BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU LEAVE THE EXTRA LEAF FOR THE DINING ROOM TABLE OVER THE HOLIDAYS

You may need to hide the leaf to the table if anyone around is building a new Sprintcup car.

You see the junk on the trunk of the car the testing in Charlotte this week? Thats a good size piece stuck up in the air,almost reminds me of the Chaparral of the 60's. Only difference those on the Chaparral were like a blind,closing when the brakes were applied stopping the car on a dime almost.

Bet that wicker on the G6 model gets them through the corners real good but its got to slow them down on the straightaways. Also it wont let the cars step out like they did on the straights.

And for a change you can now tell the difference between a Ford,Chevy and Toyota. Bet that Dodge would be a pretty car for 2013.

Oh yeah did you see some special interest groups are pushing for Washington senate and congress people to use Nascar drivers idea of naming their sponsors on their suits when in session, sounds like great idea for equal advertising . Jeff and Clint could show them how to get noticed im sure.

Now you're talking 'bout my favorite group of cars, the ones Ford Motor Company spent millions of dollars trying to catch. I would have paid a million dollars to see the looks on the competitors faces when they realized Jim Hall and Hap Sharp weren't shifting in those original automatic tranny Chaparrals!

By the way, Johnny, I've got two leaves to our dining room table stored in the garage if you hear of any teams that need one!

Dave,you remember the car that had the loovers on the wing that would close when braking? First time I ever saw it was in Fla at Sebring. It would run flat out way past the others shut off point then engage the brakes and the wing would close and BAM it would stop. You could actually see the drivers head go forward . Those were the days Dave----------------------------Memeries

Jim & Hap won at Sebring in 1965 in one of the early Chaparrals in monsoon rains. Hap retired after 1965 and committed suicide at age 65 when diagnosed with cancer.

I guess that was the first really big pre-wing win for Hall and the Chaparral:

By the way, the "Trophy Girl" at Sebring in this video was the former Carol Lynn Blum of Ft. Lauderdale - Miss Florida of 1965. She went on to become a Doctor of Psychology in New York - probably worthy of Jim Wilmore's trophy girl post!