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Mysterious Death at Talladega: Was Larry Smith’s Crash Just Ill Fate or Something More Sinister?
The Winston 500 in May that year waited for an accident to happen as officials registered 60 cars at Talladega. Just 9 laps into the race, Wendell Scott spun out due to leaking oil. Suffering a ...
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Wendell Scott’s family was cheering hard for Bubba Wallace. Then came the phone call.
Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com In 1973, Scott was involved in an enormous wreck at ... memories of Talladega. But now we have this one.” The Scott family runs the Wendell Scott ...
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Wendell Scott's amazing story: NASCAR's black pioneer won against huge odds
More: Darrell Wallace Jr. embraces legacy of Wendell Scott More: Notable changes ... ended because of injuries suffered in a 24-car crash at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 1973, he met both ...
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The four most infamous moments in the history of Talladega Superspeedway
Earlier in the season, Talladega had been the site of Wendell Scott’s career-ending crash, and 1973 was the first year the facility came to be known for the chaotic nature of its crashes.
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The long Talladega con: How one man talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track
L.W. Wright, a con man, convinced Coo Coo Marlin and his son Sterling to sell him a race car and act as his pit crew chief for the 1982 Winston 500 at Talladega ... it was Wendell Scott, a ...
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Wendell Scott, first Black NASCAR driver, is finally getting his due
Sliding around the turns, tires kicking up dirt, Wendell ... the crash but never competed as consistently as before. He died in 1990 from spinal cancer. Though it was slow to support Scott ...
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From bizarre races to breath-taking wrecks, Talladega has seen some of NASCAR's strangest moments
Some drivers were injured, the worst being Wendell Scott of Danville, Virginia, with broken ribs and a broken pelvis. August 12, 1973 — The Talladega 500 of 1973 is still known as possibly the m ...
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Back at Talladega, Bubba Wallace becomes the first Black NASCAR Cup winner since 1963
Employing all the wiles in his repertoire, Bubba Wallace threaded his Toyota through one wreck and a gaggle of ... victory nearly 58 years after Wendell Scott did so in 1963, though the ...
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Kyle Larson 'Just Thankful That I'm Alright' As He Reflects On Horrific Wreck At Talladega
Historically speaking, crashes at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama ... Injuries abound, but Wendell Scott of Virginia endured the worst, breaking his pelvis along with multiple ribs — a ...
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Chris Buescher rips Talladega after wreck: ‘It’s just not racing’
As a casualty of the Christopher Bell wreck, Chris Buescher is out of the NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega and is not ... Buescher’s crew chief, Scott Graves, had a few words to say after the ...
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Another Crash-Filled Dash To The Finish At Talladega
Another trip to Talladega and another crash-filled dash to the line for the ... 1 held the first Chinese Grand Prix in five years. And, Scott Dixon wins the Long Beach Grand Prix, marking 20 ...
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Wendell Scott’s family was cheering hard for Bubba Wallace. Then came the phone call.
Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com In 1973, Scott was involved in an enormous wreck at ... memories of Talladega. But now we have this one.” The Scott family runs the Wendell Scott ...