there is a site called ultimate racing history that has a partial boxscore of the richmond GT race. of note... buck baker won the pole in a camaro , but suffered a blown engine in the race. jack ryan finished fifth in a porsche 911, and former cup driver jim vandiver finished second in a camaro one lap behind.
and speaking of yunick, bunkie blackburn drove a black and gold smokey creation in some GT races and if memory serves me , won a race in jacksonville, fla.. yunick tried to enter the camaro in some grand national races later in the season, but was refused by NASCAR.
I became a fan after watching the 1962 Southern 500on ABC's Wide World of Sports. Shortly after listening to the 1963 Daytona 500 on radio, my dad told me he had a surprise for me. When I saw an ad for the Hillsboro NASCAR GN race in the local paper the next day, I knew what the surprise was. 13 days later, we were in the stands for my first race. We alsoattended the Spring race at Martinsville and the Fall race at Hillsboro in 1963 and both Darlington races in 1964 before my dad lost interest because of the many factory boycotts. My only racing trips were to local shows at the old Rockingham dirt track and Bowman Gray Stadium in the mid to late sixties. I finally returned to the major league in 1968 with the Spring race at Maryinsville. I have many fond memories of my racing experiences including seeing Richard Petty win race number 100 at Bowman Gray !
not racing related, but today is the last day of our life that we will have a date with descending numbers 12-11-10.
