From 'The Trail of Tears' to the 'Big One', plenty of NASCAR history is rooted in Alabama racetrack.
Charger, he topped out at 200.447 mph to become the first man to circle a closed course at 200-plus.
Five spectators were injured by debris as Allison’s car took down 100 feet of fencing. Soon after—ever mindful of the financial implication of fatalities among fans—NASCAR ordered restrictor plates for races at Talladega and Daytona Beach.One of the speedway’s most ironic moments was in the 1973 spring 500-miler.
Isaac didn’t race again that year, but made 19 more starts over the next three seasons. He died of a heart attack after a short-track Late Model race at Hickory, N.C. in August of 1977.It may be among the most spectacular come-from-behind victories in stock car racing history. In May of 1985,found himself two laps down after just 48 laps of the 188-lap Winston 500. He’d been forced to stop under green for an oil pump problem and suddenly was scored 26th, more than five miles down.
Future Hall of Fame driver Bobby Isaac qualified at 196.386 mph for the track’s first Cup race in 1969. From then until May of 1982, pole speeds varied between Richard Petty’s 184.926 mph lap to Pete Hamilton’s tantalizing 199.658 mph.finally cracked into “impossible” country with a pole lap of 200.176 mph for owner Harry Ranier. Five years later—after nine more 200-plus mph pole runs by Cale Yarborough and Bill Elliott—Elliott set the all-time qualifying record of 212.
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