I'm also "guessing" that the other 1966 Tennessee races run by Baker for Gilliam in the summer of 1966 utilized the H00KER theme and sponsorship.
I'm 99.9% sure that my issue of Southern Motorsports Journal covering the 1966 Volunteer 500 had a photo of the Hooker for Governor car. Maybe if Jack Walker or another SMJ collector has a chance to check, we could find a photo.
And in a side note... Petty's 1971 "teammate" Buddy Baker had sponsorship from Hooker when he ran for Governor of Tennessee in 1966 - 10 years before Petty "came out" for Hooker and 5 years before Baker ran for Petty Enterprises after the dumping of Pete Hamilton.
Baker's Emory Gilliam owned 1965 Dodge #00 in the July 24, 1966 Volunteer 500 at Bristol incorporated the car number into the Hooker name. They couldn't stop talking about it on the radio broadcast.
Photos anyone? Ray Lamm?
Y'all remember when Jim Bown dumped mercury from his frame rails after a NASCAR Winston West race at the beautiful Mesa Marin track in Bakersfield, California? That track never recovered from that thoughtless act and the ramifications from the EPA and other agencies..
Did Bruton attend one of Shan's parties?!
"What's all this steak holder talk?"
Ryan McGee has written a very thoughtful article for ESPN:The Magazine reminiscing about how NASCAR's money teams got too big for their britches and abandoned the once mecca of stock car racing shops at Lakeside Park in Mooresville, NC:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/11227879/nascar-cro...
I had to laugh when I read that Bruton Smith claims to have never heard of Rob Kauffman and stands in NASCAR's corner 100%!
