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After the race, Tony Stewart climbed the fence in front of the tri-oval, near the starter's stand. In Victory Lane, he stated, "I'm just too damn fat to be climbing fences, but had to!" The first laps were uneventful, up to the point of green-flag pit stops. On lap 35, coming around Turn 4, Jeff Gordon signaled to pit and slowed down.
In a related move, longtime NASCAR fixture Bill Brodrick, the head of public relations for Unocal's racing division and known as "The Hat Man" in victory lane, was released from his position. [ 5 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ]
He notably celebrated in victory lane with a bottle of buttermilk, which later started the famous tradition of serving milk in victory lane at Indianapolis. Lawson Harris served as Meyer's riding mechanic. Harris, who also rode with Meyer in 1933, became the first two-time Indianapolis 500 winning riding mechanic.
NASCAR Victory Lane was a post-race show for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. The program was broadcast on Fox Sports 1 and was hosted by John Roberts or Chris Myers.It also starred Jimmy Spencer, Michael Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Wendy Venturini and Bob Dillner, [1] and analyzed the day's event with highlights, post-race interviews and interaction with the winning driver and crew chief.
Pre-race coverage was usually by NASCAR RaceDay while post-race coverage was on NASCAR Victory Lane. Other programs, such as Speed Center and Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain also provided limited coverage of NASCAR related events. Starting in August 2013, Speed's coverage of NASCAR including RaceDay, Victory Lane and NASCAR Live! moved to Fox ...
In the eyes of his son, Jeff Gordon pulled a class act and drove a "Polish Victory Lap" with the flag of his father's famous No. 3, but fans of "The Intimidator" threw cans and bottles of beer on the track (mainly Earnhardt Jr.'s sponsor Budweiser), and were criticized by the driver of the No. 8 car in the post-race news conference.
Beauchamp was declared the unofficial winner by NASCAR officials, and he drove to victory lane. Petty protested the results, saying "I had Beauchamp by a good two feet. In my own mind, I know I won." [10] Beauchamp replied "I had him by two feet. I glanced over to Lee Petty's car as I crossed the finish line and I could see his headlight ...
Going into the far turn, he pulled up to the leaders and at the top of the lane engaged Shanghai Bobby. In the last furlong of the mile and one sixteenth race, he put away Shanghai Bobby and won by two lengths. [3] On March 30, 2013, Itsmyluckyday competed in the $1,000,000 Grade 1 Florida Derby at a mile and one eighth at Gulfstream Park. He ...