Charlie Gkotzbach, still the 50 year record holder.....

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Charlie Gkotzbach, still the 50 year record holder.....

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.....for the 500 lapper at Bristol is no longer with us. RIP Charlie, you were one of my favs back in the day when they were still "stock" cars with cages...... :sorrow:

'Only won 4 GN/Cup races but almost always ran up front. Chargin' Charlie. :)

"Glotzbach’s 1969 season was among his most eventful. He lost the Daytona 500 by a car-length, passed on the final lap by LeeRoy Yarbrough. Months later, Glotzbach set a world qualifying record for the opening race at Talladega Superspeedway at 199.466 mph on Sept. 10."

Aaahhh...those aero Mopars and Fords.......
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"Glotzbach’s final Cup Series victory in 1971 set a record that still stands. Glotzbach exited his No. 3 Chevrolet on a searing July day at Bristol Motor Speedway on the 351st lap, and relief driver Friday Hassler handled it the rest of way in a rare caution-free event. The 101.074 mph average speed is still a 500-lap benchmark for the .533-mile Tennessee track."

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/ ... way-at-82/
https://www.racing-reference.info/drive ... _Glotzbach
Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end.....

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