An Old Acquaintance to Reappear

An item in this morning's Charlotte paper caught my eye that rekindled many memories... some pleasant, some not:

NASCAR history on display

Next weekends Goodguys Southeastern Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway will feature a stock car collection driven by some of the biggest icons in motorsports.

The centerpiece of the display is a restored 1981 No. 2 Wrangler Pontiac from the Rod Osterlund racing stables, which has not been on public display in more than 25 years. The familiar blue-and-yellow Wrangler Pontiac was driven by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Sr.

The event runs Oct. 24-26. General admission is $18, $6 for kids ages 7 to 12. Parking is $5. For more information, call 925-838-9876.
Utter: 704-358-5113; Twitter: @jim_utter.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/22/5260399/stewart-haas-racing-teams-swap.html#storylink=cpy

Photo by Statsman

This car, along with all the other Osterlund Pontiacs prepared for Dale Earnhardt for 1981 passed into the possession of Jim Stacy in Summer 1981 when he purchased Rod Osterlund's team. The story, unfortunately doesn't mention the car owner or how the owner came into possession.

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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Thanks to RR member, TMC-Chase for forwarding this tweet from Doug Rice showing the refurbished Tim Richmond/Raymond Beadle/Old Milwaukee #27 and Dale Earnhardt/Rod Osterlund/Wrangler Jeans #2 on display at the GoodGuys show at Charlottte:

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Dave the cars were restored by Bill Rhine ( Rhine Enterprise ) in Denver, NC. I do not know if he owns the Wrangler car or whether it belongs to a customer.

To make sure of what he is building he does extensive research to authenticate the cars.

After meeting Bill and seeing his work I think you would be hard pressed to find a better more authentic restoration.

Thanks for the information, Robin.

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"Any Day is Good for Stock Car Racing"