Dover Downs 1983

Dover Downs International Speedway 1983 Harold Kinder green flag NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National
Dover Downs Intl Speedway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 September 18-Sunday: Harold Kinder waves the green flag for the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Budweiser 500 at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

Personal travel note: The previous night, I had covered the Winston Racing Series feature at Antioch Fairgrounds Speedway in California. The night before that, I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the Winston Racing Series Yankee Dirt Classic at Hawkeye Downs Speedway. The weekend trip was my Boeing experience, as I flew on a version of every jet – 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, and 767 – they had in the air at that time. In about 60 hours, they got me to three different race tracks, three distinct time zones, and three green flags, including the noon start at Dover.

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