Petty fans took it on the chin a bit on a cold December day in Montgomery, AL. The King was making what many expected to be his final start in a Plymouth. As was often the case in his heyday, the 43 was headed for victory. Bobby Allison didn't get the memo and rubbed salt in the wound of the Petty faithful.
Link: Petty's Final Plymouth Race ... is a win for Allison
Chase,
I used to love those Friedkin Enterprises cars. They were always good looking and ran well. As you stated, the blue #14 is most associated with the Tom Friedkin entries.
My favorite all-time Friedkin car, though, was the 1965 burgundy Chevrolet #41 that Jim Paschal raced several tiomes for Friedkin in 1965, including at the Southern 500, carrying sponsorship from the Travelodge chain with their little bear, Sleepy logo:
When you see the pit crew shirts, you might think you were looking at AJ's crew.
In 1968, my modified hero, Ray Hendrick posted 4 NASCAR Grand National top-10 finishes in 31 days for Friedkin between August 23 and September 22 at four Virginia short tracks, including a top-5 at Langley Field!
Little known fact... it was Friedkin who purchased the former Pacific Raceways complex in Kent, Washington and renamed it Seattle International Raceway. It was there that Kyle Petty competed in the George Jefferson/Derrike Cope Ford and Richard Petty in the Hershel McGriff Pontiac in the 1984 NASCAR Winston West race you and I have discussed several times.
