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Post by pmossberg on Oct 29, 2009 11:46:49 GMT -5
I had trouble deciding whether to post Smokey to the 50s or 60s. Either way, he was one of the first to "push" the rules as far as he could, get in trouble for it, then back it back just enough to pass inspection. He and Big Bill France had a true love/hate relationship; well maybe a bit more hate than love! www.fireballroberts.com/smokey_yunick1.htmCourtesy of Circle Track, here's a picture of Smokey where he was the happiest...at work in "The Best Damn Garage in Town"  |
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Post by ricklou on Oct 29, 2009 12:30:20 GMT -5
Nice thread Paul. Any way you cut it Smokey was the man. I would class him in the 50's because of his Grand National Championships with Herb Thomas.
Where you have put him works to. I consider Yunick to have been a genius and an American Hero. He was blessed to survive bombing missions over Germany during WWII.
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Post by pmossberg on Oct 29, 2009 13:03:15 GMT -5
Hey did you notice we can say "damn" here?
Hee hee. I feel like I'm getting away with something. Uh oh, here comes Judith.
Gotta run!
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Post by pmossberg on Oct 29, 2009 13:11:03 GMT -5
Yes, he belongs to both eras.
I went with the 60s for a bunch of reasons...
I liked the 1960 to 1963 run of Dayton wins and his 1960 Indy race win.
And that freakin "catamaran" Indy car in1964. I mean who the heck else would come up with something like that?
And the final straw that pushed me into the 60s was the Karen Van Allen (speedfx.com) quote:
"'Cheating,' as it were, has been around since the inception of stock car racing. The year 1966 produced two of the most notorious violationsof rules quite possibly witnessed in the sport of NASCAR racing - and believeit, or not, both cars passed technical inspection prior to the Dixie 500 at Atlanta. Junior Johnson's "Yellow Banana" Ford Galaxy and Henry "Smokey" Yunick's "little" #13 1967 Chevy Chevelle, complete with an offset chassis,raised floor, roof spoiler, balloon in gas tank and a host of other brilliant rules book interpretations. NASCAR finally disqualified Yunick's creation in 1968 when it was found to be some 200 pounds underweight."
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Post by olblue on Oct 31, 2009 6:55:10 GMT -5
Man, look at all that high tec equipment hes got there. It looks like he's building a space ship!!
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I have Richard petty cars 1/18 1/24 scales! Etc...
