Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

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Starting from the 1980 season that I painted as far as I can go....

I am not going to follow exactly to real life. That means I am not going to keep the exact same drivers in the exact same cars year to year and race to race. 1980 will pretty much be the same drivers that ran each race though. Guys like Earnhardt and such will eventually be in the black #3 as in real life, but some guys may race past when they retired or still run full seasons when they stopped doing so in real life and such. I want it to turn into my version of how things went. If Bobby Allison sucks in a Ford in 1980 like he complained about in real life he may quit and find another ride half way through the season unlike real life or Darrell Waltrip will not take over for Cale Yarborough in the #11 car for the 1981 season because Cale took back his championship from Petty making 4 in 5 years and give it 1 more full season to see if he can make 5 as for a couple examples of what may or may not happen.

Not much else to say. Lots of colorful pictures and a highlight (crash) video for each race will be done along with a little typing. So let's get on with this thing!

I will be driving the #23 Nub's & LeRoy's Citgo Chevrolet

50% races at 95% AI strength on simulation setting with realistic damage using NR2003.

"1980 List of Eligiable Drivers"



"1980 Schedule"



"Past NASCAR Champions and Rookies of the Year"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Winston Western 500"
January 13th, 1980


"Riverside International Raceway"
Riverside, California


Race 1 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#88 Darrell Waltrip & #73 Bill Schmitt lead the field of 37 cars to the green flag kicking off the 1980 season"


"6 laps in the 1st caution of the day flew when rookie #66 Lake Speed got into fellow rookie #23 Bryan Dehn both making their 1st career starts"


"#70 J.D. McDuffie and #7 Dick Brooks get together in the esses bringing out the 2nd caution of the day"


"No caution, but rookie mistakes and the loss of 1st gear all, but ends the day for Bryan Dehn in the #23 car"


"#98 Hershel McGriff and #24 Cecil Gordon get together coming out of the esses and back into the wall putting them laps down"


"Earlier damage for the #70 of J.D. McDuffie causes his car to stall on the back stretch bringing out the 3rd caution of the day"


"The 4th caution comes out on a Bryan Dehn spin late in the race"


"The 5th and final caution comes out when the slow car of #78 Jim Robinson get's in the way of #27 Benny Parsons and pays the price"


"#88 Darrell Waltrip and #2 Dale Earnhardt battle to the line taking the yellow flag"


"Dale Earnhardt wins the battle to the line and takes the checkered flag under caution winning the 1st race of the 1980 season"


"Race Recap"
Darrell Waltrip lead 45 laps while Dale Earnhardt fought all the way from the back to claim the lead with 10 to go and never looked back. It was a caution marred race with a lot of new rookie drivers mixed in with some Winston West regulars that don't run on the big stage all that often.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Well, lost 1st and 2nd gear through out the race. Wrecked the engine on that smash into the wall catching the sand off the track and not being able to turn the car around the corner. So the 2nd half of the race was just riding around and only managed to gain 1 spot. Even with a beat up motor and car I couldn't manage to keep the car on the track the rest of the race. Bad 1st start for me. Maybe it should be back to Slinger & Wisconsin International Raceway for the rest of my career.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
1980 Daytona 500 Speedweeks
Daytona, Florida
February 10th, 1980 through February 16th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Daytona 500 Speedweeks"
February 10th, 1980


"Daytona International Raceway"
Daytona, Florida


"Busch Clash"

"#43 Richard Petty and #47 Harry Gant lead the field of 12 to start the 20 lap shoot out for bragging rights."


"#1 David Pearson leads the field at the halfway point"


"4 wide racing 2 rows back and it's anyone's race to win"


"#15 Bobby Allison and #28 Buddy Baker is the only 2 guys that figured out that you didn't have to pit for fuel and take the checkered flag well ahead of the rest of the pack"


"Race Recap"
Bobby Allison and Buddy Baker didn't pit and the race came down to those 2 for the checkered flag while rest were too far behind to do anything. There was no cautions in the race showing that these 12 race car drivers are indeed the best of the best.


"Busch Clash Results"



"1980 Daytona 500 Qualifying"



"1980 Daytona 500 Front Row"


"Daytona 500 Speedweeks"
February 14th, 1980


"1980 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #1"

"The front row of the 1980 Daytona 500 lead the rest of the field to take the green flag determining the inside 15 rows."


"#12 Donnie Allison get's into #99 Dick May while #89 Jim Vandiver and #19 John Anderson get caught up in the melee"


"Many cars get caught up in this tri-oval mess taking out many big time players including, #88 Darrell Waltrip, #2 Dale Earnhardt, #11 Cale Yarborough and #42 Kyle Petty"


"After all the dust and smoke settled the new comer to NASCAR and racing boat mainstay #75 Bill Ellswick takes the checkered flag earning him the 3rd spot in the lineup for the Daytona 500"


"1980 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #1 (Jody Ridley Wreck)"

"The 1st wreck not in pictures is too violent to not show in full video. Odds on Rookie of the Year candidate #90 Jody Ridley took one hell of a tumble down the backstretch grass on the 3rd lap of the race"


"Race Recap"
There was 3 cautions during the race leaving many fast cars in the back giving the coveted top 14 qualifying spots to the guys that needed to race in to make the Daytona 500. With Kyle Petty and Benny Parsons running in this race if they finished in the top 14 the next 2 cars would earn a spot and they did allowing both Dick May and Bryan Dehn to make the race they otherwise would have had to sit out due to their poor qualifying times.


"1980 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #1 Results"



"1980 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #2"

"#82 Janet Guthrie and #1 David Pearson lead the 2nd group of 32 drivers trying to race their way into the 1980 Daytona 500"


"The 1st wreck took out drives such as Busch Clash winner, #15 Bobby Allison as well as #28 Buddy Baker, #21 Neil Bonnett and #25 Ronnie Thomas"


"The 2nd wreck of the race seen #71 Dave Marcis slid nearly all the way down the front stretch, but didn't ever hit anyone leaving him still competitive, but that couldn't be said for #51 A.J. Foyt and #82 Janet Guthrie. Unfortunately for Foyt his qualifying time wouldn't be good enough to get him into the 500 race."


"Rookie of the Year candidate, #66 Lake Speed takes the checkered flag giving him the 4th starting position in the 1980 Daytona 500"


"Race Recap"
There was 3 cautions in the race, but most of the star power was in race #1 so there was many drivers that were able to drive their way into the race in this one as well leaving most of the fastest drivers to make the 500 on time alone.


"1980 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #2 Results"



"1980 Daytona 500 Making the Rest of the 43 Car Field"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Qualifying 13th in my 125 race. Thought I would have a good time considering that the top 2 qualifiers came from the same race, but that turned out to not be the case. Had the top 2 not be in this race I would be sitting at home watching the "Great American Race". As it turns out I made it in and will be trying to stay out of trouble and run the entire 500 miles without incident which will be a victory in it's self.

"1980 Daytona 500 Line Up"


"Next Race"
1980 Daytona 500
Daytona, Florida
February 17th, 1980
Race 2 of 31

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I love the graphics and the detail. This is well done!

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I love the graphics and the detail. This is well done!

Thank you! Great to hear there is another one enjoying the work

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"22nd Annual Daytona 500"
February 17th, 1980


"Daytona International Raceway"
Daytona, Florida


Race 2 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#42 Kyle Petty and #27 Benny Parsons lead the field of 43 cars to take the green flag"


"The 1st 13 laps went caution free with all 43 cars running 3 wide from front to back"


"#5 Sterling Marlin get's into #47 Harry Gant causing the 1st caution of the day with #25 Ronnie Thomas getting the worst of it all"


"The big one came just a couple laps later with nearly a quarter of the field getting taken out in the process"


"Then a couple laps after that another quarter of the field was taken out on the 3rd and final caution of the day."


"That leaves only around 20 cars left on the track on the restart with only about half of them capable of winning the race"


"After the 1st set of green flag pit stops only #2 Dale Earnhardt, #66 Lake Speed and #23 Bryan Dehn were a part of the lead pack"


"#23 Bryan Dehn was caught speeding down pit road on the 2nd round of green flag pit stops leaving him out of contention"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt and #66 Lake Speed are left all alone to continue their trek for their 1st Daytona 500 victory"


"#66 Lake Speed had pit issues and ended up 4 laps down allowing #11 Cale Yarborough and #52 Jimmy Means to make a last chance bid for the victory, but ended up just short"


"Race Recap"
With 3 early cautions the 2nd half of the race was pretty much just down to 9 cars left running under full power and with 3 green flag pit stops in between the middle and the end of the race others would find misfortune and end up out of contention. In the end Dale Earnhardt would win the first 2 races of the season and his 1st Daytona 500 in only his 2nd try.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Did a whole lot better than I anticipated. When I said I just wanted to keep my car clean I didn't actually expect to accomplish it. I still made a big rookie mistake taking me out of contention, but I shouldn't have been there to begin with.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Richmond 400
Richmond, Virginia
February 24th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Richmond 400"
February 24th, 1980


"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia


Race 3 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#15 Bobby Allison leads the field of 36 to take the green flag starting the race"


"#44 Terry Labonte get's into the back of #23 Bryan Dehn causing him to spin out on lap 38, but no damaged was caused bring out the 1st of many cautions on the day"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas hit the inside guard rail causing #99 Dick may to get into the back of him take May out of the race"


"#7 Dick Brooks was tagged from behind backing him into the outside guard rail"


"#21 Neil Bonnett had to race his way back onto the lead lap twice, but on this lap he slowed causing #27 Benny Parsons and #43 Richard Petty to get involved resulted in them getting damage"


"#17 Roger Hamby and #20 Rick Newsom get together and slid into the outside guard rail and while trying to check up for the wreck #61 Bub Strickler lost control and slid hard into the guard rail as well"


"#64 Tommy Gale was pushed up against the outside guard rail causing #24 Cecil Gordon to lose control and slide up into him while #7 Dick Brooks was a victim of checking up and got spun out into the infield grass"


"The engine let loose int he #20 car of Rick Newsom probably from the earlier contact with the wall. No one else got involved"


"#23 Bryan Dehn lost control and spun out on the front stretch on a restart causing #7 Dick Brrok to t-bone him in the drivers door, but both were able to continue on"


"Rookie #90 Jody Ridley lead 115 laps in route to his 1st ever career victory"


"Race Recap"
There was 12 cautions most of which happened during the 2nd half of the race allowing very little competition for race winner, Jody Ridley. Being a short track most of the wrecks were causing little to no damage for the cars involved and the only drivers unable to finish the race was due to mechanical failure.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Short track racing is where I am in my comfort zone, but I have never driven a powerful car like this on a track with very little room to move around on. I had a terrible qualifying run, but was able to move up the field and after a couple issues I decided to stay int he back until it was go time to try and stay out of trouble. My car was a little faster on long runs which there was really only 1, but the rest of the field was better on short runs. Comes from experience knowing that this track wouldn't allow for a whole lot of long green flag runs. I was able to get myself into the top 20 and am happy with that performance.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Carolina 500
Rockingham, North Carolina
March 9th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Carolina 500"
March 9th, 1980


"North Carolina Motor Speedway"
Rockingham, North Carolina


Race 4 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#11 Cale Yarborough looks to take a step towards cutting into Dale Earnhardts lead by taking the pole in the Carolina 500"


"#45 Baxter Price was the 1st casualty today coming off his 11th place finish last week. Cold he make it into the top 10 with this kind of damage?"


"#89 Jim Vandiver couldn't avoid a car trying to make a pit stop and #72 Joe Millikan got the worst of it nearly landing on his roof"


"#66 Lake Speed get's into the back of #20 Rick Newsom and both end up in the wall ending Newsom's day. That wasn't all though as after the shot #76 Mike Potter get's collected"


"Trying to miss the sudden pit maneuver of #47 Harry Gant, #23 Bryan Dehn made a sudden move where he ended up riding the fence and not the track"


"After getting spun out in turn 3, #23 Bryan Dehn hits the wall hard and leaves the track once again"


"On the restart #23 made a move to get by some of the slower car which end up wrecking each other coming out of turn 2"


"#68 Lennie Pond seemed to be in nearly every wreck today this time spinning around on his nose"


"#68 Tommy Gale and #3 Richard Childress get together late in the race"


"#71 Dave Marcis takes the checkered flag winning his 1st race in 4 years"


"Race Recap"
Thinking last week was a bad week for cautions, but this week was worse with 13 total cautions many of which was pretty brutal taking out a fair amount of cars. There was 12 different leaders, but Dave Marcis was the man of the day leading 80 laps.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
The race started out fun for me. Once again I messed up my qualifying lap setting me up in the back, but I was able to move through the field and lead a couple laps before the misfortunes began to happen. Today was the 1st time in a long time that I spent most of the front stretch of a track on my roof, but the crew was able to keep the car going. I failed to finish on the lead lap again due to my car being tore up.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Atlanta 500
Atlanta, Georgia
March 16th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Atlanta 500"
March 16th, 1980


"Atlanta International Raceway"
Atlanta, Georgia


Race 5 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#44 Terry Labonte leads the field of 43 cars to take the green flag at Atlanta"


"#27 Benny Parsons is the 1st casualty with a blown motor on the 33rd lap of the race"


"#3 Richard Childress get's into #23 Bryan Dehn on pit road taking him out of the lead pack unable to get the damage fixed under green flag conditions"


"#67 Buddy Arrington blows his motor coming out of the pits on the 67th lap"


"1 lap later #12 Donnie Allison's woahs continue in 1980 as he blows his motor on lap 68"


"Leading 81 of the 115 laps run so far #11 Cale Yarborough unexpectedly pits and remains there for the rest of the race"


"The 1st caution of the day comes out on lap 131 when #42 Kyle Petty comes down to pit, but #23 Bryan Dehn is there occupying that place on the track"


"#47 Harry Gant get's into a spinning Dehn, then #7 Dick Brooks slams hard into the drivers side of Gants car, but was miraculously was uninjured in the wreck"


"The 2nd and final caution came on the restart when #28 Buddy Baker spins out when he gives #45 Baxter Price no room on the high side"


"In his 1st ever start #16 Rusty Wallace takes the checkered flag to win. Remember this guys name, he just might become a good one"


"Race Recap"
It looked like the race was going to go caution free when #23 Bryan Dehn was at the wrong place at the wrong time when #42 Kyle Petty tried to get onto pit road. There was 2 cautions on the day with a lot of rookies doing very well during the race. Besides Rusty Wallace winning in his 1st ever start there was 5 total rookies occupying the top 10 finishing positions.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was running very well early on. No issues on the 1st green flag pit stop and stayed running in the top 10 until the contact on pit road sent me spinning and at the tail end of the lead lap. I was fighting all I could to stay on the lead lap around 20th position until I was caught up in the 1st caution flag. Then my engine was done and all I could do was ride around the track ending up 3 laps down to the leaders.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Valleydale Southeastern 500
Bristol, Tennessee
March 30th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Valleydale Southeastern 500"
March 30th, 1980


"Bristol International Raceway"
Bristol, Tennessee


Race 6 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#15 Bobby Allison leads the field of 42 to take the green flag"


"#76 Mike Potter and #79 Junior Miller get together brining out the 1st caution on lap 40 ending Millers day"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas and #64 Tommy Gale tangle on the front stretch"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt, #68 Lennie Pond and #12 Buck Simmons get together coming off of turn 4"


"#76 Mike Potter hits the entrance gate coming off of turn 4 and becomes a UFO flying and spinning through the air, but miraculously continues in the race"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt and #68 Lennie Pond find each other once again this time it was caused by a slow #40 D.K. Ulrich after hitting the wall"


"#11 Cale Yarborough slowed up to pit in front of #23 Bryan Dehn getting many cars involved"


"The day for #23 Bryan Dehn ends when he tries to do his best Mike Potter impression, but most of the drivers behind him were able to get around the spinning Chevy"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas get's spun around by #68 Lennie Pond backing into the inside wall"


"#94 Bobby Wawak takes the checkered flag winning his 1st career race in 63 starts"


"Race Recap"
There was 11 caution flags, but the 1st half of the race saw some great green flag racing. There was 11 different drivers to lead a lap in the race trading 21 different times.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was optimistic coming back to another short track and had my best qualifying effort starting in 20th. After a good 1st half of the race I ended up tearing my car up trying to get back on the lead lap. We got 3 weeks to get this car back ready for North Wilkesboro and Martinsville the week after that. If we had to go to Darlington with this car I might have been sitting out the next race.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
Darlington, South Carolina
April 13th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"CRC Chemicals Rebel 500"
April 13th, 1980


"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina


Race 7 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt is the 1st to qualify for both the 1981 Busch Clash and the 1981 Winston All-Star event taking the pole at Darlington"


"6 cars get involved in the 2nd caution of the day when #22 Ricky Rudd get's spun out with the rest checking up from behind getting all tangled together"


"Entering the race 2nd in points #44 Terry Labonte is the races 1st casualty blowing his engine bringing out the 3rd caution of the day"


"After the restart #72 Joe Millikan tried too hard to get his lap back from the leader #23 Bryan Dehn causing the both to tangle coming off of turn 4 effectively ending Dehn's day"


"#47 Harry Gant couldn't get er checked up in time running 2nd behind Bryan Dehn comes back on the track in front of the field from the Millikan/Dehn confrontation"


"Dehn and Gant were 1st and 2nd, but getting caught up in the last wreck put them in tha back of the pack and when Dehn get's caught up on the wall Gant has no where to go"


"Many good cars get caught up and bow out of the race when #1 David Pearson get's turned around after #77 Kenny Hemphill blows up and get's pin balled by #11 Cale Yarborough and #71 Dave Marcis"


"#12 Buck Simmons slows on the track getting many cars involved and ends their day with #15 Bobby Allison ending up rolling over in the process"


"Making a bid to get a top 10 finish with a beat up car #23 Bryan Dehn get's too low coming out of turn 4 and is spun out by #28 Buddy Baker"


"#27 Benny Parsons moves up to 3rd in points winning his 15th race in 332 career starts"


"Race Recap"
Most if not all of the top 10 in points entering the race has some sort of trouble leaving a few with big opportunities to gain a ton of points. There was 9 cautions for 31 laps. The 1st caution came on a debris yellow after Dale Earnhardt and Bryan Dehn were battling early on. The next portion of the race would be dominated by Tommy Gale before Benny Parsons took over with 26 laps to go and went on to take the victory. There was 9 different leaders exchanging the lead 12 different times.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had a pretty dominant car today. I lead many laps early on mainly due to a debris caution. The field pitted right before the caution and everyone only took on 2 tires where my 4 tire stop allowed me to move through the field and re-assume the lead and hold onto to it until the 2nd half of the race reared it's ugly head. The 2nd half of races have been hell for me where I can't keep myself out of trouble and let a good day turn into a terrible one. I hope to be able to turn my skills and luck around as I gain more experience. I did get to be up front leading a bunch of laps though so the next time I am up front I will know what to expect.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Northwestern Bank 400
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
April 20th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Northwestern Bank 400"
April 20th, 1980


"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina


Race 8 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#43 Richard Petty lead the rest of the field to the green flag to start the 200 lap race"


"Early on the #40 of D.K. Ulrich got into the back of #23 Bryan Dehn, but Dehn was able to save it and avoid a yellow flag"


"#61 Bub Strickler ddn't last long only making 22 laps before blowing his engine"


"#7 Dick Brooks and #75 Bill Ellswick get together and crash head 1st into the wall with #20 Rick Newsom catching the rear end of the #75 sending the driver side hard into the wall"


"After dominating the 1st half of the race leading 82 of 117 laps the engine let go on the #43 of Richard Petty causing a little traffic jam on the front stretch"


"#23 Bryan Dehn got into turn 1 a little too hot causing him to spin out collecting #21 Neil Bonnett"


"Bonnett comes down from the contact with the #23 getting into #47 Harry Gant which was hammered from behind by #07 Jeff McDuffie"


"1978 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, #25 Ronnie Thomas continues his up and down season with his engine blowing late in the race"


"#15 Bobby Allison took control of the race when Petty retired only to let it slip away when #2 Dale Earnhardt took over the top stop with 22 laps to go"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt took the checkered flag for the 3rd time this year and his 4th time in 44 starts"


"Race Recap"
The sad news coming out of the race is former pro boat racing champion, Bill Ellswick was seriously hurt in the lap 107 crash where the drivers side of his car slammed hard into the outside wall. Early reports say he will live to tell the story, but actually getting back into a car again may be out of the question. Outside of that there was only 4 cautions in the race. 2 of which came on blown motors. 7 different drivers lead laps exchanging the lead 13 times. Richard Petty took the race in his hands from the pole and dominated the race in the 1st half with only Cale Yarborough being on a different pit strategy taking lead laps from him. Bobby Allison had a strong showing giving up the lead to Dale Earnhardt late. Dale has lead in points from the 1st race of the season and don't look to be letting up any time soon.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had a very good clean race. I pulled talked to by NASCAR about my lack of skill on the track so far this season and was told to just sit back and learn the ropes and that's what I did and it payed off with my 2nd career top 10 finish. I did have one mistake late, but far from the 5-6-7 mistakes I have been having in every other race this season.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Virginia 500
Martinsville, Virginia
April 27th, 1980

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In a bad crash at North Wilkesboro a few days ago Bill Ellswick was injured when his car was hit on the right side and spun hard into the wall on the driver side. Bill experienced injuries to his head that is not life threatening, but could be career ending. Ellswick moved over to NASCAR after becoming a pro boat champion. Bill only has 9 career starts in NASCAR starting last year. Just one week prior at Darlington Bill had his best showing finishing 11th including leading his 1st career lap. With Bill unable to compete for at least the rest of this year Rahmoc Enterprises called up fellow rookie, John Anderson to take over in the 75 car for the rest of the season whom had his 2nd career top 5 last week at Darlington.

"Crash Highlights"




"#23 Nub's & LeRoy's Citgo Charlotte Practice for the World 600 in May"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Virginia 500"
April 27th, 1980


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 9 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt leads the field to take the green flag fr some classic short track racing"


"#47 Harry Gant looks to be trying to get back at #23 Bryan Dehn for the last couple race mishaps"


"#40 D.K. Ulkrich has another motor let go today making it his 3rd one of the season"


"#67 Buddy Arrington get's into #64 Tommy Gale turning him around in turn 1"


"#27 Benny Parsons dominated through out the race until the end, but got a little impatient with #90 Jody Ridley spinning him out of the way"


"#47 Harry Gant and #52 Jimmy Means get together on the front stretch with both sliding into the corner"


"#52 Jimmy Means is at it again this time getting #28 Buddy Baker and #70 J.D. McDuffie involved in his mess"


"#21 Neil Bonnett get's into #15 Bobby Allison sending him head on into the wall"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas, #70 J.D. McDuffie and #3 Richard Childress get together as Childress get's the worst of it ending up on his roof"


"#71 Dave MNarcis is able to capture his 2nd win of the 1980 season and his 6th win in 345 career starts"


"Race Recap"
A late race pit stop cost Dale Earnhardt a chance to keep his season point lead high, but Terry Labonte has had a very quiet season finishing up in the top 5 gaining some valuable points. Benny Parsons dominated for most of the race leading 103 laps, but the engine faltered near the end falling to a 14th place finish and falls to 3rd in the point standings. Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett also had real good cars and up front the entire race until the end where their finishing positions don't truly tell the story of the kind of day they were having. There was 9 caution flags for 45 laps and 6 different leaders exchanging the lead 8 different times.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Another good clean day for me. I wasn't the cause or a part of any cautions flags, but Harry Gant did seem to have lingering issues with me. Hopefully I can continue to run well and get top 10 finishes and prove that I did indeed belong racing with the best of the best.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Winston 500
Talladega, Alabama
May 4th, 1980

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Winston 500"
May 4th, 1980


"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama


Race 10 of 31 during the 1980 Season


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt leads the field to take the green flag for the 3rd time this season"


"#19 Steve Spencer takes over for John Anderson and is able to complete 1 lap before the motor let go"


"#23 Bryan Dehn leads his only lap of the race while #15 Bobby Allison's motor let's loose in the middle of the pack"


"The 1st big wreck don't take anyone out, but quite a few drivers day's were effectively ended including #21 Neil Bonnett, #23 Bryan Dehn, #42 Kyle Petty & #90 Jody Ridley"


"#24 Cecil Gordon ends up back on all 4 wheels after a slow roll over down the backstretch, but not too many other drivers were involved"


"#12 Donnie Allison almost flips going down the backstretch bringing out the 3rd caution of the day ending the days of #66 Lake Speed, #50 Bruce hill and the points leader, #2 Dale Earnhardt"


"On the restart #93 Don Whittington was in the lead, but the motor let go before he even got to turn 1"


"The 4th and final caution came out late in the race during green flag pit stops when #42 Kyle Petty got in front of #71 Dave Marcis in the tri-oval"


"With the caution coming out #23 Bryan Dehn runs out of gas trying to make it around to pit road and also #11 Cale Yarborough has a blown motor"


"#7 Dick Brooks is pushed across the line to take the checkered flag by #3 Richard Childress which lead the most laps to day scoring Brooks his 1st victory since 1973 and his 2nd victory in 275 career starts"


"Race Recap"
Talladega sure knows how to ruin points chases. Dale Earnhardt came into the race with a 66 point lead in the standings, but leaves Talladega behind Terry Labonte by 30 points. There was 4 cautions during the race which didn't take many cars off the track, but messed up others cars just enough to not be able to keep pace along with the standard higher than normal amount of cars that didn't have enough motor to make to the checkered flag. 19 different drivers lead laps exchanging the lead 53 different times.


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
The car was ok. We don't have the experience to really contend at the bigger tracks much less the biggest tracks. I was able to qualify really well and get up front to lead a lap, but that 1st caution I was caught high on the track and had no where to go effectively ending any change I had at a good finish. Then luck reared it's ugly head once again when the yellow flag came out right when I was about to make my green flag pit stop catching me on the track and ran out of fuel. Hopefully the more we drive these tracks the more we can take out of them to get more competitive.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Music City USA 420
Nashville, Tennessee
May 10th, 1980

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Re: Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

I'm not a racing fan but you've certainly made it interesting with these updates. You can see how much work you put into them and it's paying off, keep it up!