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tcoley · 09-27-2016, 04:17 PM

1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks
Daytona International Speedway

There's nothing like driving through the tunnel in turn four at Daytona! You enter the tunnel on the outside of the immense 2.5 mile track, when you see daylight again, you're in the infield. The season begins at that point, there's no turning back. Are you prepared? Did you do enough to win? 10 days from now, the world will know, as a new Daytona 500 winner will be crowned, but there's a lot that is going to happen before then...

"Look at that!" Bryan exclaimed as he held his arm out in front of Boyd, the hair on his arm standing up. You could see goosebumps covering his arm. They emerged from the tunnel, the bright Daytona sun glazed the turn four asphalt above them. This was it, in a couple hours, Shannon would be traveling at almost 200 mph, right there, on that sun-drenched super speedway in preparation for Sunday's Daytona 500 time trials.

They had been there before, for last year's Firecracker 400, where Shannon had a strong run, finishing 4th, but entering the track for Speedweeks was totally different. Teams would work all winter on their Daytona cars, making them as slick as possible, no other race demanded the perfection that the Daytona 500 did. There are six crown jewel races each season, but the Daytona 500 is the crown jewel among the crow jewels! When you win the 500, you are enshrined forever. Every introduction from there on out for the rest of your career, or life for that matter, you are known as "Daytona 500 Champion!"

There are no guarantees at Daytona. For this year's edition, sixty teams have shown up! With Daytona's unique qualifying, anybody can make the race. Low-budget, or no-budget teams aren't showing up just to run a couple qualifying laps to try and make the race. No, at the Daytona 500, they can qualify in on speed, or race their way in via next Thursday's qualifying races. This is just another reason why racing in the Daytona 500 is so special, you have to not only be fast in race trim and qualifying trim, but also survive those qualifying races to even have the opportunity at the victory. Once you've dodged those sessions, then comes the toughest part, 500 miles around the super fast Daytona International Speedway with 41 other drivers! The race that every single driver on the grid would kill for, to be named Daytona 500 Champion!

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tcoley · 10-14-2016, 01:08 PM

1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks
Qualifying Day
Daytona International Speedway

Sunday mid-morning...

...the rain continued to fall, as it had since Saturday afternoon. The sixty teams in the pit area had put so much into their Daytona 500 car, for some teams, their only car, for others, a special Daytona only car, and now the rain was hampering the weekend, and the week's forecast was not any better. Severe thunderstorms were in the forecast for Sunday night all the way through the week, with the possibility of NASCAR having to cancel the Twin 125's on Thursday. Usually in Daytona Beach it's said that if you don't like the weather, wait an hour and it will change, that wasn't going to be the case this week, as remnants from an usually timed hurricane would be lingering around the east coast for the remainder of the week.

There was some good news though! There was going to be a window to get the track dried, and qualifying in today, which, if Thursday's qualifying races ended up getting canceled, today's qualifying session would set the field for next Sunday's 500. For some, this was good news, others, who were banking on being able to race their way onto the starting grid, were apprehensive going into qualifying, their season weighing on the weather.

The rain started to let up, and the sun started peaking through the clouds. As soon as they could, NASCAR started feverishly drying the track. Yes, there was a window to get qualifying in, but that window was getting smaller with each passing hour, to even get qualifying in was going to be close.

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tcoley · 10-14-2016, 01:42 PM

1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks
Qualifying Day
Daytona International Speedway

Wood Brothers & Yarborough on 500 Pole!

After hours of track drying efforts, NASCAR was finally able to get qualifying under way. Richard Petty was the third of sixty cars out to qualify, and had the time to beat, dodging the likes of Bobby Isaac, Donnie Allison, last year's champion David Pearson, and last year's Daytona 500 pole sitter-Bobby Allison. Then came Cale Yarborough, hitting the track with just 4 cars remaining. Cale's Mercury set fast time with a fast lap of 187.246 mph! The only driver to hit the 187 mph mark. Petty would have to settle for 2nd.

With heavy rain in the forecast for the remainder of the week, possibly washing out Thursday's qualifying races, here is what the grid for the Daytona 500 would look like if they do get canceled:

1 21 Cale Yarborough
2 43 Richard Petty
3 30 Dave Marcis
4 191 Shannon Faulkner
5 72 Benny Parsons
6 27 Donnie Allison
7 22 Bobby Allison
8 97 Mario Andretti
9 71 Bobby Isaac
10 24 Cecil Gordon
11 47 Raymond Williams
12 64 Elmo Langley
13 40 Pete Hamilton
14 17 David Pearson
15 48 James Hylton
16 70 JD McDuffie
17 6 Buddy Baker
18 32 Dick Brooks
19 11 AJ Foyt
20 45 Bill Seifert
21 10 Bill Champion
22 36 Charles Stevens
23 79 Fred Warren
24 37 Don Tarr
25 4 James Sears
26 59 Richard Brickhouse
27 98 Leeroy Yarbrough
28 6 Neil Castles
29 25 Jabe Thomas
30 99 Charlie Glotzbach
31 28 Fred Lorenzen
32 93 Don White
33 34 Wendell Scott
34 31 Jim Vandiver
35 42 Marty Robbins
36 89 Butch Hirst
37 13 Curtis Turner
38 18 Joe Frasson
39 39 Friday Hassler
40 5 Ron Grana
41 49 GC Spencer
42 78 Ed Howland

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tcoley · 10-19-2016, 02:30 PM

1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks
Thursday's Twin 125 Qualifiers
Daytona International Speedway

"Obviously, with the steady storms we've had all week, and the current system, we will be forced to cancel this year's Twin 125 Qualifiers." A thundering voice announced in the filled media center. "NASCAR will be forced to line-up the Daytona 500 by last Sunday's qualifying speeds. Unfortunately, that means that 18 teams will be heading home today. We hope to see you back this season, and we all hope better cooperation from mother nature for next year's Daytona Speedweeks." The towering man stepped from the podium, wiping away sweat from his brow. It was Bill France, and he was feeling the pressure. In just his second year having Winston as the title sponsor, his most important race of the season was under water...literally.

Just as his father stepped down, Bill France Jr. stepped up to the podium.

"With that being said, Sunday's forecast looks great! The rains are looking like they'll stop Saturday night, and we expect to be able to go racing on-time! Make sure to get your tickets now, it'll be one h*ll of a race!"

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OliDegu2008 · 10-19-2016, 04:51 PM

Always following! Hope the updates keep coming!

tcoley · 10-24-2016, 03:01 PM

1972 Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
Race 1 of 29

Isaac Daytona.jpg

Junior was right!

...Sunday's Daytona 500 was just what he said it would be, '...one h*ll of a race!' It had drama, suspense and a late-race battle for the victory among three long-time veterans, with one of them etching their name into NASCAR history as a Daytona 500 winner!

Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty would lead the field to an anxious green flag, with Dave Marcis, and Petty's rival-Shannon Faulkner lining up in the second row. It had been a rain-filled Speedweeks, every driver was nervous about their chances at taking home the victory, as none of the teams had been on track since last Sunday's qualifying session-which is a one car at a time run, none of them had been on-track with other cars since last Saturday, and now, they'd be jumping out there with 41 other cars.

Spoiler

The Winston Cup Series heads out to California for the west-coast swing. Up next, the Winston Western 500 on the winding road-course of the Riverside International Raceway, where last year's winner, Dan Gurney is entered again! Then it's off to the Ontario Motor Speedway for the Miller High Life 500 where Cale held off Buddy Baker and Bobby Isaac for the win!

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tcoley · 10-26-2016, 01:52 PM

Back Home Again,
In...California?

It was nice to be back! Back to what had become the norm before their new crazy traveling circus life emerged a little less than a year ago. Shannon was already regarded as one of the premier drivers on the Winston Cup circuit, although you'd never know by talking to him. Was he prepared to be a star? Maybe, but this week he was going to stick to what he knew, and for starters, he was going to make sure the family continued a tradition that they started last year just before NASCAR came to town, and head up to the cross that stands atop Rubidoux Mountain.

Rubidoux Cross.jpg

It was a great venue to reflect on one's self, and think of the bigger picture, something that Shannon and Karen thought was important to instill in their family. Racing wasn't everything, and they all needed to know that. While hiking up Rubidoux, they would also pass by the World Peace Bridge, another fantastic site, that would take their minds off of racing, if even for just a couple hours.

World Peace Rubidoux.jpg

It was a nice escape, away from the traveling circus that was NASCAR. Away from your competitors, they wouldn't be coming to town and checking out a mountain. Away from officials, and know-it-all reporters and fans. On Mount Rubidoux, he was just Gene, not a race car driver on the verge of stardom. He could relax, and enjoy his family for a short while.

Tomorrow was another story. Tomorrow they would be back to the hustle and bustle of the racetrack, in preparation for the longest race of the season, 500 miles, (yes you read that right, they used to run 500 miles at Riverside) around the winding Riverside International Raceway. To say that they had been looking forward to actually racing the Western Swing this year, instead of sitting in the stands, would be a supreme understatement, and they were ready. They spent almost as much time on the road-course car and Ontario car, as the Daytona car.

Racing in front of the friends they had in California was special...exciting, and full of pressure. Not many of them understood racing. "Anybody can drive a car," or "You drive a race car for a living? I can drive fast too," were comments that the team had heard too many times. They couldn't understand how somebody could drive a car for a living. Shannon knew that some were skeptical. He bought 150 tickets for the race, for friends, old co-workers, some were just acquaintances, but he wanted them to realize why racing was so great, and you only get it by attending live events. Now the pressure was on to perform. He wanted to show them all that he had made it!

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tcoley · 10-28-2016, 12:35 PM

1972 Winston Western 500
Riverside International Raceway
Race 2 of 29

RIR Logo.jpg

On a foggy Southern California afternoon, Bobby Allison would put his #22 Dodge Charger in the Riverside International Raceway victory lane! It was a dominating day for Allison, who led 75 of the 191 laps around the high-speed winding road course. AJ Foyt finished 2nd, 17.19 seconds back from Allison.

1971 Winston Cup Champion, David Pearson, won the pole, and would lead the field to green flanked by Allison. "The Fox" would lead the first 9 laps before losing a cylinder, somehow limping his car to the finish, 18 laps down in 27th.

Spoiler

Up next is the the second race of the "Western Swing" as the stars of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series head just up the road to the Ontario Motor Speedway for the Miller High Life 500!

View Poll Results: Who will win the 1971 Winston Cup Championship?
Cale Yarborough, point leader after 14 of 29 races	0	0%
David Pearson, currently 2nd after 14 of 29 races (-6)	0	0%
Richard Petty, currently 3rd after 14 of 29 races (-11)	1	100.00%
Neil Castles, currently 4th after 14 of 29 races (-82)	0	0%
Bobby Isaac, currently 5th after 14 of 29 races (-130)	0	0%
Bobby Allison, currently 6th after 14 of 29 races (-156)	0	0%
A.J. Foyt, currently 7th after 14 of 29 races (-220)	0	0%
Benny Parsons, currently 8th after 14 of 29 races (-250)	0	0%
Dick Brooks, currently tied for 9th after 14 of 29 races (-304)	0	0%
Dave Marcis, currently tied for 9th after 14 of 29 races (-304)	0	0%
Buddy Baker, currently 11th after 14 of 29 races (-336)	0	0%
Donnie Allison, currently 12th after 14 of 29 races (-337)	0	0%
Charlie Glotzbach, currently 13th after 14 of 29 races (-362)	0	0%
Somebody Else	0	0%
Voters: 1. You may not vote on this poll

09-27-2016, 04:17 PM	#57
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks Daytona International Speedway There's nothing like driving through the tunnel in turn four at Daytona! You enter the tunnel on the outside of the immense 2.5 mile track, when you see daylight again, you're in the infield. The season begins at that point, there's no turning back. Are you prepared? Did you do enough to win? 10 days from now, the world will know, as a new Daytona 500 winner will be crowned, but there's a lot that is going to happen before then... "Look at that!" Bryan exclaimed as he held his arm out in front of Boyd, the hair on his arm standing up. You could see goosebumps covering his arm. They emerged from the tunnel, the bright Daytona sun glazed the turn four asphalt above them. This was it, in a couple hours, Shannon would be traveling at almost 200 mph, right there, on that sun-drenched super speedway in preparation for Sunday's Daytona 500 time trials. They had been there before, for last year's Firecracker 400, where Shannon had a strong run, finishing 4th, but entering the track for Speedweeks was totally different. Teams would work all winter on their Daytona cars, making them as slick as possible, no other race demanded the perfection that the Daytona 500 did. There are six crown jewel races each season, but the Daytona 500 is the crown jewel among the crow jewels! When you win the 500, you are enshrined forever. Every introduction from there on out for the rest of your career, or life for that matter, you are known as "Daytona 500 Champion!" There are no guarantees at Daytona. For this year's edition, sixty teams have shown up! With Daytona's unique qualifying, anybody can make the race. Low-budget, or no-budget teams aren't showing up just to run a couple qualifying laps to try and make the race. No, at the Daytona 500, they can qualify in on speed, or race their way in via next Thursday's qualifying races. This is just another reason why racing in the Daytona 500 is so special, you have to not only be fast in race trim and qualifying trim, but also survive those qualifying races to even have the opportunity at the victory. Once you've dodged those sessions, then comes the toughest part, 500 miles around the super fast Daytona International Speedway with 41 other drivers! The race that every single driver on the grid would kill for, to be named Daytona 500 Champion! ______________________________________

10-14-2016, 01:08 PM	#58
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks Qualifying Day Daytona International Speedway Sunday mid-morning... ...the rain continued to fall, as it had since Saturday afternoon. The sixty teams in the pit area had put so much into their Daytona 500 car, for some teams, their only car, for others, a special Daytona only car, and now the rain was hampering the weekend, and the week's forecast was not any better. Severe thunderstorms were in the forecast for Sunday night all the way through the week, with the possibility of NASCAR having to cancel the Twin 125's on Thursday. Usually in Daytona Beach it's said that if you don't like the weather, wait an hour and it will change, that wasn't going to be the case this week, as remnants from an usually timed hurricane would be lingering around the east coast for the remainder of the week. There was some good news though! There was going to be a window to get the track dried, and qualifying in today, which, if Thursday's qualifying races ended up getting canceled, today's qualifying session would set the field for next Sunday's 500. For some, this was good news, others, who were banking on being able to race their way onto the starting grid, were apprehensive going into qualifying, their season weighing on the weather. The rain started to let up, and the sun started peaking through the clouds. As soon as they could, NASCAR started feverishly drying the track. Yes, there was a window to get qualifying in, but that window was getting smaller with each passing hour, to even get qualifying in was going to be close. _____________________________________

10-14-2016, 01:42 PM	#59
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks Qualifying Day Daytona International Speedway Wood Brothers & Yarborough on 500 Pole! After hours of track drying efforts, NASCAR was finally able to get qualifying under way. Richard Petty was the third of sixty cars out to qualify, and had the time to beat, dodging the likes of Bobby Isaac, Donnie Allison, last year's champion David Pearson, and last year's Daytona 500 pole sitter-Bobby Allison. Then came Cale Yarborough, hitting the track with just 4 cars remaining. Cale's Mercury set fast time with a fast lap of 187.246 mph! The only driver to hit the 187 mph mark. Petty would have to settle for 2nd. With heavy rain in the forecast for the remainder of the week, possibly washing out Thursday's qualifying races, here is what the grid for the Daytona 500 would look like if they do get canceled: 1 21 Cale Yarborough 2 43 Richard Petty 3 30 Dave Marcis 4 191 Shannon Faulkner 5 72 Benny Parsons 6 27 Donnie Allison 7 22 Bobby Allison 8 97 Mario Andretti 9 71 Bobby Isaac 10 24 Cecil Gordon 11 47 Raymond Williams 12 64 Elmo Langley 13 40 Pete Hamilton 14 17 David Pearson 15 48 James Hylton 16 70 JD McDuffie 17 6 Buddy Baker 18 32 Dick Brooks 19 11 AJ Foyt 20 45 Bill Seifert 21 10 Bill Champion 22 36 Charles Stevens 23 79 Fred Warren 24 37 Don Tarr 25 4 James Sears 26 59 Richard Brickhouse 27 98 Leeroy Yarbrough 28 6 Neil Castles 29 25 Jabe Thomas 30 99 Charlie Glotzbach 31 28 Fred Lorenzen 32 93 Don White 33 34 Wendell Scott 34 31 Jim Vandiver 35 42 Marty Robbins 36 89 Butch Hirst 37 13 Curtis Turner 38 18 Joe Frasson 39 39 Friday Hassler 40 5 Ron Grana 41 49 GC Spencer 42 78 Ed Howland _____________________________________

10-19-2016, 02:30 PM	#60
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Cup Speedweeks Thursday's Twin 125 Qualifiers Daytona International Speedway "Obviously, with the steady storms we've had all week, and the current system, we will be forced to cancel this year's Twin 125 Qualifiers." A thundering voice announced in the filled media center. "NASCAR will be forced to line-up the Daytona 500 by last Sunday's qualifying speeds. Unfortunately, that means that 18 teams will be heading home today. We hope to see you back this season, and we all hope better cooperation from mother nature for next year's Daytona Speedweeks." The towering man stepped from the podium, wiping away sweat from his brow. It was Bill France, and he was feeling the pressure. In just his second year having Winston as the title sponsor, his most important race of the season was under water...literally. Just as his father stepped down, Bill France Jr. stepped up to the podium. "With that being said, Sunday's forecast looks great! The rains are looking like they'll stop Saturday night, and we expect to be able to go racing on-time! Make sure to get your tickets now, it'll be one h*ll of a race!" ______________________________________

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10-19-2016, 04:51 PM	#61
OliDegu2008 MVP OVR: 17 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond Always following! Hope the updates keep coming! tcoley likes this. __________________ 2010 WORLD CUP (FROM THE GROUND UP) 2014 WORLD CUP (FROM THE GROUND UP)

10-24-2016, 03:01 PM	#62
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Race 1 of 29 Isaac Daytona.jpg Junior was right! ...Sunday's Daytona 500 was just what he said it would be, '...one h*ll of a race!' It had drama, suspense and a late-race battle for the victory among three long-time veterans, with one of them etching their name into NASCAR history as a Daytona 500 winner! Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty would lead the field to an anxious green flag, with Dave Marcis, and Petty's rival-Shannon Faulkner lining up in the second row. It had been a rain-filled Speedweeks, every driver was nervous about their chances at taking home the victory, as none of the teams had been on track since last Sunday's qualifying session-which is a one car at a time run, none of them had been on-track with other cars since last Saturday, and now, they'd be jumping out there with 41 other cars. Spoiler The drama struck on lap 65 when fan-favorite, Richard Petty tangled with "The Golden Boy" Fred Lorenzen and the #36 Plymouth of Charles Stevens, taking Petty out in 41st place. Another rough start to the season for Petty, oddly enough, it was also lap 65 that bit Petty in last year's Daytona 500. The field would be dwindled down over the course of 6 caution flags, but that didn't stop the cars and stars from running an incredible race that included 52 lead changes among 16 drivers. Bobby Isaac was the class of the field, leading 79 of 200 laps. The race would boil down to the Dodges of Bobby Isaac and Bobby Allison, along with the Ford of James Hylton, while the Plymouths of Pete Hamilton, and Shannon Faulkner were a distant 4th and 5th. In the end, nobody had anything for Isaac, as he was able to beat Hylton to the finish by 0.11 seconds, and 0.42 ahead of Allison, claiming his first Daytona 500 victory! Results: 1-Bobby Isaac would lead 79 of the 200 laps. 2-James Hylton led 2 laps en route to 2nd. 3-Bobby Allison led 15 laps in a strong finish. 4-Pete Hamilton led 7 lap. 5-Shannon Faulkner led 4 laps in his first Daytona 500 start. 6-#4 James Sears led 3 laps and finished on the lead lap. 7-David Pearson led 18 laps, and looks to repeat as Winston Cup Champion with a strong start to the season. 8-#24 Cecil Gordon showed that he can run with the big boys with his lead lap finish, and 15 laps led. 9-Elmo Langley was the final finisher on the lead lap. 10-Donnie Allison led 2 laps en route to a top 10 finish. Notables: 14-Buddy Baker finished 2 laps down. 15-Mario Andretti chased Baker to the line, and was said to be very disappointed with the team's effort at Daytona. 20-Pole-sitter Cale Yarborough led 23 laps, but finished 5 laps off the pace after being caught up in one of the 6 cautions. 21-Leeroy Yarbrough struggled all day, also 5 laps off the pace. 23-Neil Castles had damage from a early accident, finishing 7 laps down. 28-Last year's Daytona 500 winner, Bill Champion was nowhere near what he was last season, only leading 1 lap, and crashing out on lap 126. 29-Charlie Glotzbach was involved with Champion on lap 126. 34-Benny Parsons led 13 laps before crashing out on lap 107 with Friday Hassler (33rd) and A.J. Foyt-lead 9 laps (35th). 37-Dick Brooks crashed out with 38th-Dave Marcis. 41-Petty led 6 laps before crashing on lap 65. The Winston Cup Series heads out to California for the west-coast swing. Up next, the Winston Western 500 on the winding road-course of the Riverside International Raceway, where last year's winner, Dan Gurney is entered again! Then it's off to the Ontario Motor Speedway for the Miller High Life 500 where Cale held off Buddy Baker and Bobby Isaac for the win! _____________________________________

10-26-2016, 01:52 PM	#63
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond Back Home Again, In...California? It was nice to be back! Back to what had become the norm before their new crazy traveling circus life emerged a little less than a year ago. Shannon was already regarded as one of the premier drivers on the Winston Cup circuit, although you'd never know by talking to him. Was he prepared to be a star? Maybe, but this week he was going to stick to what he knew, and for starters, he was going to make sure the family continued a tradition that they started last year just before NASCAR came to town, and head up to the cross that stands atop Rubidoux Mountain. Rubidoux Cross.jpg It was a great venue to reflect on one's self, and think of the bigger picture, something that Shannon and Karen thought was important to instill in their family. Racing wasn't everything, and they all needed to know that. While hiking up Rubidoux, they would also pass by the World Peace Bridge, another fantastic site, that would take their minds off of racing, if even for just a couple hours. World Peace Rubidoux.jpg It was a nice escape, away from the traveling circus that was NASCAR. Away from your competitors, they wouldn't be coming to town and checking out a mountain. Away from officials, and know-it-all reporters and fans. On Mount Rubidoux, he was just Gene, not a race car driver on the verge of stardom. He could relax, and enjoy his family for a short while. Tomorrow was another story. Tomorrow they would be back to the hustle and bustle of the racetrack, in preparation for the longest race of the season, 500 miles, (yes you read that right, they used to run 500 miles at Riverside) around the winding Riverside International Raceway. To say that they had been looking forward to actually racing the Western Swing this year, instead of sitting in the stands, would be a supreme understatement, and they were ready. They spent almost as much time on the road-course car and Ontario car, as the Daytona car. Racing in front of the friends they had in California was special...exciting, and full of pressure. Not many of them understood racing. "Anybody can drive a car," or "You drive a race car for a living? I can drive fast too," were comments that the team had heard too many times. They couldn't understand how somebody could drive a car for a living. Shannon knew that some were skeptical. He bought 150 tickets for the race, for friends, old co-workers, some were just acquaintances, but he wanted them to realize why racing was so great, and you only get it by attending live events. Now the pressure was on to perform. He wanted to show them all that he had made it! ______________________________________

10-28-2016, 12:35 PM	#64
tcoley Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Madison, WI	Re: Rewriting NASCAR's Modern History, 1971 and Beyond 1972 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Race 2 of 29 RIR Logo.jpg On a foggy Southern California afternoon, Bobby Allison would put his #22 Dodge Charger in the Riverside International Raceway victory lane! It was a dominating day for Allison, who led 75 of the 191 laps around the high-speed winding road course. AJ Foyt finished 2nd, 17.19 seconds back from Allison. 1971 Winston Cup Champion, David Pearson, won the pole, and would lead the field to green flanked by Allison. "The Fox" would lead the first 9 laps before losing a cylinder, somehow limping his car to the finish, 18 laps down in 27th. Spoiler It was a good homecoming for Shannon Faulkner in his #91 Plymouth, as he would muscle his car around the 2.62 mile course, leading 6 laps in the process, on his way to a 4th place finish. Faulkner finished 8th in the Riverside 400 last June in his first start at RIR. Results: 1-Bobby Allison led 75 laps en route to victory and takes over the point lead. 2-AJ Foyt led 37 laps from his 8th place start. 3-Cale Yarborough put his Mercury out front for 61 laps, but faded to 3rd the second half of the race. 4-Shannon Faulkner led 6 laps, but finished 1 minute behind Allison. 5-Dan Gurney led only 2 laps in his Wood Brothers prepared car. 6-Charlie Glotzbach was the first finisher 1 lap down. 7-Donnie Allison earned his first top-10 at RIR in the Winston Cup era. 8-Neil Castles followed up his win at Riverside in June with another top 10 at RIR. 9-Bill Champion had a solid run in his Ford. 10-Pete Hamilton was the first finisher 2 laps off the pace. Notables: 11-Richard Petty finished 3 laps down battling an ill-handling car all day. 14-Daytona 500 Winner, Bobby Isaac struggled along with Petty. 15-Dave Marcis was the final finisher 3 laps off the pace. 18-Benny Parsons' Ford was never a contender. 27-David Pearson finished on 7 cylinders 18 laps down. 30-Dick Brooks crashed out on lap 123 with Wendell Scott 31-James Hylton's car overheated on lap 119. 32-Mario Andretti lost power on lap 99, and was said to be wondering why he re-signed with Holman-Moody. 35-Leeroy Yarbrough crashed on lap 31. 38-Buddy Baker's motor blew up on lap 16. The Cotton Owens team already has quite a deficit in the Championship standings. The race had 9 caution flags for 18 laps, (173 green flag laps), with 24 lead changes among 7 drivers. Up next is the the second race of the "Western Swing" as the stars of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series head just up the road to the Ontario Motor Speedway for the Miller High Life 500!

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