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]