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@jeff-gilder
06/27/12 11:31:16AM
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Take a Look At This Beauty

Vintage Oval and Road Course Racing

I'm thinking downforce, PKL.

@jeff-gilder
06/27/12 11:30:35AM
1,783 posts

Take a Look At This Beauty

Vintage Oval and Road Course Racing

$1300 is the asking price....nearGreensboro.

@jeff-gilder
06/27/12 09:54:10AM
1,783 posts

Take a Look At This Beauty

Vintage Oval and Road Course Racing

I spotted her sitting in a field beside the highway on one of my trips. She's never been a race car, but is just sitting there waiting for her dreams to come true.

updated by @jeff-gilder: 08/09/18 09:05:33PM

@jeff-gilder
06/27/12 09:11:52AM
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Past STARS Radio guest gets chance to shine

Stock Car Racing History

That so many of your guests have "shined" gives good meaning to the show title, Jerry.

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 05:53:12PM
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Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

It is a replica of the car the champ drove in 61...it is a 61 chevy

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 05:11:30PM
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Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

Same car owner and driver...actually a different car. The one that is being replaced is a 61 Chevy...the one is this stat would be a 63...I think.

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 03:58:49PM
1,783 posts

Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

Ah yes, one of the regular crowds at Rev Stagger's revivals.

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 10:17:22AM
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Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

1963 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 55
February 24, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:56
Average Speed: 151.556 mph
Pole Speed: 160.943 mph

Cautions: 1 for 10 laps
Margin of Victory: 24 sec
Attendance: 70,780
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	12	21	Tiny Lund	English Motors ( Wood Brothers )	'63 Ford	200	24,550	running	17
2	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lafayette Ford ( Holman-Moody )	'63 Ford	200	15,450	running	77
3	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson ( Charles Robinson )	'63 Ford	200	8,700	running	26
4	10	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales ( Holman-Moody )	'63 Ford	199	8,275	running	0
5	11	0	Dan Gurney	Lafayette Ford ( Holman-Moody )	'63 Ford	199	3,550	running	0
6	23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	198	2,500	running	0
7	14	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	198	2,600	running	22
8	26	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Pontiac	197	1,500	running	0
9	4	13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	'63 Chevrolet	196	1,250	running	0
10	13	44	Tommy Irwin	Stewart McKinney	'63 Ford	195	1,000	running	0
11	9	06	Larry Frank	Schwister Ford ( Holman-Moody )	'63 Ford	195	1,500	running	5
12	15	14	Troy Ruttman	Mercury ( Bill Stroppe )	'63 Mercury	195	1,000	running	0
13	22	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig	'62 Pontiac	194	1,000	running	0
14	6	4	Rex White	Louis Clements ( Rex White )	'63 Chevrolet	194	1,100	running	4
15	16	15	Parnelli Jones	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	194	1,000	running	0
16	18	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	192	675	running	0
17	25	80	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins	'63 Ford	192	675	running	0
18	27	32	Bob James	Roscoe Sanders	'63 Plymouth	191	675	running	0
19	49	04	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'61 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
20	30	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'62 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
21	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'63 Pontiac	182	650	engine	1
22	42	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	'62 Ford	180	550	running	0
23	47	95	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell	'63 Plymouth	176	550	running	0
24	45	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'63 Ford	175	550	running	0
25	39	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'62 Pontiac	169	550	transmission	0
26	41	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'62 Chevrolet	168	550	engine	0
27	7	02	A.J. Foyt	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	143	550	spin out	6
28	37	41	Jim Hurtubise	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	113	550	engine	0
29	35	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton	'63 Ford	113	550	con rod	0
30	17	69	Johnny Allen	Lou Sidoit	'63 Mercury	111	550	engine	0
31	33	07	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	97	550	engine	0
32	21	03	G.C. Spencer	Ray Fox	'63 Chevrolet	95	1,550	engine	21
33	29	70	Floyd Powell	Paul Clayton	'62 Pontiac	94	550	wheel studs	0
34	44	68	Frank Graham	Ed Livingston	'61 Ford	93	550	engine	0
35	36	58	John Rogers	John Rogers	'61 Pontiac	72	550	handling	0
36	34	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	72	550	ignition	0
37	19	81	Dick Good	Romy ( Romy Hammes )	'63 Ford	68	550	spin out	0
38	43	05	Jim McGuirk	Ray Nichels	'62 Pontiac	67	550	fumes	0
39	28	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'62 Pontiac	53	550	engine	0
40	5	01	Paul Goldsmith	Packer Pontiac ( Ray Nichels )	'63 Pontiac	39	1,250	piston	11
41	46	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	32	550	valves	0
42	3	3	Junior Johnson	Ray Fox	'63 Chevrolet	26	1,750	distributor	0
43	31	71	Bubba Farr	W.M. Harrison	'63 Chevrolet	22	550	fuel pump	0
44	38	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'63 Chrysler	19	550	flywheel	0
45	20	10	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Stephens	'62 Pontiac	18	550	water pump	0
46	40	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop ( Reb Wickersham )	'62 Pontiac	18	550	engine	0
47	32	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor	'62 Pontiac	15	550	fuel pump	0
48	50	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	12	550	handling	0
49	24	72	Ted Hairfield	Parker Snead	'63 Ford	11	550	clutch	0
50	48	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	4	550	handling	0

Caution flag breakdown:
Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
	1	10	10	track drying
	11	200	190
Percent of race run under caution: 5.0% Average green flag run: 190.0 laps

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 10:16:43AM
1,783 posts

Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

Yep, we can always count on the great data-base of Racing-Reference.info for the beginning of discussions. Let's see if we can find more pics and stories to put some life in those stats.

There is a whole (and great) discussion about this race, the engines...etc. that created excitement at the time.

1963 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2

NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 55
February 22, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach, FL
40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 0:36:49
Average Speed: 162.969 mph
Pole Speed: 160.943 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 3 cl
Attendance: 27,000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	9	13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	'63 Chevrolet	40	1,100	running	6
2	8	4	Rex White	Louis Clements ( Rex White )	'63 Chevrolet	40	600	running	26
3	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'63 Ford	40	400	running	8
4	3	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson ( Charles Robinson )	'63 Ford	40	300	running	0
5	6	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	'63 Ford	40	300	running	0
6	2	21	Tiny Lund	English Motors ( Wood Brothers )	'63 Ford	40	250	running	0
7	11	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	39	225	running	0
8	15	15	Parnelli Jones	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	39	200	running	0
9	14	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	39	150	running	0
10	16	10	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Stephens	'62 Pontiac	39	150	running	0
11	7	30	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig	'62 Pontiac	39	150	running	0
12	18	72	Ted Hairfield	Parker Snead	'63 Ford	39	125	running	0
13	10	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Pontiac	38	125	running	0
14	22	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'62 Pontiac	38	100	running	0
15	20	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'62 Pontiac	38	100	running	0
16	24	33	Roy Mayne	C.L. Kilpatrick	'62 Chevrolet	38	100	running	0
17	25	04	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'61 Pontiac	38	100	running	0
18	29	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	37	100	running	0
19	26	58	John Rogers	John Rogers	'61 Pontiac	37	75	running	0
20	21	52	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink	'63 Ford	37	75	overheating	0
21	28	2	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	36	75	running	0
22	27	90	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long	'62 Plymouth	31	75	too slow	0
23	23	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	28	75	engine	0
24	19	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor	'62 Pontiac	26	75	head gasket	0
25	31	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'62 Chevrolet	25		too slow	0
26	14	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	'62 Ford	21		overheating	0
27	17	36	Rodger Ward	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	9		engine	0
28	4	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'62 Pontiac	3		engine	0
29	30	05	Jim McGuirk	Ray Nichels	'62 Pontiac	3			0
30	13	97	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	3		distributor	0
31	12	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'63 Pontiac	1		distributor	0

Lap leader breakdown:
Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Fred Lorenzen	1	8	8
Rex White	9	32	24
Johnny Rutherford	33	33	1
Rex White	34	35	2
Johnny Rutherford	36	40	5

@jeff-gilder
06/26/12 09:58:34AM
1,783 posts

Johnny Rutherford-Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Racing History

The next car to go on tour with Jimmy Johnson is the #13 1963 Chevy replica of the car driven by Johnny Rutherford for Smokey Yunick. When this replica first appeared on the scene, some even commented that Rutherford's name had been added in error...not so.

This is a rather significant piece of history that we are pleased to "revive". I have all the research, but thought I would open this up the group for discussion. Who has specific memories of the Rutherford-Yunick pairing...when...where...results?

I do not know who to credit with the enclosed pics. If anyone knows, please add.

updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

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Past STARS Radio guest gets chance to shine

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