More than 3,000 fans recently went to Richmond International Raceway’s Web site and voted for the best race in its 50-year history. Their choices: September 1972, when Richard Petty rallied to win after a Bobby Allison bump sent him atop the guardrail; February ’86, when Kyle Petty won after Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt crashed late; September ’91, when Harry Gant won the first night race in the track’s modern history; or September 2001, when Ricky Rudd won with a late-race bump-and-run pass of Kevin Harvick. The winner, with more than half the votes, was Rudd’s victory two years ago. Kyle Petty’s victory got the second-most votes, with Gant’s victory third and Richard Petty’s fourth.( Daily Press )(5-4-2003)
