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7/30/12, 10:03 PM   #30
Re: Best Sprint Car Names
Butch47265
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Originally Posted by versailles View Post
In the 60s, Diz had an orange 71 called "Big Iron", Gaines first ride with Diz. He later built a yellow 70 called "Old Yeller" that Gaines drove while Carl Williams drove the 71. They finished 1/2 many times at the burg. Leon Thickston later bought the 71 and changed the number to 72 and painted it blue. Diz built a new 71 that Don Nordhorn drove, don't know if it had a name, but it was orange.
Dizz always used SCHOOL BUS paint on his cars Carpenter bus factory right across the street, cheap paint then. Butch#1
 
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