last lick. waltrip claimed bonnett used him for a guard
rail all day and got what he deserved.


  3.   b4il3y posted:
  01.11.2013 - 2:00 am
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typical jaws comment...neil has the best car. i was there.


  4.   Ed posted:
  04.30.2013 - 2:31 pm
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Darrell actually discussed this finish as one of his fondest memories of
Neil on the special edition of "Winners" that aired 2 days after Neil's
death.


  5.   DBR_fan posted:
  12.18.2014 - 9:22 am
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Dion Bros. best start (4th), and had a fast car in the race.


  6.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  08.23.2018 - 7:44 am
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Neil was absolutely furious with Darrell. After the finish he bumped
Waltrip's car on the pit lane, then rushed to the victory lane but was
restrained by crewmen (unclear, his or Darrell's).

Some quotes after the race (as per Souther Motor Racing newspaper):

Darrell, in his post-race interview over the PA (greeted by thunderous
boos from the stands): "It was a tough, close race. When I passed Neil,
I was down on the inside and he was outside. We sorta got together. I'm
sure he'd have done me the same way."

Darrell, during press-conference (police escort was required to get him
there): "I suppose Neil's got a right to be upset. I guess, I would be,
too. But I try to win the race any way I can. I don't like to be booed,
but I'm not going to let it bother me and I won't change the way I drive."

Bonnett: "I'm sorry I got mad, but I'm not apologizing to that
so-and-so. We can settle it ourselves, somewhere else."

Bud Moore: "If NASCAR can't do something officially about the way
Waltrip is driving, then somebody else is going to do something about it
unofficially."

Well, after this incident Waltrip and Bonnett were put on 30-day
probation, Neil was fined for crashing his car into Waltrip's on the pit
lane.


  7.   Luke posted:
  07.19.2019 - 7:15 am
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Ironically, Waltrip and Bonnett ended up as teammates on Junior
Johnson's team several years later.


  8.   Yahboi posted:
  10.06.2019 - 6:56 pm
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Anyone think this race has anything in common with both the 2008 Spring
Richmond Race or the Fall 2017 Martinsville one? The unliked bad boy
driver (in this case Waltrip, who would eventually become the most
popular driver over a decade later, and in '08 it was Kyle Busch, and
'17 Denny Hamlin) spins out the popular fan-favorite driver (This time
it's Bonnet, '08 it's Junior, and '17 it's Chase Elliott) who's
dominated the race about to get a victory to end a winless streak. Oh,
and all races were run in Virginia.


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