Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

[johnstone1987]

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Still great! A lot of details going in this and as ****ed up as it may sound it's badass to see crashes lol.


Sorry I can't comment as much but like I said I really don't know NASCAR. I'll try and follow though nice to see you in 1981.

[Sacrafice]

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Still great! A lot of details going in this and as ****ed up as it may sound it's badass to see crashes lol.


Sorry I can't comment as much but like I said I really don't know NASCAR. I'll try and follow though nice to see you in 1981.

Thank a lot! It's cool to hear ppl reading that are not even a fan of such sport and such.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400"
September 13th, 1981


"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia


Race 24 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Jody Ridley
Fall 1980: Harry Gant
Spring 1981: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#23 Nryan Dehn won his 3rd pole of the season and his 3rd career pole in 55 starts"


"Just 8 laps into the race #87 Gary Balough has to make a pit stop to fix some car issues"


"#88 Ricky Rudd short pits early on to try and gain and advantage on the rest of the field"


"#27 Benny Parsons and #02 Mark Martin tangle while trying to complete their green flag pit stops"


"#88 Ricky Rudd does get the lead, but looses it on lap 90 to #47 Ron Bouchard"


"#38 John Anderson get's help backing into the wall by #47 Ron Bouchard on lap 95"


"#43 Richard Petty has finished in last as much as he should be winning taking another last place finish today when his motor let loose on lap 116"


"#27 Benny Parsons ends his day at the end of the pit road wall helped by #88 Ricky Rudd"


"#67 Buddy Arrington tries to stretch the fuel in his car on the final restart, but never makes it to the green flag"


"#23 Bryan Dehn get's a good jump on #28 Bobby Allison as he is caught up with a slower car and wins his 2nd race of the season and 5th of his career in 55 starts"


"Race Recap"
This is the 1st time in Dehn's career that he is able to win from the pole. After dominating the 1st portions of the race he fell back while #28 Bobby Allison dominated the race only to be at the right place at the right time to steal the victory. #11 Darrell Waltrip ended up a lap down, but so did nearly the rest of the field and still managed a top 10 finish, but did lose nearly 40 points in the season point standings to Allison. There was 2 caution flags for 10 laps and 5 different drivers each exchanged the lead 11 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 1 through 51"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 52 through 89"
#47 Ron Bouchard "Laps 90 through 93
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 94 through 101"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 102 through 144"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 145"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 146"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 147 through 190"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 191 through 192"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 193 through 197"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 198"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 199 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got what I needed today. It wasn't the win, but rather a strong, patient & within my limits race. It gave me the opportunity to run up front and get that lucky break to steal the victory away. I just need to get rid of that win on every lap mentality and stay within my talents and I will prove I can drive a race car.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
CRC Chemicals 500
Dover, Delaware
September 20th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 CRC Chemicals 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 20th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"CRC Chemicals 500"
September 20th, 1981

"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware

Race 25 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

[OliDegu2008]

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This is beyond awesome as always!

Glad you resumed this!

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This is beyond awesome as always!

Glad you resumed this!

Thank you and I am happy I got interest and time again.



I am rewriting Martinsville. Something better

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

Qualifying on Saturday was pretty eventful this week with only 32 cars to make the field. This caused 7 drivers able to use provisionals and only three positions to put them. Based on qualifying speeds this allowed #7 Dick Brooks, #43 Richard Petty and #52 Jimmy Means to make the field leaving #71 Dave Marcis, #23 Bryan Dehn (whom are in the top 10 in points) #15 Lake Speed and #42 Kyle Petty on the outside looking in. Those four drivers were scrambling to see if they could find new rides for the race.

Dave Marcis quickly paid a nice sum of money to drive the #53 Chevrolet for J.D. Johnson. Slick Johnson has been driving, but an injury at Atlanta earlier in the season has sidelined him for quite some time. Not fully 100% and another jolting wreck a couple weeks after returning has thought it was best to rest a week. Kyle Petty has done the same taking over for Bob McElle in the #99 D.K. Ulrich owned Buick. Lake Speed hasn't found a ride after failing in his qualifying attempt.

Bryan Dehn thought he wouldn't be able to find a ride either until Hal Needham came up and asked if he would drive the #22 Skoal Bandit Pontiac for him this weekend in the hopes of trying to get back into the top 25 in owner points for the rest of the season and the beginning of next year while keeping Dehns battle of finishing in the top 10 in the season points. Bryan Dehn had won at Martinsville last fall. Stan Barrett which won his very 1st race last year has had only 1 top 20 in the last 14 races and hasn't even qualified for the last two since rear ending his teammate at Darlington. They have since dropped out of the owners points battle by 108 points over #27 Benny Parsons.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Old Dominion 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Old Dominion 500"
September 27th, 1981


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 26 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"CRC Chemicals 500"
September 20th, 1981


"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware


Race 25 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Cale Yarborough
Spring 1981: Jody Ridley


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#90 Jody Ridley earns his 1st caerrer pole in his 67th start"


"#48 James Hylton pushes #23 Bryan Dehn out of his way early in the race"


"#90 Jody Ridley started this race where he finished the last Dover race in 1st, but #28 Bobby Allison would battle and swap the lead early on"


"Bad luck for Ridley as #33 Harry Gant taggs him from behind taking Ridley and a few others out of the race on lap 65"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip would dominate the 2nd half of the race with #2 Dale Earnhardt closely behind as they take over the race here from Allison on lap 85"


"#23 Bryan Dehn fails to see that #42 Kyle Petty is pitting and ends up with another DNF taking out many other cars in the process"


"The self cleaning tracks makes for a junk yard in the infield grass as current points leader #28 Bobby Allison, current Winston Cup champion, #27 Benny Parsons sit exchanging expletives towards Dehn which sits right in the middle"


"#5 Morgan Shepherd hooks #43 Richard Petty into the wall on lap 157"


"#47 Ron Bouchard tallies his 12th DNF in 25 races with yet another blown motor on lap 187"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip takes the checkered flag today winning his 2nd race of the season and the 27 of his career in 245 starts"


"Race Recap"
#11 Darrell Waltrip had his worst qualifying effort of the season starting 15th, but also had his strongest race of the season dominating the race once he grabbed onto the lead completing 153 of the last 166 laps in 1st place. With #28 Bobby Allison dropping out of the race early the 62 point lead he had has now become a 57 point deficit to Waltrip. Morgan Shepherd was heard saying that he seen Petty on the track with no damage that late into the race so he figured it was time he was put in the garage because it just wouldn't be a race with the 43 car still on the track. Story is unconfirmed. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 9 different drivers exchanged the lead 19 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 1 through 30"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 31 through 33"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 34 through 35"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 36 through 45"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 46 through 66"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 67"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 68 through 71"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 72 through 76"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 77 through 84"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 85 through 128"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 129"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Laps 130 through 131"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 132 through 135"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 136 through 191"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 192 through 193"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 194"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 195 through 224"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 225 through 226"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 227"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 228 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
It was a good race. I am starting to get my bearings back. Kyle (Petty) can say he signaled and say this and say that, but I know that he gave me no warning and took out a lot of good cars for his failure to signal to someone that was on his ***, faster and on the damn lead lap. Other than that though the car has been running good, I have worked harder on being more patient and letting the race come to me and overall trying to have a bit more fun than worry and get pissed off about everything that happens on and off the track.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Old Dominion 500
Martinsville, Virginia
September 27th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Holly Farms 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 27th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Holly Farms 400"
October 4th, 1981

"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Race 27 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

Here is some pictures of the three drivers that failed to qualify for the race yet found a way to get into the show and the cars they will be driving.

#22 Bryan Dehn


#53 Dave Marcis


#99 Kyle Petty




"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Old Dominion 500"
September 27th, 1981


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 26 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn
Spring 1981: Joe Booher


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"Junior Johnson teammates fill the front row as #10 Cale Yarborough earns his 2nd pole of the season and his 56th in 462 career starts"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip jumps out to an early lead and pulls away from the rest of the field"


"Waltrip surrenders the lead to #28 Bobby Allison on lap 66"


"#47 Ron Bouchard has spent half of the season in the garage as he falls out of the race for the 13th time this season on lap 68"


"Can #40 Joe Booher win again? The last lap he lead was when he won here int he spring and leads at the half way point"


"#37 Mike Alexander blows his engine on lap 129"


"#10 Cale Yarborough comes to a stop in turn 2 on lap 150"


"This causes a lot of confusion leading to a huge pile up in turn 1 ending the day of a few cars"


"#22 Bryan Dehn & #12 Tim Richmond get together causing Dehn to spin bringing out the 2nd caution, but no damage was received"


"For the 3rd time this season and 2nd in 3 weeks #22 Bryan Dehn pilots the Skoal Bandit to victory lane after failing to qualify also winning his 6th career race in 57 starts"


"Race Recap"
Hal Needham & Burt Reynolds did the right thing by putting Bryan Dehn behind the wheel of their 2nd car to try and get it back into the top 25 in owners points, but #27 Benny Parsons earns his 1st top 5 of the season not allowing them to do so, but they are now only 26 points off from the cut off point for those provisionals. #28 Bobby Allison finished 2nd today and #11 Darrell Waltrip finished 11th allowing Allison to make up some points and is now just 17 points back in the season point standings with just 5 races to go. A not so good run by #2 Dale Earnhardt pushed him back a bit and sits a distant 3rd in points 348 back. There was 2 cautions on the day for 10 laps and 8 different drivers exchanged the lead 14 times during the race

"Lap Leaders"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 1 through 65"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 66 through 80"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 81"
#70 J.D. McDuffie "Lap 82"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 83 through 100"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 101 through 103"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 104 through 122"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 123"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 124 through 143"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 144"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 145 through 150"
#22 Bryan Dehn "Laps 151 through 200"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 201"
#40 Joe Booher "Lap 202"
#22 Bryan Dehn "Laps 203 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
My 3rd win of the season. If only I hadn't gotten tore up last week at Dover. I'm back up to 8th in the season points standings, but another bad race and I could be out of the top 10 still. I don't know what was wrong with the #23 Nub's & LeRoy's Chevy where I couldn't make it into the field, but I can't be gracious enough to get a shot to drive the #22 Skoal Bandit Pontiac. Then be able to put the car into victory lane is truly an experience that I would never have though could happen.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Holly Farms 400
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
October 4th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Holly Farms 400"
October 4th, 1981


"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina


Race 27 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Darrell Waltrip
Spring 1981: Bobby Allison


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison earns his 9th pole of the season and his 64th career pole in 525 starts"


"The 1st caution flag flies on lap 24 when #48 James Hylton stalls coming out of turn 4"


"On lap 77 #40 Joe Booher hooks #17 Tommy Houston into the wall"


"This causes one of the hardest hits ever at the track for #71 Dave Marcis"


"Under caution #88 Ricky Rudd get's into the back of #15 Lake Speed ending Rudd's day"


"#12 Time Richmond is forced to retire after his clutch burns out on lap 105"


"3 wide racing for 4rd place between #23 Bryan Dehn, #11 Darrell Waltrip & #64 Tommy Gale on lap 158"


"The final caution of the day flies when #37 Mike Alexander & #64 Tommy Gale get together on the back stretch on lap 167"


"#94 Bobby Wawak adds insult to injury taking out Alexander under caution"


"#23 Bryan Dehn wins his 2nd race in a row and the 3rd in the last 4 races giving him 7 career victories on just 58 starts"


"Race Recap"
#64 Tommy Gale was running in the top 5 all day until that last race caution with 30 laps to go. In the process this put #23 Bryan Dehn as the lone car on the lead lap after #33 Harry Gant & #28 Bobby Allison had dominated the race. With a pit road penalty this put the half of the field on the tail end of the lead lap and allowing Dehn to coast to the victory after not leading a lap until the pit stops had started. As far as the season points standings are concerned #28 Bobby Allison re-assumes the point lead by just 3 points over #11 Darrell Waltrip with 4 races left to go in the season. There was 3 cautions for 15 laps during the race and only 4 different drivers exchanged the lead 6 times.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 83"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 84 through 127"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 128 through 129"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 130 through 136"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 137 through 146"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 147 through 166"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 167 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
This was one of the toughest, yet most fun races I have ever been a part of win or loose, but I am super excited that I was able to get into victory lane for the 2nd week in a row. People were pushing me around all day and I am very tired and sore from having to work this track and my competitors all day long. Things are finally starting to go my way except for my qualifying efforts. I have been concentrating so hard on running solid laps and trying to stay out of trouble that my lap speeds and aggressiveness has taken a back seat. Last week when I thought I wasn't going to make the race was a bit of a wake up call and I need to ensure that I can make each and every race, but at the end of the day it's not where you start that brings home the money, it's where you finish and so far that seems to be improving enough to finish this season strong and work on carrying that over to next year and battle the top guys for a championship.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
National 500
Charlotte, North Carolina
October 11th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 National 500 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
10:00 PM Eastern
Monday, March 30th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"National 500"
October 11th, 1981

"Charlotte Motor Speedway"
Charlotte, North Carolina

Race 28 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

[bhurst99]

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Sixth place is pretty impressive. Do you have any chance of winning the Drivers' Championship or is there not enough races left?

[Sacrafice]

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Sixth place is pretty impressive. Do you have any chance of winning the Drivers' Championship or is there not enough races left?

No the most I can earn is 151 points in a race. With 4 left I could only earn 604 points.

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"National 500"
October 11th, 1981


"Charlotte Motor Speedway"
Charlotte, North Carolina


Race 28 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Richard Childress
Fall 1980: Rusty Wallace
Spring 1981: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#23 Bryan Dehn earns his 4th pole of the season and the 4th of his career in 59 starts"


"Season points leader #28 Bobby Allison has suspention issues on just lap 17 of the race forcing him to be the first one out of the race all, but loosing the point lead"


"On lap 33 the first caution of the day come out when #01 Geoff Bodine stops on the back stretch nearly taking out #11 Darrell Waltrip and his big points day"


"Just a happy #36 H.B. Bailey making his first race of the season stops on the backstretch to enjoy the view, but as luck would have it for the leaders....(See next picture)"


"#90 Jody Ridley while in the lead would over react and push #23 Bryan Dehn into the wall taking out the 1st & 2nd place cars along with....(See next picture)"


"Damn near half of the field as the backstretch turns into a junk yard instantly removing 13 cars from the race and ending the day of many, many more"


"#23 Bryan Dehn's ride finally gie out on lap 84 as many more cars days would end due to engine failure throughout the rest of the race"


"After leading a couple laps and looking like the man that is the current Winston Cup Champion, #27 Benny Parsons car erupts into flames right after his pit stop on lap 150"


"The last yellow flag comes out on lap 156 when #10 Cale Yarborough has engine issues from the earlier wreck and has to put his Junior Johnson prepared Burger King Buick behind pit wall"


"With #11 Darrell Waltrip leading the final portion of the race #67 Buddy Arrington chases him down to win the race taking his 2nd checkered flag of the season and the 2nd career victory in 395 starts"


"Race Recap"
With the two sophomore drivers in #90 Jody Ridley & #23 Bryan Dehn taking each other out and the car problems of #28 Bobby Allison the race was still left up in the air all race between #11 Darrell Waltrip, #33 Harry Gant, #44 Terry Labonte and #67 Buddy Arrington to take home the checkered flag. Arrington get's the job done for the 2nd race this season winning the less prestigious of the two races at Darlington and Charlotte. With #28 Bobby Allisons major misfortunes the 3 point lead he had over #11 Darrell Waltrip in the season points standings were sure to be gone and replaced with a big deficit in which took place as Waltrip takes back over the lead with a 138 point cushion. There was 4 cautions on the day and all, but 1 were the result of that big wreck on lap 61 that took out nearly half of the field with drivers having engine problems late to bring out the rest of them. There is some not so good rumors from the infield care center that #42 Kyle Petty may have been seriously injured in the wreck when he took a shot to the drivers door by #12 Tim Richmond. It is all hear say and there has been no official word on the extent of his injuries or if they are going to keep him from being behind the wheel of the STP Buick for any future races. Only 9 different drivers lead a lap, but they exchanged them 32 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 1 through 29"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 30"
#68 Lennie Pond "Lap 31"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 32 through 35"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 36 through 43"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 44 through 61"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Lap 62"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 63"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Laps 64 through 66"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 67 through 70"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 71 through 86"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 87 through 88"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 89 through 95"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 96 through 97"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 98 through 99"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 100"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 101 through 103"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 104 through 117"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 118 through 120"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 121"
#27 Benny Parsons "Laps 122 through 125"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 126 through 127"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 128 through 135"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 136 through 138"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 139 through 140"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 141 through 144"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 145 through 146"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 147 through 148"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 149 through 150"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 151 through 152"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 153"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 154 through 164"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 165 through 167"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Started on the pole and lead the race early. I dropped back a little bit after that restart and worked my way back up to 2nd place. I was content to just sit and ride behind Ridley which I have had some issues with in the past with us battling out for the rookie of the year last season, but never did I think he would pull such a move while leading and no only take himself out, but half of the field with us. It was a devastating wreck for many drivers, but on my end nothing will compare to the roll over I had at Talladega, but anyway. I guess I shouldn't talk because I have made many stupid mistakes all season. 3 races left and I am going to push the car to the limits and find a way to get into victory lane some more.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
American 500
Rockingham, North Carolina
November 1st, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

There was word after the race at Charlotte that #42 Kyle Petty had been injured during the massive wreck on lap 61 of the race, but the extent of the injuries were not released until right now. Kyle has broken his left arm and 3 ribs during the drivers side door shot he took and will be unable to finish out the last 3 races of the season just a couple week removed from having to purchase another car after he failed to qualify at Martinsville. With the #42 team on the bubble in the owners points standings in the top 25 by only 143 points the team has been put into a tough situation. Under other circumstances they would probably pack up and work on making a return at Daytona in 1982, but being in the top 25 is a huge deal. So the team sent out some feelers about acquiring a driver to finish out the season in the #42 STP Buick. One driver that had had some slight rumors of being disgruntled with his is owner is current "Rookie of the Year" points leader, Joe Ruttman. Joe actually came up to Kyle and expressed his interest in joining the team to finish out the season trying to help them stay in the top 25 and helping his cause to try and stay ahead of Morgan Shepherd and win the Rookie of the Year title. So the deal was done and Joe Ruttman will finish out the season in the #42 car while Bob Senneker will try to run some races in the #6 car owned by J.D. Stacy. With #6 team firmly in the top 25 in owners points it's a butt to put in the seat until Stacy can find a new driver for the 1982 season.

"A couple close up shots of the shot taken by Kyle Petty"