And, of course, Junior Johnson borrowed liberally from the Ray Fox scheme for the 1971 Monte Carlo he built owned by Richard Howard that Charging Charlie Glotzbach drove to the 1971 World 600 pole, bringing a competitive Chevy back to NASCAR and filling the Charlotte grandstands.
Anyone else noticed the sudden resurgence of racing stripes on NASCAR Cup cars this year.
They disappeared for a long time.
Some of my favorite looking cars were always those pretty plain white Pontiacs, Chevys and Dodges of Ray Fox with his red #3 and red racing stripe motif.
Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDT
Sonoma could be 2012 NASCAR finale for R. Gordon
By JENNA FRYER
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Robby Gordon believes Sunday's race at Sonoma will be his last one of the NASCAR season.
Gordon has no sponsorship lined up beyond this week. He's raced only twice this season - the Daytona 500 and at Phoenix. After failing to qualify at Las Vegas and California, Gordon has not attempted to make a NASCAR race since March.
"For 2012, this is probably my last event," Gordon said. "Right now, today, we don't have anything planned past Sunday."
Gordon will start 34th at Sonoma, where in 2003 he picked up one of his three career victories. He has no plans to race this summer at Watkins Glen, where he also won in 2003.
"I'd love to go to Watkins Glen, but I don't have a sponsor right now to go there," Gordon said. "So as we sit here right now, there's nothing on the table for anything until next season."
Gordon said he has money lined up for two races in both 2013 and 2014, but he has no intention of attempting to run a full Sprint Cup Series schedule again unless a funding package - perhaps from manufacturer Dodge - comes through.
Without that, a five- to 10-race schedule is probably his most realistic option. But even if that doesn't come through, he doesn't want to walk away completely away. He says NASCAR keeps him humble.
"I love NASCAR. But I come here and get ... kicked, which is good for me because I'm not a good loser," he said. "I've kind of been out of sight, out of mind."
Gordon is still racing, though, and working to grow his Speed Energy drink. He's starting a stadium truck series that he plans to have running in 2013, and Gordon is building all the trucks that will compete.
Gordon is trying to put together a 10-race schedule for the series, and says he already has contracts for events in Los Angeles and San Diego. Gordon wants to add stops in Texas, Long Beach and Las Vegas. He said he's hired USAC to officiate the races.
What a wild start to that Greenville-Pickens race. If I had ever heard that story it was long since forgotten.
Whewwwwwwwwwww.... don't want any of that ZERO stuff.
Julia Child was right... No butter, no calories, NO TASTE!!
tuffet
noun \t-ft\
Definition of TUFFET
1
: tuft 1a
2
: a low seat
Origin of TUFFET
Anglo-French tuffete, from *tufe tuft
First Known Use: 1553
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster 12th Collegiate Dictionary
Ya said the NASCAR spies in Charlotte who can't read well like pictures.
That's the tuffet under Ms. Muffet.
You can watch Danica in her stock car on a road course this afternoon. She said she planned to eat some curds while in Wisconsin, so let's see what else Ms. Muffet has up her tuffet!
And, Greg Biffle was quoted in the San Francisco paper saying he had NOT made up with Boris Said after their run-in at Watkins Glen last year when Boris called The Biff a little scaredy cat!
