Race program from Motor Racing Programme Covers :
Victory lane photo shared here at RacersReunion by Jerry Bushmire .
Race report from Spartanburg Herald .
Even Ellington's first name around the track - Hoss - wasn't legal. LOL
Wow. Very cool. Just presumed it was a great looking replica. Too many times these days I've heard of "restored" cars when they've simply been built as similar replicas (Petty Museum is full of 'em). Awesome too that Richie Barz had a had in it.
Source: MoparDealer.com
If only Joyce had seen this 'do upon DW's head back in 73...
1973 was the second and last time a GN / Cup season ended at Rockingham. The first time was 1966.
Race report from Daytona Beach Morning Journal .
And column about the feel-good story of the 72 team's recovery from Wilmington NC Star-News .
A poignant photo - though one obscured a bit by the Getty watermark. Bobby Allison celebrating Clifford's 9th birthday on October 20.
Another look at BP's demolished Chevy coming in on the hook.
The DeWitt crew thrashes on the 72 to get it back into the race in the hopes of salvaging the title.
The championship team: Travis Carter, L.G. DeWitt and Benny Parsons.
Benny making his champion's speech at the 1973 awards dinner.
Race program
Tim may know something about this shot of the Allison brothers racing. Wait. What? Tim, did you shoot a photo of not one but TWO Allisons?
From Team SC Midlands collection
Colbert Seagraves has these 2 pics of Cale Yarborough pitting at Rockingham in 1973. Judging by the short-sleeves, I'm thinking they may be from the American 500 in mid-October vs. the Carolina 500 in mid-March.
From Colbert Seagraves
From Colbert Seagraves
Several neat photos have been shared here at RacersReunion of BP's car.
This one isn't on RR - and not sure where I got it. But it really shows the devastation of BP's accident.
From Ray Lamm collection
The hastily, patched-up 72 - from Ray Lamm collection
From Andy Towler collection
From Ray Lamm collection
At the Rockingham truck race last spring, my friends texted me this photo of a restored tribute car for folks to help remember the efforts of Parsons and the L.G. DeWitt crew that day.
Marcis raced much of 1974 in his own #2 Chevrolet. Yet he fielded a Mercury for Trickle in this event. My guess is he still had owner points at his disposal after being hired on by the 71 team. Trickle probably built his own Merc, numbered it 2 and worked a deal with Dave to enter it using his owner's points.
Speaking of Dave, saw on Twitter that he was at Talladega today. Said it was the first time he'd been back to a Cup race since 2002.
