became the first woman to compete in a NASCAR race on a superspeedway. She started 27th and survived the 400-lap marathon as 16 cars dropped out. While she finished 21 laps behind Pearson and Petty, she placed ahead of future Hall of Famers Richard Childress, Bill Elliott, Dale Earnhardt and Bobby Isaac.
Date: May 23, 2020
Category: Sports
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Where Are They Now? Catching up with Parnelli Jones
1972:David Pearson passed Bobby Isaac with three laps to go to win at Talladega. A young rookie from Franklin, Tennessee, named Darrell Waltrip competed in his first Cup Series race. He started 25th but fell out on Lap 69 due to a blown engine. Also in the race was country singer Marty Robbins, who
Date: May 07, 2020
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Junior Johnson, moonshiner turned NASCAR legend, dies at 88
Even as his prominence grew, Johnson contemplated a transition from his driving days to team ownership. He entered just seven races in 1966, but began fielding cars that year for a host of young drivers, including an up-and-coming prospect named Bobby Isaac.
It was the scene of the one-and-only drivers strike in 1969, when drivers in the series then known as the Grand National protested the tracks safety. Most of the regulars pulled out, except for driver Bobby Isaac and car owner Nord Krauskopf. The race was run mostly with Late Model drivers recrui
Date: Apr 30, 2016
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Strong, versatile Class of 2016 enters NASCAR Hall of Fame
chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., entered the Hall with "Iceman" Terry Labonte, six-time NASCAR Modified champion Jerry Cook, 1970 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Isaac and flamboyant Curtis Turner, who was instrumental in raising the profile of stock car racing during NASCARs early days.
of Speedway Motorsports Inc., entered the Hall with Iceman Terry Labonte, six-time NASCAR Modified champion Jerry Cook, 1970 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Isaac and flamboyant Curtis Turner, who was instrumental in raising the profile of stock car racing during NASCARs early days.
Date: Jan 24, 2016
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True to form, track owner Bruton Smith pushes limits in NASCAR Hall of Fame speech
Smith joined modified driver Jerry Cook and racers Terry Labonte, Bobby Isaac and Curtis Turner in a ceremony that was delayed a day by a winter storm around the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina.
Six-time NASCAR Modified champion Jerry Cook, 1970 NASCAR champion Bobby Isaac, two-time champion Terry Labonte and Curtis Turner, the Babe Ruth of stock car racing, joined Smith as 2016 inductees during Friday nights ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.