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  1.   MASH_guy posted:
  08.16.2005 - 2:00 am
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This was Benny Parson's final Winston Cup win. Four years later, his
brother Phil would score his first and only win in a car sharing the #
and sponsor of Benny's car in this race - but was owned by Leo Jackson
instead of Johnny Hayes.


  2.   myself posted:
  03.14.2007 - 7:59 pm
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RIP Benny!


  3.   FHgrad99 posted:
  08.24.2007 - 4:33 pm
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I read that Benny emerged from a great late-race battle with Earnhardt
and Yarbourough and picked up the win. At this point Benny wasn't
running a full-schedule. You don't see part-time teams winning in cup
anymore.


  4.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  06.08.2009 - 2:44 pm
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I was born the next day.


  5.   myself posted:
  01.24.2012 - 2:36 pm
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that top 5 is a who's who?


  6.   zuel660 posted:
  04.25.2013 - 2:11 pm
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Also Buddy Baker's 38th and final career pole


  7.   myself posted:
  02.29.2016 - 2:57 pm
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Post #1 is wrong about sponsors.

Benny won this race driving the #55 sponsored by Copenhagen.

Phil won the '88 Winston 500 driving the #55 sponsored by Skoal
Classic/Crown.


  8.   Anthony posted:
  05.12.2017 - 7:43 pm
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This was the last pole for the Wood Brothers that wasn't at a plate
track until Kansas in May 2017


  9.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  01.12.2019 - 12:45 pm
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Caution 1: Lap 133-139: #77 spun backstretch

Caution 2: Lap 152-156: #23 accident turn 4

Caution 3: Lap 310-314: #23 spun turn 4


  10.   JSPorts posted:
  01.12.2019 - 1:59 pm
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At the time, this win tied Parsons for 18th on the all-time wins list
with Jack Smith. He now ranks tied for 36th with Jeff Burton, Bobby
Labonte, Joey Logano & Smith.


  11.   ThomasNester posted:
  05.30.2020 - 8:54 am
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Wallace and Ruttman are both shown as starting 19th. No one is shown as
starting 18th.


  12.   Ryan posted:
  07.17.2020 - 7:49 pm
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25 championships in the top 11.


  13.   Sector posted:
  07.17.2020 - 8:08 pm
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#12 In narrow your comment further 19 of those championships all coming
in the Top 5 with 6th place finisher Harry Gant being the first driver
to never win a NASCAR Cup Championship.


  14.   JSPorts posted:
  07.17.2020 - 8:23 pm
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There were really some stacked fields in the 1980s with a lot of former
champions running part-time and a lot of future champions getting their
starts.


  15.   Ryan posted:
  07.18.2020 - 12:34 am
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13

Yeah I noticed that, too, then the more I read the more my eyes got bigger.


  16.   GGDC posted:
  07.18.2020 - 10:01 am
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Think about how many race wins just in cup that this field had.


  17.   JSPorts posted:
  07.18.2020 - 10:34 am
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This field had 806 Cup wins by the time their careers were all over. The
top 14 finishers in this race all had at least 1 Cup win. The highest
non-Cup winner was 15th-place Trevor Boys, whose best finish was 9th at
Richmond in 1983.


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