Tuesday, August 23, 2011

August 23 - This day in Petty history

1968 - Richard Petty earns his 86th race at South Boston, Virginia by winning the pole and leading all but two laps of the 100-mile, 267-lap race.

NASCAR ran 10 Grand National races at the .375 paved mile South Boston track between 1960 and 1971, and Petty won five of them.

Article courtesy of Jerry Bushmire

TMC

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