09/20/1959 – Orange Speedway, Hillsborough, NC – Speedy Thompson pilots the only Pontiac in the field, W.H. Watson’s 1958 Chieftain, to an 18th place finish after starting 3rd. Thompson can only complete 29 of 110 laps before retiring due to a broken A-frame resulting from a multi-vehicle crash.
09/19/1982 – CRC Chemicals 500 – Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE – Ricky Rudd takes the pole in Richard Childress’ Piedmont Airlines Grand Prix, but crashes out late after leading 2 laps and finishes 11th. Kyle Petty was the highest finishing Pontiac on the day, taking 2nd place in the Petty Enterprises’ UNO/STP Grand Prix behind winner Darrell Waltrip who was having an unstoppable season in Junior Johnson’s Mountain Dew Buick Regal. 
09/18/1964 – Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, VA – Worth McMillion gets his last top-10 of 1964 (one of 6 for the season, his single-season career best) with a 7th place finish in his self-owned 1962 Pontiac at Old Dominion’s .375 mile short track.
1964 was indicative of Pontiac’s previous year’s withdrawal from NASCAR with McMillion piloting the field’s only Pontiac (a 1962 model that was basically a ‘left-over’ from the higher-rung teams who had to switch manufacturers to continue factory support).
09/17/1961 – Dixie 400 – Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA – David Pearson only leads 2 laps in John Masoni’s Daytona Kennel Catalina, but they’re the last 2 as he takes the win leading 3 other Pontiacs to take 4 of the 5 top-5 finishing positions (Junior Johnson, Fireball Roberts, Jack Smith) and positions 8-thru-10 (Bob Welborn, Woodie Wilson, and Marvin Panch).
09/16/1990 – Peak AntiFreeze 500 – Dover Downs International Raceway, Dover, DE – Long-time ARCA driver and 1974 champion Jerry Hufflin’s last career Cup race in the Smith Racing Grand Prix; Jerry started 40th and finished 37th.
Michael Waltrip was the highest-finishing Pontiac on the day, finishing one lap down in 5th driving Chuck Rider’s Pennzoil Pontiac.
09/15/1991 – Peak AntiFreeze 500 – Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE – The late, legendary Dick Trickle gets his sole top-10 finish of 1991 in Sam McMahon’s Team III Racing Grand Prix, finishing 6th after starting 11th; Michael Waltrip was the highest-finishing Pontiac in 5th driving the Pennzoil Grand Prix.
09/14/1986 – Delaware 500 – Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE – The last of 2 career Cup starts (both in Pontiacs; a total of 4 career Cup attempts, all in in Pontiacs) for Canadian Cliff Hucul in the Spirit of Illinois Grand Prix 2+2; Cliff started 30th and finished 31st.
Morgan Shepherd was the highest finishing Pontiac on the day, taking 10th in the RahMoc Enterprises Nationwise Auto Parts Grand Prix.
09/13/1981 – Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 – Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA – Mark Martin wins his second pole in 4 races in Bud Reeder’s Ams Oil/Prototype Grand Prix and ultimately finishes 7th; Harry Gant was the highest finishing Pontiac taking 2nd in Hal Needham’s Skoal Bandit Grand Prix.
09/12/1992 – Miller Genuine Draft 400 – Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA – The one bright spot of a disappointing 1992 season for Rusty Wallace, he dominates his sponsor’s race in the Penske Racing Grand Prix leading 231 (and the last 139) of 400 laps for his only win of the 1992 season.
09/11/1993 – Miller Genuine Draft 400 – Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA – A different paint scheme, a different look, but still in a Grand Prix, Rusty Wallace takes the win in his sponsor’s race leading 206 of 400 laps. Kyle Petty finished 9th in the Felix Sabates Mello Yello Grand Prix to place 2 Pontiacs in the top-10.
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