Museum
David Pearson
Autolite plaque
David Pearson, one of the most colorful and popular competitors in auto racing, grabbed his third NASCAR Championship in 1969. Driving the blue and gold Holman-Moody Ford Torino,Pearson in 69 won 11 times, top 5 42 times, and became the first driver to win on six different major speedways
Pete Robinson
Autolite Plaque
One of drag racing's prime innovators, a quiet-spoken engineer from Atlanta GA-Sneaky Pete
Robinson first gained national prominence in 61, when he captured Top Eliminator at the NHRA nationals
With his SOHC Ford powered AA/Fuel Dragster, Pete won the NHRA 66 World championship, was runner up at the 67 Springnationals, and won Top Fuel Eliminator at the inaugural Summernationals
Early NASCAR decal
Very rare NASCAR decal. This is on the Torino Body Template. Vintage 1970
1970 Torino Body Template
Used by NASCAR officials to insure that all cars were running the same body dimensions after Junior Johnson's modified 66 Banana Ford, templates were used to check body shape
1971 Thunderbird Body Template
I don't think I ever saw a 71 TBird on the track, but there must have been some testing. This template doesn't show much wear and was used very little
Bud Moore Boss 302 Trans Am Pit boards
Pit boards used by the Bud Moore Engineering crew to relay messages to Parnelli Jones and George Follmer, on their way to the Trans Am championship in 1970.
Jones posted 5 wins and Follmer 1, bringing Ford their first Manufacterers championship since 1967
