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unusual facts about Last Lap


Last Lap

Marco Flores takes his heavily modified Merkur XR4Ti street racer out with his best friend, Andy Perez, who is dying of cancer.



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AAA Texas 500

This race is featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby where on the last lap Ricky Bobby spins out with Jamie McMurray and McMurray continues but Bobby puts the car in reverse and wins backwards.

Brandon Whitt

He won his first race at Memphis Motorsports Park (from the pole) after taking the lead from a spinning Ron Hornaday on the last lap.

Chocolate Myers

Chocolate Myers and his wife Caron are featured in a chapter of Peter Golenbock's book "The Last Lap".

GM Certified Service

Following Earnhardt's death on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, RCR and Goodwrench moved the sponsorship from the trademark "3" car to #29, with Kevin Harvick as driver.

Homestead-Miami Speedway

The renovations were praised by fans, and the track has produced a number of close finishes, including 2005's last-lap battle between Greg Biffle and Mark Martin.

Ron Bouchard

Running third to Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte on the last lap, he swooped under both of them as they battled side-by-side out of the final turn.

Tom Herron

In the last lap of the last race, Herron had been fighting for third place along with Jeff Sayle, Steve Parrish and Greg Johnstone, when he crashed at Juniper.