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When the King went in a straight line during the Nascar ban
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Yeah, until he killed some kid during a race.Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince -
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Awesome photo, never seen that one before.
Petty's tragic wreck highlighted the need for strip safety standards. The track in Dallas, Georgia where that accident happened had no wall, fencing, nothing aside from a grass berm that turned into a launch ramp the day Petty ended up in the crowd.
BrianThat which you manifest is before you.Comment
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first i ever heard of this ..... interestingCharles W - BS Photographer at largeComment
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X's 2...Originally posted by BOOOGHAR
Also, is that wheel base altered? seems to be, but...If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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the real car got buried in randleman
ratliff ?
the pettys dug up the real one
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Yes, it was a AWB car
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info here
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Richard Petty and Petty Enterprises went drag racing. In a Barracuda that they called "Outlawed," Petty attracted large crowds wherever his raced. Unfortunately, on 28 February 1965, the same day that a 100-miler was being run at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina, Petty and "Outlawed" were at Southeastern Dragway in . During a match race with Arnie Beswick, the Barracuda experienced transmission problems off the line. As Petty tried to find second gear, the car started to get loose. When Petty finally got it into second gear the car suddenly broke loose, turned towards the spectator area, and hit the embankment. The Petty Blue Barracuda vaulted the embankment, being launched almost straight up, which carried the car over the fence that was supposed to protect the spectators, and into the crowd. Seven people were injured when the Barracuda slammed into the people who had come to watch the match races. One of these suffered severe head injuries, but there was an eighth victim, Wayne Dye - an eight-year old from Austell, Georgia. He died of his injuries before he reached the hospital. Petty suffered light injuries in the violent crash, but the shock of the young boy's death stayed with him for years.
...43/JR was out on the drag strips by November of 1964. Although it could probably have been raced in some existing class, ?exhibition? was where the money and the most exposure was. The car was booked at various tracks well into the 1965 season. On February 28, 1965, 43/JR was scheduled for a best of three match race with Arnie Beswick at Southeastern Dragway in Dallas, Georgia. Dallas is northwest of Atlanta about 300 miles from Randleman. During one of the runs against Beswick a front suspension part broke sending the uncontrollable Barracuda off the strip and into the crowd of spectators. Several people were injured and one 8 year old boy named Wayne Dye was killed. Richard was okay but he and the family were devastated. JR was hauled home to the Petty junk yard in the woods behind the shops never to run again.
...The name "Outlawed" came from when Nascar outlawed the 426 Hemi from competition. Richard said "If you can't beat them then Outlaw them".
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Re: #43 jr a King and his drag car --& D series truck
back then nascar sucked too
the only time it ever fairly even was the late seventies , early 80s IMHOComment
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Hmmm, I'll take the truckComment
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wow and wow...i didn't know this.....
"IGNORANCE SHOULD BE EFFIN PAINFUL"
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He also won B/A at the Bristol NHRA race that year.That which you manifest is before you.Comment
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I'm surpised this is such little known info ?
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I never knew any of this either, very interesting. thanks for postingRumors of my demise by rollover have been greatly exaggerated.Comment
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