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Ricky Craven (No. 32) edges out Kurt Busch (No. 97) at the line in the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, it was the closest NASCAR finish until the 2024 AdventHealth 400. Prior to the introduction of integrated electronic scoring in May 1993, margins of victory were scored in laps, car lengths, or feet, or inches, using handheld stopwatches or ...
Byron led the Cup Series with an average finish of 11th. Chris Buescher was second at 12.1. Blaney’s average finish was seventh among full-time Cup Series drivers (Chase Elliott included) at 14.1.
The cars slid down the banking and came to rest in the infield. Petty, who was over half a lap behind both drivers before the incident, went on to win, [3] beating Waltrip by one car length. After the wrecked cars of Donnie and Yarborough settled in the infield grass short of the finish line, the two drivers began to argue.
The 2004 Aaron's 499 was the ninth stock car race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event.The race was held on Sunday, April 25, 2004, before a crowd of 155,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway.
Many fans consider this finish to be the greatest in the history of NASCAR. [7] The end of the race was televised live on American network ABC. [8] These were the first Daytona 500 starts for Neil Bonnett, Terry Ryan, Salt Walther, D. K. Ulrich, Roy Smith, Jimmy Lee Capps, Skip Manning, Tighe Scott, Dick May, and Jimmy Means. [6]
Driver Team Sponsor Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed (mph) Report Ref Laps Miles (km) 1969: July 6 43 Richard Petty: Petty Enterprises: East Tennessee Motors Ford: 300 300 (482.803) 2:35:28 115.772 Report [21] 1970: Sept 20 43 Richard Petty: Petty Enterprises: Southern Chrysler & Plymouth: Plymouth: 300 300 (482.803) 2:40:34 ...
The track's turns were banked at fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. The back stretch had 3 degrees of banking. [6] Before the race, Jamie McMurray led the Drivers' Championship with 190 points, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood in second with 175 points.
Co-winners (one driver starting a race but another driver finishing in the same winning entry): 2 Lora L. Corum / Joe Boyer, 1924; Floyd Davis / Mauri Rose, 1941; Victories by drivers who never led a race lap in career: 2 (Corum and Davis, in those same years) Won Triple Crown of Motorsport (Indianapolis 500, Monaco Grand Prix, and 24 Hours of ...