Nicknames
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Speaking of Parnelli, how about the "Whooshmobile" from 1967
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Probably my all time favorite was in 1973 when Ed Howe from Beaverton, Michigan build 2 green Camaro's. They were numbered 60 and 61and driven by Ed Howe and Tommy Maier. The 60 car was painted to read 6One and the 61 car was 6o1ng...known as Going and Gone at the track. Those cars won 73 races between then in 1973 (25 by Howe and 48 by Maier). Also, because Ed was known for his green race cars, he became known as the Green Hornet and Tommy was known as Kato.
In 1970, Ed Howe built a 510 cubic inch aluminum block engine known as "Big Herman" that he ran in a Chevelle with a torsion bar suspension. Car and engine were banned for 1971. Ah, the good old days!
Athletes?? Some say Drivers--- and pit crews are woosies
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Johnny, certainly race drivers and crew are athletes, but I think there has to be much more mental toughness racing than the stick and ball sports. Drivers have to tolerate high heat in uniforms and stay focused to make split second decisions that could effect someone else's life for 400 plus miles at over 180mph. I really think Race drivers go beyond stick and ball athletes...they get time outs, halftimes, bench time plus don't have to put up with Carbon Monoxide. As far as strength, Ed Howe (Michigan driver and car builder) could unload a Chevrolet engine block casting from the back of his truck by himself (had arms the size of oak trees!).
They have upper body strength, mental toughness and focus. I think they qualify as athletes!
Sunny King
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Tommy Gale was a driver I remember who drove cars sponsored by Sunny King. I think it was Elmo Langley's red 64 car. I forgot about that Banjo Mathews 27 Talledaga from 1969 driven by Donnie Allison. The first Nascar race at Michigan had Donnie Allison on the pole in that 27 car. Car was beautiful, but broke and didn't finish.
THE MOUTH PIECE
Stock Car Racing History
I have to go along with Bob Jenkins and Andy Petree in the booth. I like Tim Brewer on the cutaway car and Jerry Punch and someone like Mike Joy in the pits. That would be a great team even with 2 guys in the booth. Why are 3 needed??? Do more from pit road with the experience of Punch and Joy. I do enjoy Bob Jenkins on a regular basis because he does the Indycar races on VERSES TV so you stock car people can't have him! He's all ours on Indycar. I'm going to be nice and not say anythingnegativeabout the morons I don't like.
Detroit Billboards
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Dave, don't think they would ever have any trouble selling "new" '57 Chevys. It's great to see some nostalgia coming back to the auto industry...even with the retro look new cars. What's old is new again.
Detroit Billboards
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There are I think about 23 different billboards...here is a link to all the different ones. http://www.rockinghammemories.net/chevybillboards.html
Detroit Billboards
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Chevrolet has started putting up some billboards in Detroit that are getting a lot of attention. Maybe this new advertising agency isn't so bad after all.
updated by @pete-banchoff: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Hand Painting vs. Decals
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A couple of guys I remember from Michigan was Herman Thierry and Dick Beebe. Both were very gifted in their own way. Dick was well known for his lettering and Herman was basically known for the elaborate cartoons he put on Joy Fair's cars. Many times only Herman knew what they meant. He did his best work "slightly lit", wasn't that good sober.