How ‘Radioman’ Doug Taylor Saved Mark Martin’s Life

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I met this guy today, what a dynamic person.

By Angela Campbell
Stock car racing has always been a team sport. Each person in the organization plays a key role in the success of the team. One minor mistake can ruin a driver’s day and the smallest thing can often make the biggest impact.
Just ask Doug Taylor.
After a brief career in the Air Force that taught him electronics, Taylor was looking for a new direction when he heard that 2-way radios were being used in Indy and stock cars. He began to focus on developing a better system for in-car communications.
At first only a few drivers were interested but through word of mouth advertising, more and more seemed to take notice. In 1974 things began to come together when Junior Johnson became his first customer.
You might recognize a few of the legendary names he has worked with in his 25-year long career. They include A.J. Foyt, Benny Parsons, Darrell Waltrip, the Woods Brothers, Paul Newman and many more.
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Good story, heard it before but its still a good story.
 
I love the old racing stories and characters like this. Rousch said when he hired Martin in the 80s that he didn't ask about how much it paid. He just wanted to be sure Jack could build a competitive team.

http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?147770-Historic-Stock-Car-Photos/page5

From this link you can find quite a few drivers from the late 70s and early 80s ASA Winchester era.

#2 Mark Marti
#88 Mike Eddy
# 66 Rusty Wallace (he had quite an afro in those days
#52 Butch Miller
and more

The Martin/Busch comparison, just remember this was many moons ago, almost another life time.

Pat Schauer (the Pat Schauer ASA rookie of the year award) was killed in the 1981 event, with only 11 laps to go.

RIP
 
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