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Bobby Hamilton Gets Second Career WinROCKINGHAM, NC: After a drenching on Sunday, it was finally time to dock the boats and go NASCAR racing. Bobby Hamilton pulled into victory lane at the end of the AC Delco 400 this afternoon. Hamilton likes racing on October 27. The victory was the second of his career. His first Winston Cup win came exactly one year ago at Phoenix, AZ., which was also the last win for Pontiac.
Today's victory cost car owner Richard Petty more than he made. In a side bet from a couple of months ago, Petty bet Hamilton he would not win another race before he left the team. Hamilton won $89,150 for his victory. Petty's bet with Hamilton was $100,000. It looked like Dale Jarrett was on his way to his seventh win of the season. Jarrett was the leader with 22 laps remaining. Ricky Craven was in second and Hamilton in third. Craven went around Jarrett on a late race restart. Hamilton passed Jarrett a lap later. Two more laps passed when Hamilton put his move on Craven. Hamilton led the rest of the way.
The race saw a revived Hendrick Motorsports Team. Ricky Craven led the most laps in the race and finished third. Jeff Gordon was right behind him in fourth. The final member of the Hendrick Team, Terry Labonte, finished in seventh place. Dick Trickle, who finished second on Saturday in the Busch Grand National race, celebrated his 56th birthday with a fifth place finish. Jeff Gordon escaped disaster. He was forced to make a double pit stop on one of the yellow flags. An end cap came loose on his left rear hub, causing the second stop. Gordon fell to 14th (the last car on the lead lap). He fought his way back to a fourth place finish. He said, "It looked for a while like it was going to be better than fourth. Luckily, that happened (the hub incident) under caution or we might have been in real trouble."
 Jeff Gordon, Winston Cup Points Leader NASCAR heads west next weekend to run in Phoenix, AZ. The final race of the season will be November 16th in Atlanta. Race results with finishing position, (starting position), driver:
1. (28) Bobby Hamilton Editor's Note: The photos displayed in this article can be viewed in the NASCAR Image Gallery. The drawings in this article (plus many more) can be viewed in the Visions Of Speed Art Gallery.
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