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URL: http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=97883	Submitted by: DiRF
Comments: 6 (Read/Post) Favorites: 1 (View)	Submitted on: 09-01-2021
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Description: Darrell Waltrip's 1978 Daytona 200-winning NASCAR Modified Camaro. It was specially built by Robert Gee, the maternal grandfather of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The front fenders were from a junkyard VW Beetle. The car was considered shockingly different when it first raced, and then numerous others copied it.

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#1	9-02-2021 @ 01:19:38 PM
Posted By : Skid	Reply \| Edit \| Del
I never knew Camaros ever ran in NASCAR prior to this past decade.


#2	9-02-2021 @ 01:39:21 PM
Posted By : DiRF	Reply \| Edit \| Del
#1, This was the Modifieds series which was essentially a "run what you brung" series with minimal restrictions/requirements.


#3	9-02-2021 @ 03:45:38 PM
Posted By : DiRF	Reply \| Edit \| Del
Also, NASCAR had a short-lived "Grand American" racing series in the late '60s/early '70s that focused more on road courses and short-tracks, utilizing shorter-wheelbase cars. Mustangs and Camaros were the most prominent in that series. Two notable incidents with the GA series: - Talladega 1969. Driver boycott due to perceived unsafe speeds/tires. To fill the field, NASCAR let the GA ponycars enter the race, including a young scrapper, Richard Childress, in his Camaro. With the extra money from running that race, Richard bought a shop and officially started Richard Childress Racing. - Other Cup races let GA cars enter to fill the field, and Bobby Allison actually won one in a "slower" GA Mustang, to everybody's shock. To this day the win does not officially count. Still a huge point of contention.


#4	9-05-2021 @ 02:48:10 PM
Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck	Reply \| Edit \| Del
Looks like one of my old Matchboxes when they'd have the rights to a certain driver/sponsor livery, but, didn't make the actual car it went on, so they'd just put it on something they did make and thought "those kids will never notice" - We did notice, you cheap dirtbags.


#5	9-10-2021 @ 08:58:19 PM
Posted By : DiRF	Reply \| Edit \| Del
#3, I should mention why that last paragraph is a point of contention. Tiny Lund also won a few Cup races in a GA car, but NASCAR revised their record book to "count" those wins, but still refuse to acknowledge Bobby Allison's win. A possible difference between the two was, Tiny Lund was a full-time GA driver (most successful GA driver in history, actually) so him entering the Cup race in a GA car had some legitimate standing. Bobby Allison was a full-time Cup driver, and intentionally drove a GA car specifically for that one race because he felt it would give him an advantage. NASCAR considered that "dirty pool", so to speak. Since NASCAR doesn't count that win, Bobby Allison is tied with Darrell Waltrip for 4th on the all-time Cup wins list. That doubly hurts because Bobby Allison HATED Darrell Waltrip. Many drivers disliked DW to various extents over the years, but Bobby despised him with a passion for decades.


#6	12-19-2021 @ 08:49:56 AM
Posted By : DiRF	Reply \| Edit \| Del
Should also expand upon Robert Gee, who built this car. He could arguably be considered one of the greatest car builders in NASCAR history. He was part of Bobby Isaac's 1970 Championship-winning team, was part of Darrell Waltrip's self-owned team in the '70s when he started winning Cup races, and was tapped by Rick Hendrick to build cars for him when he started his Cup team in the early '80s. Robert Gee also built winning short-track cars for Dale Earnhardt, Sr., when Dale was married to Robert's daughter Brenda.

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