2021 NASCAR thread

Terry Labonte 1984. He was a sleeper that year... Then 12 years later did it again.

He is what I call the underdog champion

 

And for the record... They dont have to be one post for one day... Everyone is welcome to post their own representation of the number that corresponds to that day.

 

Kyle Petty's First Race: 1979 Daytona ARCA 300

Dodge Magnum

 

I know today should be predictable... and I'm sure someone might post the expected material. I however want to honor another great racer we lost this year... who got his last win in that expected car number.

RIP John Andretti

 

I’ll post the almost expected one then.

 

Being from Florida I had a minor Affinity to Old Front Row Joe.

I rooted for him in 99 When Irvan retired before I decided to put all my weight behind Mark Martin in 2000

 

Marty Robbins

 

I had to look, but I thought I remember this ride.

 

Little jump start for tomorrow.

 

Ricky Craven 1995.

No rhyme or reason here... just liked the car for some reason. Plus... this was a year I was rooting for other drivers due to my guy being down.

 

Maurice Petty tribute car.

 

Unfortunately, the same car, 95 Talladega.

 

Fitting you pick that image... as my (future) favorite driver was in the background.

 

I have that car! A little worse for wear though as it was my favorite car to play with as a kid.

 

Made the state proud.

Unfortunately this day changed him.

 

Talladega has had a stretch of awful wrecks from 93-onward.
93 Rusty Wallace
94 Bonnett and Stanley Smith (basilar skull fracture)
95 Craven concussion
96 Bill Elliott (broken femur)
97-onward, too many to stick out in my mind.

 

Those pre-Hendrick Kellogg’s cars were some lookers. My fav was the Labonte #14.

 

He did get a sweet sweet W in one of my favorite finishes of all time. ( if nobody beat me to it I have planned on finding an image depicting that when we get to 32.)

Like I said... 1995 was one of those weird years... like 1999... that I didn't have a real solid person I rooted for. I mean yeah... I kind of rooted for Jarret in the 28... but most of the time I spent rooting for underdogs like Craven and oddly enough even Sterling Marlin in Irvan's old ride. I didn't start liking Mark Martin even as a second favorite until the 98 season... and that was mainly because the 36 was trash that year and Martin was winning (not to mention that year was my favorite of the #6 paint schemes)... so when I knew Ernie was out of the running I usually rooted for Mark.

But I digress.