I Was Fonty Flock in 1966
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Great story. Did you grow your own pencil thin mustache?
Good article at Charlotte Observer's That's Racin.com site today about the commercials:
http://www.thatsracin.com/2011/07/22/69755/georgia-raceway-roars-back-to.html
A nice article about Don from 4 years ago in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Focuses a good bit on his days at Smoky Mountain Raceway in Maryville, TN. R.I.P. Mr. Naman.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/jul/21/dirt-smoky-mountain/
Ralph and Chief ran in the same GN race only 8 times - an appropriate number for Earnhardt.
Considering how few GN races either of them ran, it is pretty amazing you saw them in the same event. But quit holding out on us. I'm sure you had the foresight to take your camera, snap pics of both of them, and still have them almost 50 years later to share with us. Right? RIIIGHT? haha
Look closer fellers. I want Dave back healthy & posting his great memories as well - but he isn't there just yet. My bud NCMarrk is the one adding these photos to revise this thread.
How about this promo for the 84 Winston 500? RR member, Don Smyle, has it posted under his photos.
Original source: http://racersreunion.ning.com/photo/poster-1984-winston-500
No 'stache 'shopped in this version. From back of a 1984 issue of Stock Car Racing magazine. I'm sure I've got another version of 2 of them in an ad buried somewhere in my archives.
Without the mustache, Dale is sporting a bit of a Frank Burns look. 