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    The 1973 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that was held on August 12, 1973, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama...
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    The Jack Link's 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The race is usually held in April or...
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    The YellaWood 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, hosting an event in the NASCAR playoffs....
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  • 1978 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 6, 1978, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama...
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  • he turned a 201.104 mph lap at Talladega, a record that stood until 1983. Isaac dropped out of the 1973 Talladega 500 mid-race in an impulsive decision...
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  • the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500. Brooks held off veteran Buddy Baker by 7.2 seconds for the Talladega win. After he retired, he served...
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    Bobby Allison (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    for Penske in 1973 at Riverside. He raced in NASCAR as a driver/owner of an AMC Matador. Allison was involved in an accident at Talladega in May 1987,...
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    Talladega Superspeedway (formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a 2.66-mile (4.28 km) tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln...
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  • in 1972 and 1973 sponsored race driver Larry Smith in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series; Smith died in a crash during the 1973 Talladega 500. For 1974 the...
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  • recovered and still at 90, races regularly at the Talladega Short Track across the street from Talladega Superspeedway. (2022) In February 1988, two Gang...
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    in Talladega 500 accident". Rome News-Tribune. Associated Press. August 13, 1973. Furlong, Jim (August 18, 1975). "Tiny Lund killed at Talladega in five-car...
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  • Larry Smith (racing driver) (category 1973 deaths)
    acquired a sponsorship for Larry Smith. Later that year, while running the Talladega 500, Smith spun his 1971 Mercury on lap 14 and slapped the Turn 1 retaining...
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    ran 500.1 miles. It was the sixth annual late-April/early May running at Talladega and the fifth under Winston cigarettes sponsorship. Talladega Superspeedway...
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  • The 1973 Winston 500 was the tenth round of the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series held on May 6, 1973, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega...
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    The 1973 Dixie 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 22, 1973, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia. Atlanta...
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  • in NASCAR's top division was fourth at both the 1972 Talladega 500, and the 1968 Middle Georgia 500 near Macon, Georgia. He entered so few Cup races because...
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    The 57th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 30, 1973. The race was...
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  • Year, succeeding Larry Smith, who was fatally injured in the year's Talladega 500. David Pearson dominated the season winning 11 of the 18 races he entered...
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    Ford Torino (redirect from Ford Torino 500)
    cars) and 3.25:1 open differential. Talladegas were equipped with a cloth and vinyl bench seat, and used the Fairlane 500 body code like the 1969 Cobra. These...
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    Joey Logano (category Daytona 500 winners)
    Speedway. Logano also made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut, at Talladega, in the Mountain Dew 250, starting sixth and finishing 26th. Logano attempted...
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  • Porterville would eventually bring two more to compete in NASCAR; 1973 Talladega 500 winner Dick Brooks and Marv Acton. Today, Acton is still involved...
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    Buddy Baker (category Daytona 500 winners)
    1980 Daytona 500. Known by the nickname "Gentle Giant", Baker was noted for his prowess at NASCAR's superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega, at which he...
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  • May at Talladega Superspeedway Coca-Cola 600 (known as the longest race) – held Memorial Day weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway Southern 500 (known as...
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    Davey Allison's First NASCAR Cup Win at Talladega". Autoweek. Retrieved 2022-11-30. Official website Daytona 500 from NASCAR.com Daytona International Speedway...
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    Bill Elliott (category Daytona 500 winners)
    single season: The Daytona 500 at Daytona, the Winston 500 at Talladega, the World 600 at Charlotte, and the Southern 500 at Darlington. In a year dominated...
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  • (Daytona 500, Atlanta 500, Rebel 500, Winston 500, World 600, Firecracker 400, Talladega 500, Southern 500, NAPA National 500 and Dixie 500) In 1979 Elliott...
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    Cale Yarborough (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    Southern 500 and first Winston 500 at Talladega, and went on to win his third consecutive NASCAR Winston Cup championship (clinching it at the American 500)....
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    Donnie Allison (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 2018 Inducted into the Talladega-Texaco Walk of Fame Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2024 (key)...
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  • The 1973 Daytona 500, the 15th running of the event, was won by Richard Petty on February 18, 1973, at Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach,...
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    and Talladega Superspeedway from 1988 to 2019. The plates were put into use in 1988 as a result of a wreck in the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega that...
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