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finally cracked the big-time when he took his place in a factory Dodge team owned by mechanical wizard Ray Fox in l967. Buddy claimed his first victory at the Winston Cup level in the 500-mile fall race in his hometown of Charlotte at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He repeated that win the following May by notching his first World 600 victory. "Go or blow" was his credo, and no one loved to go fast more than Buddy. At a Chrysler test at Talladega in l970, he became the first driver in history to run a lap at more than 200 miles per hour. He won at all the biggest tracks - from

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