So hopefully that opens some eyes.”Ĭhase honoring his dad will continue long beyond Darlington’s throwback weekend.
So it was a cool story, and like I said, the coolest thing about it is a lot of people don’t even know about that car or even know he ran it. Funny to see that stuff, and I mean, it’s still beat all to crap in there and they just keep on trucking down the road with it.
And all they did was just take a hammer to it, fix it enough, put it back together and go the next week. “And you look at the car - the drive shaft had come out of it at one race, and it beat the hell out of the floorboard and a lot of the things inside of the car. And he has such a good grasp on the history and how things were back then and why they ran that car. I did some stuff with him the other day and got to learn about kind of just the different things. He has a lot of history inside of the car that I really didn’t know about. A lot of people don’t even know he ran a baby blue car so pretty cool. The cool part about the car we’re running this weekend (is) it’s really not a car that people identify with him.
It is a car my dad ran a number of years ago - one of the first cars he ran. The father-son duo loves the eye-catching powder blue color of the car, and longtime racing fans will too. In addition to the tribute to the family’s NASCAR legacy, Chase explained his deeper reasoning for why he thinks the car is so cool.ĭuring his press conference at Darlington Raceway on Friday, Chase said: Digging the die-cast of this throwback! /Xjujd4ur1u Here are some more angles of the cars, plus Earnhardt’s and Kahne’s awesome fire suits.Like father, like son. Regardless of which superheros are featured or what late changes had to be made, these specialty paint schemes will always look the best on the track. Superman’s S is on the other side, but an image of him is not. 5 Chevrolet has Wonder Woman and a giant W on the hood with The Flash on one side. So Junior’s good for his final time out at Texas.įellow Hendrick Motorsports driver Kasey Kahne will also pilot a car with superheros on it. NASCAR rules say the sides of the car must “emulate” each other, but it looks like Cyborg’s side has been significantly darkened. Earlier this week, there was a small issue with the sides of the car because Aquaman’s side was a dark green, and Cyborg’s side was heavy on the white and gray. 88 Chevrolet will feature Batman on the hood and Cyborg and Aquaman on the two sides of the car. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)Įarnhardt’s No.
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