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Originally Posted by blueovaldave
Not too mention his 2 championships and numerous wins.
Or the fact that he has gotten a win in every single type of car he has ever gotten into with the exception of Daytona Prototypes. He should have won the 24 hr race that one year but they would not listen to him when he told them something was loose with 20 minutes to go in the race.
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Thats not how I remember it. They knew the rear suspension was broken, and they didn't have the time to fix it. They made make-shift repairs and Tony had to try to go out and limp the car around just fast enough that the car behind him couldn't catch by the end of the race. I think they used 2x4's or something to wedge into the broken suspension to try to hold it. Tony was going around the track basically on three wheels because the right rear suspension was collapsed and the left front was about 4 inches up in the air going around the banking and the straights. Tony was absolutely amazing that race, I can't think of too many drivers who could have driven that car over the last hour with the suspension broken.