Features Gallery: The Day Art Pollard & Plymouth Ruled ... This story really starts when Richard Petty decided he was leaving Chrysler and going to Ford for the 1969 NASCAR season despite having won 16 races in a Plymouth in 1968 and finishing third in ...
Features 1966: A Perfect Season for Chrysler in the ... By the early to mid-sixties Chrysler Corporation was becoming a major force in auto racing led in NASCAR by Petty Enterprises. But a shift of power was happening in the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) ...
Features Gallery: The Legend of K&K Insurance, Bobby Isaac ... In 1952, Nord Krauskopf and his wife Theodora (Teddie) started an insurance company in Fort Wayne, Indiana to market a benevolent fund for insured race car drivers. Over the years, the company has grown into ...
Features When Mopar Ruled the NASCAR Truck Series In 1994, NASCAR held meetings to discuss a new concept, racing trucks. They experimented over the off season with “the Winter Heat series” and then in 1995 ran their first season of what was called ...
Features Gallery: NASCAR Legend Carl Kiekhaefer and His Big ... Some men are born achievers. Carl Kiekhaefer certainly fell into that category. Bill France once called Kiekhaefer, “The most competitive man I’ve ever known.” Certainly, it could be said of Kiekhaefer that he was driven. ...
Features 1966 Continued: Chrysler’s Domination of the USAC Stock ... Our review of Chrysler Corporation’s domination of the 1966 USAC Stock Series continues on July 30, 1966 when the series goes north of the border to the Mosport International Raceway at Bowmanville, Ontario for two ...
Features 1966: The Year Chrysler Drivers Dominated the USAC ... In 1964, Ronney Householder took control of Chrysler Corporation’s stock car racing efforts. The rest as they say was history. Householder led Chrysler Corporation to some amazing successes in racing. Under his guidance Chrysler Corporation ...
Interviews Gallery: When Ernie Derr Ruled The IMCA Stock ... Back in the 50’s the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) stock car circuit provided stiff competition to NASCAR. It was only when NASCAR was able to get big sponsors and television coverage did it stand-alone ...
Features Ronney Householder: The Man Who Took Chrysler Racing ... Back in the 1960’s Chrysler Corporation racecars dominated the racing scene. The Chrysler racing program would go on to unparalleled success with Chrysler-powered products winning national championships in five major stock car circuits and dominating ...