HEY NASCAR, YOU WILL NEED A BIGGER NASCAR HALL OF FAME!! IS NASCAR GOING HAVE DRAG CARS, DRAG DRIVERS, OR DRAG CAR OWNERS INDUCTED IN NASCAR HALL OF FAME?

HEY NASCAR, YOU WILL NEED A BIGGER NASCAR HALL OF FAME!!
IS NASCAR GOING HAVE DRAG CARS, DRAG DRIVERS, OR DRAG CAR OWNERS INDUCTED IN NASCAR HALL OF FAME?

AFTER FINDING THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE 1967 NASCAR SPRING INTERNATIONALS AT RICHMOND DRAGWAY THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY 5/19/67 THRU SUNDAY 5/21/1967.

1966 NASCAR WINTER INTERNATIONALS CHAMPION JOE JACONO; PEEWEE WALLACE OF RICHMOND AND NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER RAY MARSH OF WILMINGTON, DEL., HAVE INDICATED THEY'LL BE ON HAND.

DON'T HAVE ANY NASCAR DRAG RACING RESULTS OR WHO WON THE 1967 NASCAR SPRING INTERNATIONALS AT RICHMOND DRAGWAY?

DON'T KNOW IF (LAST YEAR WINNER?) VAL LAPORTE WON THE 1966 NASCAR SPRING INTERNATIONALS AT RICHMOND DRAGWAY?

Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.USA

What many do not realize is that from 1967 through 1969, ... Richmond Dragway and Pittsburgh International Dragway were major stops on the NASCAR tour, ...

http://www.competitionplus.com/07_15_2004/nascar_drag.html

Back in 2009, I tweeted the NHOF to ask if they planned to add a NASCAR drag racing series exhibit. I got a reply - can't recall if it was from the Hall's account or from Winston Kelley. I found my original tweet, but i can't find the reply. Unsure if I'm searching correctly or if the tweet was deleted. Either way, the reply said an exhibit for the drag racing series was planned for the next year. It's 2015 - and to my knowledge such an exhibit hasn't been added.

CHASE,

NASCAR HALL OF FAME DON'T KNOW/CARE ABOUT THE NASCAR WEST SERIES/NASCAR WINSTON WEST SERIES?

DO YOU KNOW THAT NASCAR ALSO HAD A NASCAR AIRPLANE RACING SERIES, NASCAR MOTOR BOAT RACING SERIES, AND NASCAR MOTORCYCLE RACING SERIES?

SOMEWHERE IN MY RACING JUNK, I GOT SOME NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON THEM.

HEY NASCAR, YOU WILL NEED A BIGGER NASCAR HALL OF FAME!! LOL

Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.USA

I'm coming up empty as well re: 1967 Spring Internationals. Found a couple of news clippings with a preview/promo of it.

From May 5, 1967 Free Lance Star

And from May 19, 1967 Free Lance Star where the 3-day event is instead referred to as the Dixie Nationals

But I found nothing in the May 22 Free Lance Star recapping the weekend of racing at the dragway.

CHASE,

DO YOU KNOW WHEN RICHARD PETTY STARTED AND ENDED HIS DRAG RACING?

HOW MANY DRAG RACES DID RICHARD PETTY RACED AND WON?

HOW MANY PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA DRAG RACE CARS DID RICHARD PETTY HAD BUILT AND RACED?

I COUNTED AT LEAST THREE PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA DRAG RACE CARS, INCLUDING THE (FATAL) WRECKED PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA DRAG RACE CAR.

DID RICHARD PETTY RACED ANOTHER PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA DRAG RACE CAR AFTER THE FATAL DRAG RACING ACCIDENT?

Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.USA

My understanding is he only drag raced in 1965. Even after Chrysler lifted its boycott of NASCAR, Petty still honored the drag racing commitments he'd made. He even had to skip a GN race to go drag racing, and Lee Roy Yarbrough drove (and wrecked) the 43 instead.

I have no idea how many times he raced or won. I've found a few clippings along the way. But with the gypsy circuit the team ran, all the match races he signed up for, and limited coverage of both, I'm not sure anyone would know for sure. Based on this January 29, 1965 article, the Pettys had been doing some tire tests in anticipation they MIGHT race stock cars. Obviously didn't happen. Article also says Pettys WILL go drag racing - leading me to believe they hadn't yet started as of the end of January.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jn0oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=965%2C5254585

I knew there was at least 2 Barracudas - but you may be right about a 3rd or more. I recall reading he had the 43Jr destroyed that ran off the track in Dallas, GA.

And yes, he did continue to race after that fatal accident. The story seems to often be told that the accident ended his drag racing days. Not true. The accident happened on February 28, 1965 - early in that brief racing venture. The team continued to race on at least into the summer months.

Just found article in my archives that said 43Jr was raced the first time in mid-November 1964 at Piedmont Drag Strip near Greensboro NC. Didn't give exact date. However, I found a snippet from Greensboro's paper that looked the debut may have been November 18th.

Ran ETs of between 10.4 and 10.5 with top speed of about 140 MPH.

Apparently the effort started as a side project to earn extra cash and invest idle time once the 1964 NASCAR GN title was pretty well in hand. Turned out they straight-line raced more often once Chrysler's NASCAR boycott began.

Was good show money in drag racing. But turns out Petty's NASCAR schedule was the opposite of what was predicted. As part of the agreement between Chrysler and NASCAR, Petty and Pearson both stayed away from the remaining big tracks. Rockingham was their only superspeedway race of the season. Instead, both hit most of the remaining short track GN races.

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