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1969 Richard Brooks Daytona Charger

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MarkJ:
Just finished over the weekend. Took 215 hours to build including the decals which took 56 hours of that time. This is supposed to represent the last winged warrior that competed in Nascar. The 1971 Daytona 500 was the race. Mario Rossi prepared the car and this was the only race it ever appeared in.  Bill France changed the rules on these cars for 1971, saying that if you wanted to run one you had to run a 305 cubic inch engine with one 4 barrel carb. Rossi took him up on it and almost won the race. He used a Keith Black prepared 340 cuda engine that had been prepared for trans am racing. It was destroked to 305 cubic inches. This stock block engine ran at over 9000 r.p.m.'s all day long and survived. If Brooks had'nt got caught up in a wreck with Pete Hamilton, he could have possibly  won the race. They were fighting for the lead on laps 97 and 98 when they tangled. Brooks ended up seventh. If you want to see how it came together click on the link below.
http://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=1701.0

Gary Davis:
This is a killer build Mark. I mentioned in my post on the wip page that I wanted to build this same car except it will be the Bobby Allison car.

Dirtman:
Well done man, well done!

Rett

TarheelRick:
Ah ha, my assumption was correct.  This is a very fine example of your craftsmanship with these builds.  Really enjoyed watching it come together and the finished product is definitely worth waiting for.

TonyK:
Very nice job on this model! I've always thought this was a strange paint scheme mostly because of the colors but I never forget it.

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