On December 11, 1966, the Spartanburg Herald reported on Bud Moore's progress in preparing new Mercury Cougars and Cyclones for racing in 1967. Moore planned to field 2 Cycles at the January 22, 1967, Motor Trend 500 at Riverside. Looking at the Riverside results, however, it looks like he did NOT make the trek to the west coast.
Moore was also preparing cars to race in the February 3rd Trans-Am 300 race at Daytona. His drivers, legends Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney, were indeed fast leading up to and during that race. Parnelli won the pole for it, and led many laps. Gurney was quick in practice but tangled with Mark Donohue on the first lap, and his Mercury was done several laps later. Parnelli had to make multiple pit stops during the race and finished third. The winner of the race in an upset was Bob Tulius in a Dodge Dart.
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Schaefer: It's not just for racing anymore.
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM