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Stock Car Racing History, NASCAR, and Other Problems in American Racing History
Here is an example of what actually took place at a race during the 1964 season, Augusta in November 1963 in this example, as compared to what is found at 1964-02 Augusta:
Code:1964 Grand National Race Number 2 / Augusta Augusta 510 / 17 November 1963 Augusta International Raceway / Augusta, Georgia 139 laps of 3.0-mile road course for distance of 417.0 miles Attendance: 14-15,000 Purse: $50,620 Qualifying was spread over four days, three days – Wednesday through Friday – being devoted to time trials and then a qualifying race on Saturday. Wednesday Qualifying / 13 November 1963 Qualifying Speed Driver Make Notes & Notes & Information 1st 88.545 mph Fred Lorenzen 1963 Ford Galaxie LaFayette Ford 2nd 87.84 mph Fireball Roberts 1963 Ford Galaxie 3rd 87.15 mph Marvin Panch 1963 Ford Galaxie 4th 86.17 mph David Pearson 1963 Dodge Polara 5th 84.96 mph Darel Dieringer 1963 Mercury Marauder 6th 83.74 mph Ned Jarrett 1963 Ford Galaxie 7th 83.44 mph Billy Wade 1963 Dodge Polara 8th 67.33 mph Joe Weatherly 1963 Mercury Marauder Qualified by Larry Frank Thursday Qualifying / 14 November 1963 Qualifying Speed Driver Make Notes & Notes & Information 9th 88.75 mph Richard Petty 1963 Plymouth Savoy 10th 88.51 mph Junior Johnson 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS 11th 86.73 mph Dave MacDonald 1963 Ford Galaxie 12th 86.71 mph Jack Smith 1963 Plymouth 13th 85.00 mph Rex White 1963 Mercury Marauder 14th 82.45 mph Graham Shaw 1961 Ford Galaxie 15th 85.03 mph Larry Thomas 1962 Dodge Dart Friday Qualifying / 15 November 1963 Qualifying Speed Driver Make Notes & Notes & Information 16th 90.00 mph Buck Baker 1963 Plymouth Savoy 17th 81.81 mph Jack Anderson 1963 Ford Galaxie 18th 83.07 mph Frank Warren 1961 Pontiac Catalina 19th 81.21 mph Curtis Crider 1963 Mercury Marauder Qualifying Race / 16 November 1963 10 laps of 3.0-mile road course for distance of 30.0 miles On Saturday, a ten-lap qualifying race was held for those not qualifying during the first three sessions. Qualifying Results Driver Make Notes & Information 20th 1st Bobby Johns 1963 Pontiac Catalina 10 laps 21st 2nd Jim Pardue 1963 Pontiac Catalina 22nd 3rd Cale Yarborough 1963 Ford Galaxie 23rd 4th Larry Frank 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 24th 5th Buddy Baker 1963 Pontiac Catalina 25th 6th G.C. Spencer 1962 Pontiac Catalina 26th 7th Doug Cooper 1962 Pontiac Catalina 27th 8th Roy Tyner 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 28th 9th Wendell Scott 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 29th 10th Neil ‘Soapy’ Castles 1962 Chrysler 300H 30th 11th Jake Penland 1961 Pontiac Catalina 31st 12th Jim Brey 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 32nd 13th Weldon Adams 1962 Plymouth Savoy 33rd 14th Elmo Henderson 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air Qualifying Driver Make Notes & Information 34th Tiny Lund 1963 Ford Galaxie Did not qualify; Promoter’s option 35th Ed Livingston 1962 Ford Galaxie Did not qualify; Promoter’s option 36th Johnny Allen 1963 Ford Galaxie Did not qualify; Promoter’s option Results Driver No. Car Owner Make Laps Purse Points Notes & Information 1st Fireball Roberts 22 John Holman, Holman Moody 1963 Ford Galaxie 139 $13,190 2,500 4 hr 49 min 51 sec, 86.32 mph 2nd Dave MacDonald 29 Banjo Matthews, Holman Moody 1963 Ford Galaxie 138 $6,745 2,400 3rd Billy Wade 5 Cotton Owens, Cotton Owens Garage 1963 Dodge Polara 137 $3,730 2,300 4th Joe Weatherly 26 Bill Stroppe, Bill Stroppe & Associates 1963 Mercury Marauder 137 $2,650 2,200 5th Ned Jarrett 11 Charles Robinson, Burton-Robinson Racing Team 1963 Ford Galaxie 132 $1,675 2,100 6th Jimmy Pardue 2 Cliff Stewart 1963 Pontiac Catalina 132 $1,800 2,000 7th Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 1962 Dodge Dart 130 $1,250 1,900 8th Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 1963 Ford Galaxie 129 $1,100 1,800 9th Marvin Panch 21 Ray Lee Wood, Wood Brothers 1963 Ford Galaxie 128 $1,220 1,700 Transmission 10th Buddy Baker 87 Buck Baker 1963 Pontiac Catalina 127 $1,050 1,600 11th Graham Shaw 12 Graham Shaw 1961 Ford Galaxie 126 $900 1,500 12th Tiny Lund 32 Dave Kent 1963 Ford Galaxie 125 $800 1,400 13th Frank Warren 80 1961 Pontiac Catalina 125 $625 1,300 14th Jack Anderson 20 Jack Anderson 1963 Ford Galaxie 120 $775 1,200 15th Cale Yarborough 19 Herman Beam 1963 Ford Galaxie 119 $650 1,100 16th Doug Cooper 02 Bob Cooper 1962 Pontiac Catalina 117 $575 1,000 17th David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens, Cotton Owens Garage 1963 Dodge Polara 115 $670 900 Engine 18th Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 115 $525 800 19th Richard Petty 43 Lee Petty, Lee Petty Engineering Company 1963 Plymouth Savoy 94 $820 700 Transmission – pinion gear 20th Johnny Allen 92 1963 Ford Galaxie 66 $700 600 Engine 21st Junior Johnson 3 Ray Fox, Ray Fox Engineering 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS 52 $620 500 Transmission 22nd Neil Castles 86 Buck Baker 1962 Chrysler 300H 47 $525 400 Clutch 23rd Larry Frank 30 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 37 $575 300 Engine 24th G.C. Spencer 70 Paul Clayton 1962 Pontiac Catalina 33 $525 200 Engine 25th Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 25 $525 100 Transmission – rear end gears 26th Rex White 4 Louis Clements 1963 Mercury Marauder 17 $575 100 Engine 27th Darel Dieringer 16 Bill Stroppe, Bill Stroppe & Associates 1963 Mercury Marauder 14 $525 100 Engine – valve lifter 28th Fred Lorenzen 28 Ralph Moody, Holman Moody 1963 Ford Galaxie 12 $625 100 Engine – piston 29th Buck Baker 42 Lee Petty, Lee Petty Engineering Company 1963 Plymouth Savoy 12 $575 100 Engine 30th Jim Bray 156 Nick Rampling 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 7 $525 100 Transmission 31st Elmo Henderson 03 G.C. Spencer 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 6 $525 100 Engine – oil pressure 32nd Jack Smith 47 Archie Smith 1963 Plymouth Savoy 4 $525 100 Engine 33rd Joe Penland 05 Possum Jones 1961 Pontiac Catalina 4 $525 100 Engine – oil pressure 34th Ed Livingston 56 Ed Livingston 1962 Ford Galaxie 3 $575 100 Engine 35th Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 1963 Pontiac Catalina 2 $900 100 Crash 36th Weldon Adams 23 Leland Colvin 1962 Plymouth Savoy 2 $525 100 Distributor Lap Leaders Driver Laps Led Lap Prizes Laps 1 thru 3 Fireball Roberts Laps 4 thru 22 David Pearson 19 laps $95 Laps 23 thru 27 Junior Johnson Lap 28 Richard Petty Laps 29 thru 35 Junior Johnson Laps 36 thru 48 Richard Petty Laps 49 thru 51 Junior Johnson 15 laps $75 Laps 52 thru 93 Richard Petty 56 laps $280 Laps 94 thru 128 Marvin Panch 35 laps $175 Laps 129 thru 139 Fireball Roberts 14 laps $470
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