Vintage NASCAR

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Buck Baker & Jimmy Pardue

 

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Interesting short read. I suspect the spoiled little rich kids of today are lucky they don't have guys like this in their prime to run against


David Pearson was in a league of his own at Darlington Raceway

 

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That's for sure.

 

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Road Racing Ace Elliott Forbes-Robinson at Rockingham 1976

 

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Charlotte 1969

 

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Team Petty. The #41 car at Daytona

 

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Marty Robbins & his Dodge Charger

 

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A pair of 68 Plymouth "body in Whites" sitting outside the Petty Complex

 

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Neil Castles

 

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Bobby Issacs getting a little service on the Daytona

 

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Donnie Allison, Darrell Waltrip racing the Dodge Magnum of Richard Petty

 

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Frank Warren & his Dodge Magnum

 

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Richard Petty making a pit stop. That's his brother Maurice on the left front tire. Maurice was the head engine builder & was also one heck of a fabricator. For years the Pettys where on the leading edge in this highly competitive sport. And Maurice was leading the way. He truer is an unsung hero

 

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The 70 about to be off loaded for a night of racing

 

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Bobby Issacs celebrating a big win in his Hemi Dodge

 

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Richard Petty celebrating his win in 75 at Daytona. You recognize that lady on the right in gold

 

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Some of the Plymouths Richard Petty raced

 

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In this pic Richard was running a vinyl top ( vinyl tops where in ) and it came loose so they had to use duct tape to hold it down

 

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Daytona 1970 the Superbirds engine blows early in the race. Car got in its on oil & got completely sideways, but that big rear wing straightened the car back out. Richards teamate Pete Hamilton went on to win the race

 

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Fords Fred Lorenzen in a Holman-Moody prepped Ford & Plymouths Richard Petty battling at Riverside, California road course