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#SLACK AND WALLACE SERIES#
He raised his series lead over defending series champion Dale Jarrett to 87 points after 20 of 34 races.īill Elliott wound up third in the race, followed by Jerry Nadeau, Stewart, Jeff Burton, two-time Brickyard winner Jarrett and Earnhardt. Circa 1905-10 Wallace Nutting hand-colored photo. The race was slowed by just two caution flags and Labonte's average speed of 155.912 mph broke the race record of 155.206 set in 1995 by Dale Earnhardt. We are indebted to Linda Burton for the following extract from the memoirs of her father, William Slack: We were lined up for the jabs for going into the.

Then we were side-by-side and there's no way we could go into turn one like that, so I backed out of it. "I was real tight in turn three and I was afraid he would get me there. Referring to the pass that gave Labonte the victory, Wallace shrugged and said, "I couldn't shake that No. But to get that close, it's a little hard to smile." Slack, 68, who was a former owner of Slack and Wallace Funeral Home in South Point until last year, had previously pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree misdemeanor voyeurism and 11 counts. Wallace, who led four times for 110 laps, said, "My car just got a little too tight when the clouds came out. Wallace Family Funeral Home provides funeral, memorial, personalization, aftercare, pre-planning and cremation services in South Point, OH.

But Labonte pulled away steadily after the pass, beating Wallace to the finish by 4.229-seconds - about 20 car-lengths. We are no longer supporting this browser, so you’ll need to switch to one of our supported browsers to keep using Slack. With Wallace ahead, the two had been running almost nose-to-tail after the pit stops. I got by him and he gave me a big shove, I guess that helped me out." I was better than him in turn two and at times I could outrun him a little bit better than other times. "Like I said, a lot of things happened this week. "This is one of those races you dream about," he said. The 36-year-old Texan had ben agonizingly close in the Brickyard, finishing second last year and in 1997 and third in 1998. He was buried in Garland Memorial Cemetery, Garland, Texas, United States. Samuel passed away on January 30 1954, at age 68. It also gave Labonte the second NASCAR major of his career, having won the Coca-Cola 600 in 1995. Samuel Wallace Slack was born on December 17 1885. Despite holding the lead in the Winston Cup standings virtually all season, he hadn't won since February in Rockingham, N.C. The victory ended a run of frustration for Bobby. "I was loving it, watching my brother win and Todd pass a guy on the last lap to finish 15th."īobby, seven years Terry's junior, said, "He'll be back and it will be the start of a lot more." "I about had tears in my eyes," Terry said. Did his brother's win take some of the sting out of the difficult day?
