a variety of interesting photos from Stiff Speed Tumblr

All just a sample of the variety at http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com/

Bobby Watson's 1969 and 1970 Super Bee race cars in NASCAR. Damn, I love these

Both found o http://randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=73370&sid=118746dfbf804ba2e3120f1a925b4ee6

Dale Earnhardt fan... not just a little, a LOT

some people bought a special edition Monte Carlo... but damn few got license plates this perfectly cool to go with the car theme

a couple Torinos in full ready to race trim, Speedfest 2013

red car above, white car below

red car above, white car below

Not many advertisements for Nitro out there, or 1970 Coronets race cars.. both found on Us-muscle.tumblr.com

from http://us-muscle.tumblr.com/

When Nascar had cool cars

I think this was on http://mecanicien.tumblr.com/

Nascar race trim Daytona, looking totally bitchin' with the headlight buckets scooping air

Found on http://outsidethecubicle.tumblr.com/ but originally posted on http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com/post/53708958373 with no info

The Last American Hero, starring a young Jeff Bridges in a 1973 movie about running moonshine, driving a fastback Mustang GT, and getting into NASCAR... great opening scene, and dirt road car chase

part one above, go to youtube for the part 2, but be sure to check out the paint on the race cars at minute 55

Besides Jeff Bridges, the other actors you might enjoy seeing are Ned Beatty and Gary Busey before he was full looney tunes... you'll recognize at least 4 other actors, Ed Lauter, William Smith,

This movie is the bio of Junior Johnson, and he is the Tech Advisor and consultant of course


The movie depicts Junior's father as being arrested for producing moonshine. In reality, it was Junior himself that was arrested and sentenced. In 1956, federal tax agents found Johnson working at his father's moonshine still in Wilkes County; they arrested him. Many local residents believed the raid was done in revenge for the agent's inability to catch Johnson delivering moonshine on local highways; this is depicted in the movie when we see the local law enforcement busting up his father's still. Junior Johnson was convicted of moon-shining and was sent to prison in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served 11 months of a two-year sentence.

anyone recognize the rim? the movie is 1972-73 production, and this is probably a local racer, but I can't remember ever seeing a rim like this

Stroker Ace, a Burt Reynolds movie about Nascar, made in 1983

an extremely significant Chevy collection, you probably haven't heard of

one of the 5 Grand Sport Corvettes, and it was driven by Penske
the "Pass In The Grass" Dale Earnhardt Sr Monte Carlo,
the SR2 Corvette that Zora Duntov drove, and Bill Mitchell designed
Bobby Allisons 1973 Malibu, the last 427 powered Winston Cup car

http://www.powerperformancenews.com/features/chevy-power-bill-towers-historic-collection/

A good look at the cars of REAL stock car racing, the 1954 NASCAR race at Darlington, the Southern 500, begins with the Smokey Yunick prepped fabulous Hudson Hornet

found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com, where Nik finds the coolest stuff!

in this one post http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/loyd-moore-nascar-movies  Nik assembled 10 early 1950s NASCAR and Grand National race films

the 1952 Grand National race on Daytona Beach, in color, and what a big variety in cars, colors, and paint scheme designs!

found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com

Marty Robbins when he raced in Nascar

if you've never heard of Marty, he was a great singer song writer of westerns. Not this nonsense contemporary line dancing pop country... but westerns. Gunfighters, bandits, the Mexico border, etc etc. Very Zorro era type imagery.

Found on http://iheartcoolshit.tumblr.com/

Bangshift.com found the mother of home videos... the Daytona 500 pits before the race

the above stills from the video are to let you see just how damn cool a late 60's muscle car can be if made full race. Chevelle, Impala, Road Runner, Fairlane, Galaxie, Cyclone, Starliner... you can still get these cars for less than 15 thou in running condition and make a Nascar clone.



All from http://bangshift.com/blog/epic-freaking-video-home-movies-from-the-1969-daytona-500-incredible-footage.html