Throwback Thursday

[StandOnIt]

 

[Greg]

If the information from the internet is correct, Donnie Allison is the driver for #22.

 

[StandOnIt]

The #7 Poncho with the flat tow bumper wins it for me

 

[dirtfan]

Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin many, many, Big Hair Thursday ago.....
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Taken at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Springfield MO. I grew up a mile down the road from the racetrack

 

[aunty dive]

The #7 Poncho with the flat tow bumper wins it for me

4-door hardtop.

 

[Greg]

The Chrysler Kit Car

This is Larry Piazza driving the Harry Hyde prepped Chrysler Kit car. Harry & Chrysler Engineer Larry Rathgab pick Piazza to drive because they didn't want a top highly susessfull driver. Why? Because they wanted to sell these to the average Joe short track racer. By putting a regular driver in...

www.forcbodiesonly.com

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/inside-the-rarely-seen-mopar-petty-enterprises-kit-race-car

The Dodge Kit Car - Short Track Stormer That Came In a Box

1974 ... Chrysler did something unexpected. We raced against a few of these things a year or two later. They were decent. Total manufacturer involvement by any measure. DETROIT -- Components for a race car that can be assembled do-it-yourself fashion for low-dollar independent round track...

racing-forums.com

The last link was originally posted by @aunty dive

Several more images can be found in the above links

 

[Greg]

 

[Greg]

I have been thinking about posting vintage stuff by the drivers birthday
(just the retired ones).
Hopefully it will lead tp learning about more drivers, cars, etc..

Starting with this week:

May 4th: Hurley Haywood, Peter Gregg,

May 5th: Bob Welborn, Duane Carter, Art Pollard, Larry Pollard

I will catch up to get current asap.

#58 Haywood Can-Am Car 1973
#59 Peter Gregg He won a few 24 hour races at Daytona
#49 Bob Welborn Convertable
#98 Duane Carter Indy Roadster
#57 Art Pollard
# 98 Canadian who ran and won in the old BGN series
# 11 Duane Carter Jr aka Pancho is an add-on (not for birthday)

The including link is Robin Miller

https://racer.com/2015/03/09/racer-robin-miller-on-pancho-carter/

 

[Greg]

Probably would have failed a modetn day risk accessment

 

[Greg]

I think of most of these cars are recent restorations of older vintage cars.....
but the sheet metal is still worthy imo..

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[rd45usa]

Elliot in a Dodge.

 

[Greg]

Mark Martin returned to ASA in the mid-1980s after his initial Cup Series stint.
His returned to the ASA was in a Thunderbird.

He would then go on to team up with Jack Roush to run the Busch Grand National Series and then the Winston Cup Series

 

[Greg]

One of the pioneers of diversity working the stopwatch for Curtis Turner.
^

 

[Greg]

 

[Greg]

Racing just seemed a lot more glamorous back in the day before TV, and the fun police got involved.

 

[pjmolo]

Two guys that were perfectly content to have their wife stand in as the trophy girl . . .

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[DIDIT]

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Well, tightening or removing an air cleaner isn't exactly chief mechanic duties. But, I get what your saying. I think there a a couple drivers out there, especially in the truck series that don't mind a little grease. One reason I have a lot of respect for Jordan Anderson...and yes, Jennifer Jo Cobb.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Greg]

In 1981 Richard Petty tested a Dodge Mirada during the preseason and evidently Petty Enterprises would have returned to a Mopar entry if all had went well.

The Aero wasn't good so they went with a Buick instead. Petty went on to win his 7th and final Daytona 500 in the Buick.

 

[Greg]

^
Darrel Waltrip blew two engines while qualifying for 1980 Michigan Champion Sparkplugs 400. So he drove the Joel Halpern car in the race (normally driven by Chuck Bown).
DW led 67 laps during the race and finished 4th.

Joel Halpern was set for David Pearson to drive for him in 1981 before losing his life in a racing boat accident.