The start of the 1974 Benson & Hedges 500.
30 seconds to go with Leo Leonard (4) and Jim Richards (3) on the front row.
Leonard stalls as the flag drops but manages to get his car off the track.
The field streams past Leonard stranded on the grass.
Leonard gets the Charger going and joins in at the back of the field in position 40.
After one lap Leonard was up to 25th, after two he was 20th, after three he was 14th. By lap 60 he was leading the race. Leonard and co-driver Gary Sprague went on to finish first only to be excluded from the results because of a technical infringement.
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