Several times one or the other of the two challengers pulled alongside McLaughlin's Pontiac, or even nosed ahead. The Busch cars run with carburetor restrictor plates at Talladega, just like the Winston Cup cars, so the field remained tightly packed and competitive. McLaughlin escaped trouble, but gave his competition plenty to think about with his blocking tactics. Spencer, a regular in the Winston Cup series and only an occasional Busch driver, was hot after emerging from his Pontiac, refusing to congratulate the winner. I know he won the race, but I didn't forget it.
People do it all day long.
I'd have been a fool not to do that. He was never clear of me to get in front. Jeff Green, the defending Busch Series champion, got past Todd Bodine and Skinner near the end to finish third. Green was as mad at Spencer as Spencer was at McLaughlin. But I'm not going to tear my car up.