The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 19, 1978
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You were too quick for me (AS USUAL, lol) Chase!!!
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The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 19, 1978
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How about one of you New Englanders chiming in and telling us whose Rhode Island modified #0 Newman drove at Daytona in 1974. I knew in 1974, but it has long since escaped me.
The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 19, 1978
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The post race account in the Lakeland Ledger of Paul Newman 's only NASCAR start - in the 1974 Permatex 200 Modified race on the Daytona road course - didn't mention the 33rd finishing Newman, except in the A.P. agate results:
The Lakeland Ledger evidently didn't pay much attention to stock car racing before the Nemechek family came along. If Bill McPeek or Dargan Watts know anyone at the Ledger, they could have some real fun with the cutline on the photo that accompanied the 1974 Permatex 200 Modified story.
The Lakeland Ledger photo editor (or someone else at Ledger - or an AP photo editor) mistook Paul Newman for Steve McQueen and credited McQueen with twice as many laps as Newman actually completed. The Ledger also listed the event winner as Donnie Allison instead of brother Bobby .
Don't believe evrything you read in the newspaper!!!
The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 19, 1978
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Maybe that celeb with Bobby Allison was reminiscing about the NASCAR Modified race they both ran on the Daytona road course in February 1974. I think that was the celeb's only NASCAR start, but if there were others, please chime in:
Permatex 200
NASCAR Modified race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
February 15, 1974
47 laps on 3.85 mile road course; 180.95 miles
Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
1 7 Bobby Allison 2 1973 Chevrolet Camaro 47 6,750 running 28
2 Tiny Lund 5 1974 Chevrolet Camaro 47 3,600 running 0
3 John Bryant 57 1973 AMC Gremlin 46 2,350 running 0
4 Denis Giroux 25 1973 Chevrolet Vega 44 1,200 running 0
5 Geoff Bodine 99 1974 Chevrolet Vega 43 1,000 running 0
6 Jerry Dostie 55 1972 Chevrolet Vega 42 900 running 0
7 Charlie Blanton 92 1972 Chevrolet Camaro 42 800 running 0
8 Gene Felton 96 1971 Chevrolet 41 700 running 0
9 Gene Bergin 4 1972 Ford Pinto 41 600 running 0
10 Bugs Stevens 15 1971 Chevrolet Nova 41 500 running 0
11 Jerry Cook 38 1973 Ford Pinto 35 495 transmission 0
12 Benny Kerley 14 1974 Chevrolet 34 490 0
13 Don Miller 69 1969 Chevrolet Nova 34 465 0
14 4 Richie Evans 61 1972 Ford Pinto 34 480 0
15 2 Ray Hendrick 1 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 31 475 engine 0
16 Carl Horton 8 1972 Ford Pinto 31 470 0
17 Jack Duffie 30 1936 Chevrolet 28 465 0
18 3 Paul Radford 26 1972 AMC Gremlin 27 460 5
19 Brian Ross 44 1969 Chevrolet 25 455 0
20 Melvin Swisher 53 1972 AMC Gremlin 25 450 0
21 Bill Osmun 3 1970 Ford Pinto 20 395 0
22 Bobby Fleming 54 1972 Chevrolet Camaro 17 390 0
23 Bobby Mausgrover 51 1965 Chevrolet 16 385 0
24 Jimmy Railey 18 1970 Chevrolet 16 380 0
25 1 Maynard Troyer 6 1974 Ford Mustang 15 975 14
26 Jimmy Griffin 12 1972 Ford Pinto 15 370 0
27 Marv Treichler 33 1968 Chevrolet 14 365 0
28 Eddie Pieniazek 03 1973 Ford Pinto 12 360 0
29 Dick Tobias 83 1969 Chevrolet 10 355 0
30 Bill Marino 42 1973 Ford Pinto 8 350 0
31 Bob Park 19 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 8 345 0
32 Jim Landry 34 1972 Chevrolet Vega 7 340 0
33 Paul Newman 0 1971 Ford Pinto 7 335 water pump 0
34 Ernie Shaw 17 1970 Ford Mustang 7 330 0
35 John Peterson 84 1969 Ford 5 325 0
36 Jerry Hufflin 37 1974 Chevrolet Camaro 0 320 0
Notes: The race was shortened from 200 miles to 180 because of the energy crisis.
Average Speed: 98.879 MPH
Attendance: 30,000
The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 19, 1978
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Awesome photos of the race, Scott. Thanks so much for your post. Very interesting move by Osterlund to have Insolo run to the first caution to preserve Earnhardt's rookie eligibility. If I ever knew that (and I don't think I did), I'd long since forgotten it.
Also interesting to see the former Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl sponsorship on the Osterlund car.
Bobby Rahal's Only Cup Start as Sponsored Teammate to Derrike Cope & Kyle Petty - November 18, 1984
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The Derrike Cope / Bobby Rahal conncetion surfaced years later with the post below at the humor site cheezburger.com as copied from the site totallylookslike.com:
Bobby Rahal's Only Cup Start as Sponsored Teammate to Derrike Cope & Kyle Petty - November 18, 1984
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Photographer, David Allio captured this photo of a young Derrike Cope with his Winston West car owner George "Jeff" Jefferson during practice at Riverside on November 17, 1984:
Bobby Rahal's Only Cup Start as Sponsored Teammate to Derrike Cope & Kyle Petty - November 18, 1984
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LOL!!!
Russ, I know you've worked around Bobby in IndyCar and he's as nice as they come. Bobby drove for 7-Eleven in the Zakspeed/Roush Ford Probe and in IndyCar - I guess it was CART at the time, before or after Emerson Fittapaldi - I forgert. He'd had a wonderful relationship with the late Jim Trueman, owner of Red Roof Inns and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car course.
With Bobby's road course experience and 7-Eleven taking Kyle to Wood Brothers for the 1985 season, it was just a cool way to start our Wood Brothers sponsorship.
Bobby and Leonard Wood hit it off famously and Bobby was enthralled to hear Leonard tell of pitting the Colin Chapman Lotuses at Indy, including 1965 winner, Jim Clark.
An interesting side note that made for good conversation, also, was the fact that Bobby Rahal and Eddie Wood were each married to a twin and they wre able to laugh about some interesting experiences related to twins.
I recall early on race day morning sitting with Bobby in the 24 hour HoJos adjoining the Riverside HoJos motel where we stayed, each reading a paperback in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Bobby later made some nice introductions for me in 1988-89 at an M.I.S. CART race when I was trying to hook up the Otter Pops folks with the McKennas and Plasti-Kote Spray paint for a full NASCAR car sponsorship.
By the way, Derrike had the best finish of the the three - 15th.
Bobby Rahal's Only Cup Start as Sponsored Teammate to Derrike Cope & Kyle Petty - November 18, 1984
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I think we owe you the check for the wonderful pictures!