Tuesday, July 22, 2008

On this day ... July 15

1971: Richard Petty wins the seventh and final NASCAR race at Islip (N.Y.) Speedway. The Islip 250 -- a 250-lap race on the two-tenths of a mile track -- was shortened to 230 laps because of a scoring error. Petty wins by more than two laps over Friday Hassler, and Elmo Langley finishes third, six laps behind Petty.

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