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It looks to me like Riverside CA . In the late sixties .
Do you have any details on the cars ?
Yes Riverside car was built by my father Manuel Figueiredo and sponsored by AL Jennings of Valley moters Goleta CA also participated in building of James Garner Baja cars.
Yes Riverside car78 was built by my father Manuel Figueiredo and sponsored by AL Jennings of Valley moters Goleta CA also participated in building of James Garner Baja cars.
Old thread but full of amazing pictures.
Heres another 3 from my favorite year.
I wish that Mojave mist with the black roof was parked in my garage.
1968 Daytona Speedweek???
From my Nascar Die cast collection Buddy Bakers Gray Ghost 1980 Olds, When I caught up to him at a race here in PHX he was on his way to the broadcast booth, I handed him the car to autograph he took it sighed it and said Damn that car made me a lot of money !! I also have Lee Petty's 57 Olds and a 1950 Curtis Turners Olds I just couldn't find them for a photo. Too bad these Marques no longer exist.
Driving the iconic No. 28 “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile prepared by fellow Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductee Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500 at an average speed of 177.602 mph. Baker, who drove for Ranier Racing, set the record despite five caution flags. Baker’s iconic Gray Ghost is now on display in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Hall of Honor.
Gotta love a professional race car driver who is so accustomed to high speed driving that it’s ho-hum, hang my left arm out the window as I enjoy the view at 100+ MPH.
Per these very last 2 photos, in my opinion, THE production car which you could buy in the early/mid 1990's (up to 1997) that looked the most like a NASCAR race car back in that day WAS the Cutlass Supreme 2 door. I get the 2 pictured are in the 1988-1991 range, but the 1992-97 redesign, man, that just looked the part.
I call it NASCRAP for a reason, because like most of us agree it is. When they allowed Toyota, a foreign manufacturer to play, you know its over. This garbage 'Stage racing' bs was the nail in the coffin. Attendance dropped and TV ratings as well. For me, my generation was the 1980s with Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt battling it out. THAT was racing!
I call it NASCRAP for a reason, because like most of us agree it is. When they allowed Toyota, a foreign manufacturer to play, you know its over. This garbage 'Stage racing' bs was the nail in the coffin. Attendance dropped and TV ratings as well. For me, my generation was the 1980s with Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt battling it out. THAT was racing!
I stopped caring when the cars lost all pretense of being "stock".
I stopped caring when the cars lost all pretense of being "stock".
Can't agree more, Joe. When NASCRAP actually used the templates to make sure your 'Stock Car' was really stock. Those days are gone. The 'Win on Sunday, sell on Monday' is also no more.
June 11th, 2023 | 07:00 PM
