Showing posts with label Talladega. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talladega. Show all posts

Banjo Matthew's Talladaga prototype

Found on http://musclecardreaming.tumblr.com

1969 David Pearson #17 Holman Moody Ford Torino Cobra Talledega, is it the same car as the one in my banner?

Here's the original that I used for my banner above, it must be the following car... just different graphics due to circumstances



Holman Moody prepared Ford's first purpose-built NASCAR racer, the Torino Talledega, for Pearson, who won 11 races and his third championship.

Holman Moody Torino Talladega #17

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=50a1ddd511b78a0a&q=Auto+Racing+source:life&ei=uFQkSfjyM4e4sAOi25jBCA&sig2=8NvdMH46Hyz9rfb61NSesQ&usg=__RF8-PKh2ElcHLHUBXqLkXBC3Zeo=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAuto%2BRacing%2Bsource:life%26start%3D105%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN Via: http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/page/23

The only used once, Boss 429 Bardahl Torino, prepped by Holman Moody Stroppe




Also an odd historical note, the 69 full race Torino Talladaga's had Boss 429 engines, but none of the publicly available Torino Talladaga's came with a Boss 429, they were instead fitted with thte 428 CJ, not as powerful... sad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Torino_Talladega

How NASCAR improved production cars' aerodynamics