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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:24 am Post subject: Rookie stripe on Pete's Superbird? |
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I just ran across this pic of Pete at Daytona and I don't remember his car having the rookie yellow stripe in any picture of it I've seen. I thought he had already run some GN races previously. Could the pic be from the qualifiers possibly and they were allowed to remove it before the race?
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/f2/9e/1df29eff305a893911171ee654fd5715.jpg
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Racer14
Joined: 13 Feb 2018 Posts: 282 Location: Rockford, IL
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:28 am Post subject: |
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The stripe is not on the car in the 500 race film on YouTube. Hard to know why it was removed though. |
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Tom M. Board Moderator
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Is it possible that's from the spring race at Talladega in '70? Pete would have been a rookie at that track. Pete had raced in the '69 Daytona 500 for A.J. King so I can't imagine they would require a rookie stripe at Daytona in '70. |
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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That makes more sense then that it's Talledega , plus the stands are packed too far down the straight for it to be a qualifier in 1970.
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George Andrews
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Pete certainly was NOT a rookie after the spring Talladega race, as he would win both races there in 1970. |
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john843
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 5:41 am Post subject: |
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George Andrews wrote: | Pete certainly was NOT a rookie after the spring Talladega race, as he would win both races there in 1970. |
Yeah, he caught on quick:)
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wsmith
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Pete Hamilton was the NASCAR Grand National Rookie of the Year in 1968 |
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wsmith
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Pete Hamilton was the NASCAR Grand National Rookie of the Year in 1968 |
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