12-20-2019, 09:59 PM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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| RIP Junior Johnson...
Junior Johnson, aka "the Wilkes County Wildman" has passed - https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mot...-88/ar-BBYcXlw He was old-school stock-car racing at its best... an actual whiskey-runner that was pardoned for his moonshining conviction by President Reagan himself and the first person to use the drafting technique in stock car racing. NASCAR now is a pale imitation of what it was in the '50s and '60s when he came up in the ranks... |
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12-20-2019, 11:30 PM | #2 |
Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
I'm glad you posted this here. As a life long NASCAR fan, it is very sad news to see the passing of a legend!
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12-21-2019, 05:14 AM | #3 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Barrington IL
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
A racing legend indeed. RIP
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12-21-2019, 05:20 AM | #4 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Barrington IL
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
I work for NASCAR and got the honor to me him a couple times. Great guy with great stories and a very tough driver.
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12-21-2019, 08:44 AM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Fountain Hills Arizona
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
RIP JR...You've taken the checker to that circle track in the sky never to be forgotten!
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12-21-2019, 09:15 AM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Holland
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
RIP. Love that pic. Pure death stare. |
12-21-2019, 12:28 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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RIP Junior
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01-03-2020, 10:56 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
Thanks for posting and sad to hear. I remember watching him race back when, But haven’t watched NASCAR in years.
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01-04-2020, 04:18 AM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Danish badlands
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
Got to give huge props to race drivers of old, those guys had brass balls,,,,, depleted uranium encased brass balls. Drivers today are most often overprotected - overpaid - whining, and will never earn the same respect from me at least. I recall seeing a interview with Stirling moss, where he said he was out in the lead of a race but his tires was falling apart to a degree where he had to drive with 2 of them on the grass to try and keep them together for the last few laps. And he was probably not wearing a seat belt. https://drivetribe.com/p/how-to-driv...R1Wlxr4IEMUznw AVG speed for the race probably something like 130 - 140 MPH Last edited by Peaker; 01-04-2020 at 04:40 AM. |
01-04-2020, 06:31 AM | #10 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Woodstock
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| Re: RIP Junior Johnson...
RIP Junior ....... @ Peaker Well said so true, it was racing , a car, a man & crew, out running the field. NASCAR has become a show, passed as I cruse the swamp looking for something of interest. NASCAR, the kardashians, Wheaties boy, now Kotex boy/girl the big 3 Time outs during a race, push cars, yellow flags for a sheet of paper on track, and all the rest of the nonsense, has killed it. Look at Dodge, do not campaign a car.... they built power, engineered bodies designed for speed, (racing) . Then the other 2 start whining, usually starts with Ford, then GM chirps like parrots. Dodge to fast, unfair, blah, blah So what does Bill France and his clown show do? Instead of reminding the crybabies it is a race. Changes the rules, makes total sense to me, NOT. Stepping off the soapbox. pep |
01-04-2020, 09:32 AM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Danish badlands
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F1 died for me many years ago, and the Shumacher age just pushed me over the edge. I know it became lopsided with some teams just pouring more money into it, and so pretty much winning all the time, but stuff like that don't go on for ever, cuz no one want to see that, and no one ant to compete against that. But stepping in and make all sorts of regulations ASO just killed the sport. And i feel the same about group B rally cars, rally became less interesting for me back then, to the tune of always watching the races, to just watching it once in a while when timing and channel flipping incidental landed me on a rally race. And back then i did not own a TV, such a contraption i first got at the age of 45 ( some 10 years ago ) and it is going into electronics recycling in a week or so, and i will be back to no TV. |
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