Same NASCAR "Bobby Johns".
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Buck
To: John Beckett ; Albaugh, Neil ; land-speed@autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Smokey's "capsule car"
The same Bobby Johns? Ex-Indy Car pilot?
Ray
At 07:19 PM 12/12/2003 -0500, John Beckett wrote:
Bobby Johns has a little Indian Motorcycle shop down the road here in
Lumberton, NC.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck64@comcast.net>
To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: RE: Anyone remember the "twin tank"?
> You're absolutely right, Neil. It didn't qualify. It was called the
> "capsule car" and Bobby Johns was driving for Smokey in 1964. They put
> together a heroic effort to get it qualified and then with 4 hours of
> qualifying left, Johns overcooked turn 1 and backed it into the wall.
It
> wasn't a bad crash, but all the stuff in the back of the car was
one-off
> custom stuff and they had no way to get it repaired by the end of
qualifying.
>
> I spose Smokey might have tried to thrash on it and get it back
together,
> but right after the qualifying crash, he learned that his friend,
Fireball
> Roberts had just been killed at Charlotte.
>
> Ray
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