My Updated NASCAR Diecast Collection....
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Could be member Will C at the wheel.
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My Updated NASCAR Diecast Collection....
General
If anyone can ever find one of the mysterious Stacy-Pak Vitamins that were never seen, then you might really have something of value!
Personally, I think Robin McCall (Dallenbach) might have become the best female stock car driver ever if she could have had some more Stacy-Pak time like the 1982 M.I.S. ride below caught by John Betts.
My Updated NASCAR Diecast Collection....
General
Why does that Stacy car look so familiar?!
The first time that Stacy color design appeared was at the August 1981 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan with Joe Ruttman driving. I personally delivered a $10,000 check to Stacy to cover the "cost" of repainting his cars after Wrangler & Earnhardt left so they would no longer look identical to our Wrangler cars. The two John Betts photos below show the first outing of the Wrangler/Earnhardt/Childress #3 and the Stacy/Ruttman #2 at M.I.S.
Jimmie Lewallen
Stock Car Racing History
The July 7, 1955 Tuscaloosa (AL) News has an ad for a Lash Larue movie on the same sports page that features a stock car preview story of the upcoming Birmingham Fairgrounds race highlighting Hugh Babb's fabulous Studebaker driven by "Cracker Jack" Smith and a Negro race as requested by the fans.
Jimmie Lewallen
Stock Car Racing History
And... the Francis White mentioned by Lash LaRue above (actually it is J. Francis White, Jr.) went on to produce the film Thunder in Carolina!
Jimmie Lewallen
Stock Car Racing History
After reading the excerpt below from a 1986 interview with Lash LaRue in The Sagebrush Journal , you've got to wonder if Bruton Smith was involved with the Charlotte group that hoodwinked Lash.
Jimmie Lewallen
Stock Car Racing History
Interesting article, Robert. For a short while, stock car racing p.a. and radio announcer, Sammy Bland traveled with Alfred "Lash" LaRue announcing the master of the bull whip's western show.
ALMOST LIKE CHARLOTTE ON ANY WEEK DAY AFTER 4 PM ON I-77
Current NASCAR
When they showed this at the end of the Fox broadcast, I "assumed" this wasn't Legend 'cause I didn't see any cowpoke boots!
With 1 Win in 47 Seasons, Bubba Beck Passed at the Wheel Doing What He Loved at Bowman Gray
Stock Car Racing History
I was just reading a full transcript of Rich's funeral service and the two items below in the transcript caught my eye:
1) That former RCR crewman, Chocolate Myers' wife, Caron sang at the funeral:
2) Rich's high regard for Richard Petty & Arnold Palmer:
