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Bodine Wins Daytona 500 after dramatic pit and fuel call
Kathy Bodine hugged husband Geoff in Victory Lane after winning the Daytona 500 as crash filled race saw Elliott Yarborough Baker Petty and Earnhardt falter. Bodine earned 192 715 from a 1 4 million purse and relied on Kathy's pit help and a late fuel decision to hold off Earnhardt in a 200 lap 2 5 mile race at speed 148.124 mph.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Kathy Bodine
Geoff
Bodine
Victory Lane
Kathy
Upstate New York
Dragons
Bill Elliott
Cale Yarborough
Buddy Baker
Richard Petty
Neil Bennett
Darrell Waltrip
Terry Labonte
Dale Earnhardt
Gary Nelson
Earnhardt
Daytona International Speedway
Elliott