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Lochloosa

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4. He drove it in 72.

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 08:05 PM

Dec 7

1972 was a year of change in other ways, as it was the last year where Petty would campaign a Plymouth-based race car; as in the middle of the year, he debuted to drive a newly built 1972 Dodge Charger in a few races (winning one of them), as he believed that the car would have a slight aero advantage over the Plymouth

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69 Charger. Test picture [View all] Lochloosa Dec 7 OP

She's a beauty chicoescuela Dec 7 #1

She is. The guy that owns it had one in HS. Lochloosa Dec 7 #3

Those were gorgeous cars and so slippery in airflow... brush Dec 7 #2

He drove it in 72. Lochloosa Dec 7 #4

Beautiful. MLAA Dec 7 #5