NASCAR 75: No. 36 in a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
In 1969, NASCAR president Bill France refused overtures from drivers about postponing the inaugural race at Talladega to give Firestone and Goodyear time to build tires that could handle the speeds and the new asphalt surface.A driver boycott ensued, and Bobby Isaac and former Daytona 500 winner Tiny Lund were the only NASCAR Cup regulars to take the green, as the Xfinity Series drivers of the day completed the field.near Talladega, Ala., was a thing of beauty.
France conducted a meeting in the garage in an effort to persuade drivers. When he suggested they didn’t have to race if they were scared, Lee Roy Yarbrough, the season’s most frequent winner on the faster tracks, stepped up and cold-cocked him. In a later meetingoutside the track, 36 drivers who had entered elected to pack up and go home, effectively the first driver strike in NASCAR history.
The driver boycott at Talladega opened a spot for Richard Childress to make his NASCAR Cup debut in 1969. Childress finished 23rd in the inaugural race at the track.Undaunted, France allowed the drivers from Saturday’s Grand American race to run their cars in Sunday’s feature, despite shorter wheelbases. Bobby Isaac and former Daytona 500 winner Tiny Lund were the only Cup Series regulars to take the green.
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