Dead heat finish

Dead heat finish

Some of you old timers help refresh an old man's memory.

My daughter asked me if there has ever been a dead tie finish in a
NASCAR race. I don't recall a dead heat for first place, but I
vaguely remember one. I believe it was for third place and the names
sticking in my mind are Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker but I can't
swear to that. I think it was at Daytona, but I can't swear to that
either.

I have no idea what year, but I do remember looking at the photo and
thinking it was indeed a dead heat. This was obviously well before
the days of electronic scoring.

Anybody else remember this and can you fill in the fuzzy details?

Thanks.

Re: Dead heat finish

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:43:50 CST, bob.paxton@gmail . com wrote in
<b8fa8909-ab82-4524-a557-696feea2a55d@k30g2000hse.googlegroups . com >:

>My daughter asked me if there has ever been a dead tie finish in a
>NASCAR race. I don't recall a dead heat for first place, but I
>vaguely remember one. ...

"Testing and qualifying for the first Daytona 500 began on Feb. 7,
1959, and 15 days later, the inaugural running of the 200-lap
race delivered a finish that was almost too good to be true.

"The race, which ran caution-free, ended in a dead heat,
with Johnny Beauchamp and Lee Petty crossing the stripe
together."

* w w w .scenedaily . com /news/articles/sprintcupseries/Five_decades_of_the_Daytona_500.html

Dunno if that's the only one.

Marty
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Re: Dead heat finish

On Jul 6, 12:53 am, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <mole...@canisius.edu>
wrote:

> "The race, which ran caution-free, ended in a dead heat,
> with Johnny Beauchamp and Lee Petty crossing the stripe
> together."
>
> * w w w .scenedaily . com /news/articles/sprintcupseries/Five decades ...
>
> Dunno if that's the only one.


Nope. I know about that one. It took them three days to figure it
out, but Lee Petty eventually got the win. The one I was thinking of
went in the record books as a dead heat finish.

Thanks to my "Forty Years of Stock Car Racing" book, I found it--and
this old man's memory is better than I thought it was. It was indeed
Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker for third place at Daytona. The race
was the 1974 Firecracker 400. That's the one noted for Pearson faking
a problem at the white flag in order to induce Petty to go around him,
then powering back for a slingshot win.

Re: Dead heat finish

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:46:53 CST, bob.paxton@gmail . com wrote in
<62905fb3-b7ef-41bd-aa9f-ffe5f4ef5436@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >:

>On Jul 6, 12:53 am, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <mole...@canisius.edu>
>wrote:
>
>> "The race, which ran caution-free, ended in a dead heat,
>> with Johnny Beauchamp and Lee Petty crossing the stripe
>> together."
>>
>> * w w w .scenedaily . com /news/articles/sprintcupseries/Five decades ...
>>
>> Dunno if that's the only one.

>Nope. I know about that one. It took them three days to figure it
>out, but Lee Petty eventually got the win. ...

Oh, DOH! I knew that. I've seen the pix and (now that you
mention it) remember the Rest of the Story (tm).

>The one I was thinking of
>went in the record books as a dead heat finish.

>Thanks to my "Forty Years of Stock Car Racing" book, I found it--and
>this old man's memory is better than I thought it was. It was indeed
>Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker for third place at Daytona. The race
>was the 1974 Firecracker 400. That's the one noted for Pearson faking
>a problem at the white flag in order to induce Petty to go around him,
>then powering back for a slingshot win.

The bicycle track racers do that all the time. They'll
come to a dead halt and try to trick the other guy into
taking the lead. NASCAR isn't the only aero sport. :o)

Marty
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