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The Race Report.(Brief Article)
Conservatism; Rusty Wallace says that's what won him the NAPA 500. ``Some guys were running real trick setups, soft springs and stuff, to drop the front end and dial out this push we're getting with these hard tires this year. I decided to play it conservative, and I noticed the soft-spring guys kinda faded to the back.
``We only qualified 19th, but around lap 40 I could tell I had a great race car.''
The wily veteran spent the next 90 laps fine-tuning his package, and didn't move his Penske Ford into the lead until lap 151. There were 99 left, and Wallace stayed in front for 95 of them, a total higher than any of the other 13 drivers who also led.
But Jeff Gordon almost rewrote the story. At the end of the last of six caution periods, when the real race finally began, there were 19 laps to go. Wallace had Gordon's Chevrolet in his mirror then, and lap by 2.0-mile lap, slice by exquisite slice, Gordon shaved the interval: 1.13 of a second, 0.92, 0.72... On lap 248 the gap was 0.539, and starting the last lap it was 0.354. At the checker, Wallace was ahead by just 0.270.
It was a nice, clean, ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Poole, David July 21, 2002 700+ words
...into the Turn 4 wall on Lap 120 after sliding up out...which he held until Lap 152 when Earnhardt Jr...point of the race. Two laps later, however, Kenseth...The next caution came on Lap 158 when Ricky Rudd...Jeff Gordon, Andretti, Ward Burton and Bobby Hamilton stayed...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 23, 2002 700+ words
LOUDON, N.H. -- Ward Burton not only won NASCAR...with NASCAR racing star Ward Burton, waving the green flag...have a spokesperson like Ward Burton showing America's racing...Kenseth for the lead with 10 laps to go. His lead held...
- After Daytona: Ward Burton, Virginia's favorite son, a hometown hero.
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 18, 2002 700+ words
...eclipse the other. When Ward Burton, now 40, won the Mall...Sunday at Daytona, it was Ward Burton's day again. Jeff finished...stopped breathing for 50 laps," Rice said _ especially...conservationist, he created the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation in...
- After Daytona: Ward Burton, Virginia's favorite son, a hometown hero.(The...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sizemore, Bill February 18, 2002 700+ words
...eclipse the other. When Ward Burton, now 40, won the Mall...Sunday at Daytona, it was Ward Burton's day again. Jeff finished...stopped breathing for 50 laps," Rice said _ especially...conservationist, he created the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation in...
- Burton Stepping Out.(Ward Burton)
- Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest WILLIS, KEN January 1, 2001 700+ words
...thick Virginia accent, Ward Burton is one of the more popular...wouldn't mind seeing ol' Ward Burton take it." If them are any Ward Burton detractors, they're pretty...emotional [over the final laps]. We have been under a lot...
- Ward Burton turns Daytona into Dodge City by avoiding crashes that plagued...
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 17, 2002 700+ words
...rather, primary survivor_Ward Burton and second-place Elliott...remarkable until its final lap. This one got bizarre in the first 25 laps, went nuts on lap 149 with an 18-car wreck...a restart with only six laps to go. The epilogue was...
- WARD BURTON, HARDEE'S TO RACE WINSTON CUP IN '94
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 24, 1993 700+ words
...company will sponsor driver Ward Burton and the A.G. Dillard...amount of positive exposure Ward Burton and the Dillard team have...year. He has led 687 laps this season, by far the...including an all-time one-lap record in April at Bristol...
- Wild Daytona goes to Ward Burton.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Blount, Terry February 17, 2002 700+ words
...showcase event. But Ward Burton wasn't thinking about...restart with three laps to go. All Burton...Bodine never led a lap in a race that had...drivers. The final five laps were the only laps Burton led in the 200-lap event. "It was pretty...