Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
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Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
By background is in what was called the Winston Cup NASCAR series stock cars from 1970 to 1993. In 1978 I hired Dale Earnhardt to get his start in NASCAR in a Ford Torino. It was a pretty big deal down around Charlotte here and a few pictures were in the Sunday morning paper. Fast forward to current racing schedule and the lone race each year held at the Darlington, SC track has been made into a 'throwback' event where they asked the car owners to paint their car in a throwback paint scheme. This year my paint scheme was chosen by the owner of the car that Dale Earnhardt's grandson, Jeffrey Earnhardt was going to drive. The race track invited me down to try to recreate some of those original pictures. I apologize if this post offends anyone, but this was a current reminder of something that I did 40 years ago, and I am feeling pretty darn good about it!
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
That’s pretty cool.RockHillWill wrote:By background is in what was called the Winston Cup NASCAR series stock cars from 1970 to 1993. In 1978 I hired Dale Earnhardt to get his start in NASCAR in a Ford Torino. It was a pretty big deal down around Charlotte here and a few pictures were in the Sunday morning paper. Fast forward to current racing schedule and the lone race each year held at the Darlington, SC track has been made into a 'throwback' event where they asked the car owners to paint their car in a throwback paint scheme. This year my paint scheme was chosen by the owner of the car that Dale Earnhardt's grandson, Jeffrey Earnhardt was going to drive. The race track invited me down to try to recreate some of those original pictures. I apologize if this post offends anyone, but this was a current reminder of something that I did 40 years ago, and I am feeling pretty darn good about it!
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
darn cool, there's more to life than Humvee's.
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
What.....are you sure ?
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
Racing is not the same without the Intimidator. Excellent job brother.
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
So cool Will!!! Man, you were truly big time. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
Love the Dale "stash" on his Grandson. Such a tribute.
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Re: Not Humvee related, but I'm pretty pumped up!
It is good to look back at your life from time to time and to think you lived in that moment. And the best part of this is that your still alive to recall such a great moment in your life, and thanks for sharing this post!
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