This week in the first of what will be three installments, Donnie Richeson takes us on a journey from Owensboro, Kentucky and Alan Kulwicki’s humble beginnings in Wisconsin to the turmoil of the Darrell Waltrip-Waddell Wilson-Hendrick Motorsports Dream Team.

Then in our second segment, we’re going to dig into the July 30, 1981 issue of Grand National Scene.

Darrell dominates and then wins at Pocono … and then he doesn’t … and then he does again after a scoring snafu that leaves DW and Cale Yarborough both trying to wedge their cars into victory lane.

And Al Loquasto makes his Winston Cup debut in an entry sponsored by Schaefer beer.

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