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Post by mmi16 on Aug 19, 2020 5:05:30 GMT -8
The late, great Tim Richmond, DK Ulrich's Chevrolet #99, January 1981, Riverside, DNF, engine. R.I.P. Cole Trickle ... Notice the competing organization patches Tim is wearing - CART & NASCAR. Uniform police must have been blind at the event.
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Post by mmi16 on Aug 19, 2020 6:02:00 GMT -8
1952 Grand National Series Daytona Beach Race. Nothing quite like the 'breathless' news reel narration of the times. Maybe NASCAR should restore the Standing Start
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 19, 2020 6:02:03 GMT -8
The late, great Tim Richmond, DK Ulrich's Chevrolet #99, January 1981, Riverside, DNF, engine. R.I.P. Cole Trickle ... Notice the competing organization patches Tim is wearing - CART & NASCAR. Uniform police must have been blind at the event. One open wheel series, one stock car series. Where's the conflict?
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Post by mmi16 on Aug 19, 2020 6:45:09 GMT -8
Notice the competing organization patches Tim is wearing - CART & NASCAR. Uniform police must have been blind at the event. One open wheel series, one stock car series. Where's the conflict? They both staged 'marquee' races on the same day in May!
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 30, 2021 12:57:04 GMT -8
There is no NASCAR history thread so I'll put this here ... The Life and Death of Riverside International RacewayA two part series from Vintage Motorsport Magazine Part One Jan/Feb 2002This is the first of a two-part series on Riverside Raceway. Part 1 covers the birth and development of the track, its growth through the 1960s and up to 1970. It was distinct because of where it was,out on the edge of the desert near a nondescript town. Riverside’s mystique reached to the core of racer and spectator alike—its layout magical and its races memorable. allamericanracers.com/images/pdf/Riverside1.pdfPart Two Mar/Apr 2002In Part 1 of our two-part article, we covered the early years of Riverside: The building of the course, struggles to attract popular racing series and the people, fans and events that etched character into the Southern California road course through the 1970 season. In this,the final installment, we pick up in the early1970s and wind through the stories that shaped the making and, ultimately, the demise of Riverside Raceway. allamericanracers.com/images/pdf/Riverside2.pdfFor more than three decades, the world-famous Riverside Raceway fought the elements, politics, a Superspeedway competitor and economic downturns. In the end, it succumbed to housing development and a shopping mall.
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Post by Spin on Mar 15, 2021 15:09:25 GMT -8
Notice the competing organization patches Tim is wearing - CART & NASCAR. Uniform police must have been blind at the event. One open wheel series, one stock car series. Where's the conflict? I think NASCAR enjoyed "poaching" drivers from other series.
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Post by Spin on Mar 15, 2021 15:19:16 GMT -8
This isn't the first time Bristol was under dirt. In 2000 and 2001 it was done to create a playground for World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and Late Models.
Sammy Swindell set the track's qualifying record on the dirt at 0:13.86.
The NASCAR record is Ryan Blaney, 14.528 in a Cup car
Brian Gerster drove a pavement outlaw sprint on the concrete for an official track record of 12.742 (over 150 mph)
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Post by noonesfan18 on Mar 15, 2021 17:59:44 GMT -8
This isn't the first time Bristol was under dirt. In 2000 and 2001 it was done to create a playground for World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and Late Models. Sammy Swindell set the track's qualifying record on the dirt at 0:13.86. The NASCAR record is Ryan Blaney, 14.528 in a Cup car Brian Gerster drove a pavement outlaw sprint on the concrete for an official track record of 12.742 (over 150 mph) A lot of people forget WoO ran at BMS.
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Post by Spin on Apr 27, 2021 6:30:55 GMT -8
"I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come" Jeff Gordon runs the white line to pass Mark Martin on his way to winning the first Cup race at the new Kansas Speedway in 2001. The race helped him win his fourth (and last) Winston Cup. Hard to believe this is the 20th anniversary of the track that has also hosted the United SportsCar Championship (Grand Am), IndyCar Series, CART Indy Lights (not much turmoil in those three entities at the time!!!), USAC Silver Crown, and NASCAR Winston West. And of course Xfinity, Truck, and ARCA.
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Post by JimmyJ4UK on Jun 6, 2021 6:22:14 GMT -8
May be my favorite paint scheme in NASCAR history: 2006 David Stremme for Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates
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Post by Spin on Jun 30, 2021 14:35:27 GMT -8
Chip Ganassi's first NASCAR win, March 4, 1990. Kyle Petty was the driver, Gary Nelson the crew chief. The car was a "Pontiac".
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 21, 2021 8:46:49 GMT -8
Waddell Wilson’s Daytona DominanceHall of Fame engine builder and crew chief Waddell Wilson took a show car from a fast-food restaurant and turned it into a Daytona 500 winner.If you walk into the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Hall of Honor, one of the five cars you’ll see is the 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that Cale Yarborough (2012) drove to victory in the 1984 Daytona 500, when Waddell Wilson (2020) was his crew chief and engine builder. When it comes to Wilson and Daytona International Speedway, there is no shortage of amazing stories involving the legendary engine builder and crew chief and his many triumphs at the most important track in NASCAR history. You can start with the fact that Wilson built the race-winning engines in seven Daytona 500s won by six different drivers on five different teams. Four of those drivers are NASCAR Hall of Famers: 1965 winner Fred Lorenzen (2015), Benny Parsons (2017), the 1975 victor, Buddy Baker (2020), who captured the Great American race in 1980, and last but certainly not least, Yarborough, the Daytona 500 winner in 1983 and ‘84. In 1967, Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti and second-place finisher Lorenzen lapped the entire field in Holman-Moody Racing Fords with Wilson engines. Wilson also built the engines in four consecutive Daytona 500 pole-winning cars from 1979-82 and won three premier series championships as an engine builder. In 1980, Baker drove the Wilson-prepared “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile to victory in the fastest Daytona 500 ever run. To this day, Baker’s Daytona 500 speed record of 177.602 miles per hour still stands and it may never be broken. The Gray Ghost is also on display in the Hall of Honor. Parsons’ victory in 1975 came with an engine Wilson described as “a $200 junk motor” built with pistons from a drag-racing car. No one, least of all Wilson, expected that engine to go all 500 miles, let alone win, but it did. If he did nothing else, the aforementioned stories would have gotten Wilson into the Hall of Fame. www.nascarhall.com/blog/waddell-wilsons-daytona-dominance?sf248599050=1&fbclid=IwAR39BvjOGgoFfF1r_aOb7RckgSeCkfOYe4R4AxPd9eKy02fGYKVVrDvJBJs
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Post by mmi16 on Aug 21, 2021 14:12:51 GMT -8
Waddell Wilson’s Daytona DominanceHall of Fame engine builder and crew chief Waddell Wilson took a show car from a fast-food restaurant and turned it into a Daytona 500 winner.If you walk into the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Hall of Honor, one of the five cars you’ll see is the 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that Cale Yarborough (2012) drove to victory in the 1984 Daytona 500, when Waddell Wilson (2020) was his crew chief and engine builder. When it comes to Wilson and Daytona International Speedway, there is no shortage of amazing stories involving the legendary engine builder and crew chief and his many triumphs at the most important track in NASCAR history. You can start with the fact that Wilson built the race-winning engines in seven Daytona 500s won by six different drivers on five different teams. Four of those drivers are NASCAR Hall of Famers: 1965 winner Fred Lorenzen (2015), Benny Parsons (2017), the 1975 victor, Buddy Baker (2020), who captured the Great American race in 1980, and last but certainly not least, Yarborough, the Daytona 500 winner in 1983 and ‘84. In 1967, Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti and second-place finisher Lorenzen lapped the entire field in Holman-Moody Racing Fords with Wilson engines. Wilson also built the engines in four consecutive Daytona 500 pole-winning cars from 1979-82 and won three premier series championships as an engine builder. In 1980, Baker drove the Wilson-prepared “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile to victory in the fastest Daytona 500 ever run. To this day, Baker’s Daytona 500 speed record of 177.602 miles per hour still stands and it may never be broken. The Gray Ghost is also on display in the Hall of Honor. Parsons’ victory in 1975 came with an engine Wilson described as “a $200 junk motor” built with pistons from a drag-racing car. No one, least of all Wilson, expected that engine to go all 500 miles, let alone win, but it did. If he did nothing else, the aforementioned stories would have gotten Wilson into the Hall of Fame. www.nascarhall.com/blog/waddell-wilsons-daytona-dominance?sf248599050=1&fbclid=IwAR39BvjOGgoFfF1r_aOb7RckgSeCkfOYe4R4AxPd9eKy02fGYKVVrDvJBJs It sure as hell won't be broken as long as there are stages!
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Sept 6, 2021 9:32:35 GMT -8
Here's a throwback for you ... if you get it, you're old!!!
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Post by leeroy98 on Mar 11, 2022 4:15:27 GMT -8
Waddell Wilson’s Daytona DominanceHall of Fame engine builder and crew chief Waddell Wilson took a show car from a fast-food restaurant and turned it into a Daytona 500 winner.If you walk into the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Hall of Honor, one of the five cars you’ll see is the 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that Cale Yarborough (2012) drove to victory in the 1984 Daytona 500, when Waddell Wilson (2020) was his crew chief and engine builder. When it comes to Wilson and Daytona International Speedway, there is no shortage of amazing stories involving the legendary engine builder and crew chief and his many triumphs at the most important track in NASCAR history. You can start with the fact that Wilson built the race-winning engines in seven Daytona 500s won by six different drivers on five different teams. Four of those drivers are NASCAR Hall of Famers: 1965 winner Fred Lorenzen (2015), Benny Parsons (2017), the 1975 victor, Buddy Baker (2020), who captured the Great American race in 1980, and last but certainly not least, Yarborough, the Daytona 500 winner in 1983 and ‘84. In 1967, Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti and second-place finisher Lorenzen lapped the entire field in Holman-Moody Racing Fords with Wilson engines. Wilson also built the engines in four consecutive Daytona 500 pole-winning cars from 1979-82 and won three premier series championships as an engine builder. In 1980, Baker drove the Wilson-prepared “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile to victory in the fastest Daytona 500 ever run. To this day, Baker’s Daytona 500 speed record of 177.602 miles per hour still stands and it may never be broken. The Gray Ghost is also on display in the Hall of Honor. Parsons’ victory in 1975 came with an engine Wilson described as “a $200 junk motor” built with pistons from a drag-racing car. No one, least of all Wilson, expected that engine to go all 500 miles, let alone win, but it did. If he did nothing else, the aforementioned stories would have gotten Wilson into the Hall of Fame. www.nascarhall.com/blog/waddell-wilsons-daytona-dominance?sf248599050=1&fbclid=IwAR39BvjOGgoFfF1r_aOb7RckgSeCkfOYe4R4AxPd9eKy02fGYKVVrDvJBJs It sure as hell won't be broken as long as there are stages! Actually Waddell engines set fast times in '83 and '84. At the green in '83 Cale went to the rear with the Pontiac back up car.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 25, 2022 4:52:21 GMT -8
NASCAR Drivers Used A Banned 1969 Dodge Daytona To Set Speed RecordsThe Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird were incredibly non-traditional cars for their time. Sure, people knew about aerodynamics, but the extreme looks of the big nose cone and that massive wing in the rear was unbelievable. After smoking the competition and setting speed records in NASCAR races, most notably at Talladega, both muscle cars were banned from competition for the 1971 season. It was a slap in the face for Mopar, but a couple of drivers and their team got the last laugh. www.motorious.com/articles/features-3/banned-1969-dodge-daytona/?fbclid=IwAR3fDdQbfCXn8a9vYIDrqKdWtaBnnRw_2KZfKzqlRX5GNUaUgN7nhHNQFB0
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Dec 28, 2022 10:24:46 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 17, 2023 15:32:15 GMT -8
Might not be a perfect fit here, move as necessary, but it is a bit of history ... Knaus on Johnson: "His racecraft was at such a high level"This is the sixth in a series of stories reflecting on Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR success from those who competed against him or with him at Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson has returned to the industry as a stakeholder in Legacy Motor Club and will run select races in 2023.As superior the equipment and race team around Jimmie Johnson were, to try and argue that Johnson didn’t have talent would be imprudent. Johnson’s peers don’t hesitate to praise a driver they lost to more often than not. Hendrick Motorsports teammates included. But if that isn’t convincing enough, take it from the man who saw it up close and personal. Chad Knaus had a front-row seat to Johnson’s greatness for 17 years as the crew chief of the No. 48 team, and while Knaus is often credited with much of Johnson’s success, he saw what his driver brought to the equation. “Jimmie was extremely talented,” Knaus tells RACER. “We were very fortunate to have him in the timeframe that we were able to work together. His ability on the track was just remarkable from a racing standpoint. We weren’t always the best during practice, we weren’t always the best in qualifying, but his racecraft was at such a high level compared to, honestly, anyone else I’ve ever worked with.” More @ racer.com/2023/01/17/knaus-on-johnson-his-racecraft-was-at-such-a-high-level/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b993e9ff8e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_01_17_09_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b993e9ff8e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 12, 2023 2:22:10 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 15, 2023 8:34:31 GMT -8
25 Years ago today, Earnhardt Sr won his Daytona 500
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