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Subject: [mg-tabc] MG at Daytona - Photo Needed
From: "Steve S" <websim@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:08:17 -0000
To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
>Sorry for the non-TABC content but this is MG-related. Mike Joy, the
>well known automotive TV personality, is trying to locate an old photo
>in order to get some MG content in his Daytona coverage this Sunday.
>He is indeed an MG fan and owner, and has been mentioning MGs all week
>on his program due to an interesting historical tidbit he uncovered.
>Here is a message from Mike himself. Surely someone must be able to
>help him out!
>
>- Steve S, TC8975, LA, CA -
>
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>
>I had Greg Fielden, our FOX NASCAR historian do the research, and yes,
>the last foreign nameplate to race in what is now Nextel Cup
>was......... an MG !!!!
>.
>August 1963 in Winston-Salem NC, Smoky Cook the driver, the car
>overheated after 12 laps and finished 17th.
>.
>The official record of the race is the payoff sheet, and it only lists
>the driver's name, the car is just "MG" (no model listed), and the
>payoff ($75).
>.
>My guess is they had a short field of cars that night, and added some
>locals or SCCA racers to fill the grid... those cars ran a few laps
>and pulled in once lapped, taking the starting money. Overheating may
>have been the reason, or more likely, a convenient excuse for pulling
>off the track. It was a race he had little chance of winning against
>the big V8 cars that were optomized for left hand turns.
>.
>I put this on the air today on our Speed coverage of Nextel Cup
>practice, and will bring it up again several times this week as Toyota
>makes their entry into Cup racing.
>.
>TV being a visual medium, I'd REALLY like to find a photo of Wood's MG
>race car from 1963. Any help is greatly appreciated... I'd love to use
>a photo on our Daytona 500 telecast on Sunday.
>Can anyone help?
>.
>Thanks in advance,
>Mike Joy
>FOX Sports
>
>
>
>
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