On the first lap of the very first race here in 1997, the field wadded up in Turn 1 on Lap 1, with Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Kyle Petty and Todd Bodine among those who got their cars torn up.

Later, another multi-car crash ensnared Rusty Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Mike Skinner, Ernie Irvan and others.

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