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Richard Petty and Buddy Baker lead the pack early in the 1971 Atlanta 500! Petty led 59 laps, but it would be pole sitter A.J. Foyt who would win that day. Foyt led 205 of the 328 laps driving the number 21 for Wood Brothers Racing. There were 23 lead changes in the race and the average speed was 131.375 mph.

Picture Credit: Billy Wakefield

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David Pearson and Richard Petty finished one-two 63 times. They finished in this particular order 33 times.

How’s this for a crazy stat…93 of Richard Petty’s 200 Cup wins came in races where David Pearson wasn’t in the field.

Pearson only scored eight of his 105 Cup wins in races were Petty wasn’t entered. The “what if” list is long in the history of NASCAR, but it’s almost inconceivable to think what the record books may look like if Pearson desired to run full time in the seventies.

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1973 Dodge Challenger, Petty Enterprises Chrysler kit car @quakersteakandlube a few months back.