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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 9

  
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  November 91958: Richard Petty finishes 13th in his only career start in the No. 24. Petty finishes 10 laps behind winner Bob Welborn in a 150-lap race at one-third mile Champion Speedway in Fayetteville, N.C. Although the race takes place in 1958, it is actually the first race of the 1959 season. In the other [...]
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• A Sunday On The Couch- 30 Years Apart

  
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  Today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fan can look forward to a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon viewing the action. Possibly wearing their favorite driver’s apparel hunkered down in a room dedicated to that same guy. Surrounded by photos, souvenirs, and wall posters a fan can tune in for hours of racing coverage. Some ...
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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 2

  
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  November 21975: Richard Petty wins the only Cup race run in November at Bristol, beating Lennie Pond by more than a lap in the Volunteer 500. It is also the last of Petty’s eight victories in the month of November.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 1

  
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  November 11998: Jeff Gordon wins the AC Delco 400 by .52 seconds over Dale Jarrett to sweep both races at Rockingham. It is Gordon’s fourth and final victory at the Rock. In 23 Cup starts at North Carolina Speedway, Gordon posts 11 top 10s, eight finishes in the top five.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 31

  
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  October 312004: Martin Truex Jr. finishes 37th in the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his Cup series debut. Truex also gets his first Cup series DNF that day when his engine dies after 259 laps of the 325-lap race.On
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 30

  
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  October 301966: The Allison brothers, Bobby and Donnie, compete in the same Cup race for the first time. In their 231 common races, Bobby finishes in front of his brother 146 times. On this day, however, Donnie beats his brother, finishing ninth in the American 500 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham. Bobby ...
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 29

  
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  October 291950: Lee Petty wins the final race of the Cup season for his only victory in 1950. The win at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, N.C., is significant because it enables Petty to have at least one win in each of his first 13 seasons.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 28

  
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  October 281951: Danny Weinberg wins his only Cup race in his fifth start, taking the checkered flag in the in a 200-lap race on the half-mile dirt track at Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, Calif. All 17 of Weinberg’s Cup starts, from 1951 to 1964, are in the West—15 in California and two at Phoenix. He [...]
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 27

  
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  October 272002: One week after winning at Martinsville, Cup rookie Kurt Busch wins the NAPA 500 at Atlanta for his second consecutive victory. It is the only time in his 10-year, 19-win career Busch has won consecutive Cup races.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 26

  
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  October 262002: Two weeks after winning his first Cup race in his second start, Jamie McMurray wins his first Nationwide Series race, the Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta. He leads only the final lap—when race leader Joe Nemechek runs out of gas—and wins by 10.796 seconds over Michael Waltrip.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 25

  
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  October 252000: Dale Earnhardt wins the 76th and final race of his Cup career, coming from 18th place in the final laps of the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Kenny Wallace finishes second and Joe Nemechek third in cars owned by Andy Petree.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 24

  
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  October 241999: The Burton brothers, Jeff and Ward, finish 1-2 for the third time in the 1999 season. Jeff wins all three, including a .337-second victory on this day in the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 23

  
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  October 231955: In his seventh Cup start, Joe Weatherly finishes fourth in the Wilkes 160 at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway for his first top five. Weatherly wouldn’t get his first victory until 1958 on his way to 20 wins in 230 starts before his death at Riverside in 1964.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 22

  
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  October 222000: Sterling Marlin makes his 500th Cup start and finishes 33rd in the Pop Secret Microwave 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham. Marlin completes 328 laps, finishing 65 laps behind winner Dale Jarrett.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 21

  
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  October 211984: Bill Elliott beats Harry Gant in a photo finish of the Warner H. Hodgdon American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway for his first of four Cup victories at the Rock.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 19

  
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  October 191958: Richard Petty finishes second-to-last, 23rd, in the No. 2 Oldsmobile, in the Wilkes 160 at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway. It is his fifth and final start in the No. 2. Petty will not start a race in a single-digit car again until 1986 in Charlotte when he finishes 38th in D.K. Ulrich’s No. [...]
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 20

  
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  October 201968: Charlie Glotzbach wins the National 500 at Charlotte for his first Cup victory. Glotzbach finishes 7 seconds ahead of Paul Goldsmith. David Pearson finishes third, the only other car on the lead lap. Glotzbach makes 124 starts from 1960 to 1992 and finishes his career with four Cup wins and 12 poles.
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• My Picks For The Next HoF Class

  
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  Congratulations to the first class for the NASCAR Hall Of Fame . Whether you liked them or not, there’s no questioning the impact of "Big" Bill France, Bill France Jr., Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Junior Johnson upon the sport. There’s little question beyond these five that there is a sizable list of ...
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