performing service and race prep for a Vinatge Race customer who owns several Vinatge Trans Am cars. We where preparing 3 Mustangs (only one was SY's car and I couldn't put my finger on why his looked different until we actually measured the cars. His car was 3 inches wider, the windsheild was racked and for goodness sake don't lean on the sheet metal, you could dent it with your thumb. Think about what it takes just to make a car 3 inches wider without drawing attention to the fact! Smokey was just flat out one of the biggest cheaters ever, and one of the most creative automotive wizards.
Dave Force
Race Ready Technologies
The thing' s that go on in major auto racing!!!!!!!! Every body does in one way or another!! IT'S THE GRAY AREA IN THE RULES!!!!! You know!!LOL!!! I could tell you lot's with 3 Daytona 500 Rings in the safe!!
The thing' s that go on in major auto racing!!!!!!!! Every body does in one way or another!! IT'S THE GRAY AREA IN THE RULES!!!!! You know!!LOL!!! I could tell you lot's with 3 Daytona 500 Rings in the safe!!
Having to put Gatorade in the fuel cell in victory lane in 91 so after they pumped the cell it wouldn't show more than the 22 gallon rule!! Having an alternator for qualifying that was an electric motor to turn the water pump and fan! A alternate dry sump pump driven off the drive shaft to pull more crank case vacuum, which made more power.All for now!!LOL!!!!
That's damn cool, Mark. What team did you work on... lets see, some of the Cup winners in '91 were Earnhardt, Irvan, Rudd, Wallace, Gant (I was at Martinsville in 91 for his 4th win in a row ), Kulwicki, Allison...
Or later on known as Morgan-Manure!! LOL!!! Greed and stupidity eventually got the best of the owner who thought he was the reason for the success!! Ernie was one great talent!! He always remembers me when we meet. His dad is s super nice guy and his brother in law run Irvan-Smith in Concord NC which is a great supplier of fab tools!! It's a 100% people game!! Find a combo that works, you'd better keep it together!! Once Ernie left, Sterling came on board and WOW!! Daytona win#2!! Some other great success as well. Back to back Daytona's have only been done 3 times. Cale, Richard, and Sterling. Glover leaving the team broke the camels back. 1 other win at Martinsville in 98 with Bobby Hamilition was the last win!! The owner said when Glover left, No one monkey is going to make or break this show!!LOL!! IT DID!! Kinda like going to war with Custer leading you into battle, you know what the outcome is going to be. Lot's of other drivers and crew chief's have came and went. Same old song and dance, know body is going to tell me how to run this team. After KODAK left and a divorce I decided to change careers for a while! Still have lot's of standing offers to move to NC! Kinda burned out after 18 years of cup stuff, other than working for Johnny Miller in the Trans-Am series in 2000. Spent a lot of late nights working with him before then! That's enough for now I guess!!
Cool to hear the positive stuff about Ernie. I watched him race sprint cars a few times at Baylands and San Jose as a kid. He never had the nicest stuff but always drove the wheels off what he had.
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Is it just me or is Tony Stewart a complete punk?
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
We worked on a Smokey Yunick car-
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