YOU GOTTA CHEAT US TO BEAT US.(2007 NASCAR FAN GUIDE)(Brief article)
AutoWeek, February, 2007
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Know your NASCAR no. 1 * It's a little-known fact-before now, anyway-that the apparent winner of the first Nextel Cup race was disqualified for cheating. In June 1949, Glenn Dunnaway took the checkered flag in a 200-lap, 150-mile race on a 0.75-mile dirt track in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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His Ford was often used for hauling moonshine, which was no big deal at the time. But the fact that car owner Hubert Westmoreland used a truck spring to bolster the rear was a big deal. Inspectors caught on during postrace tech and busted Dunnaway. That's why second-running Jim Roper, flagged ...
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