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Old 18 Mar 2022, 11:31 (Ref:4103078)   #2877
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The Hagan cars, Frings-built chassis, some Nascar drivers in the seats, including Cale Yarborough (!), Dick Brooks and Hershel McGriff, Gene Felton. Plastic bodywork on tube chassis with a thundering American V-8, as was an IMSA formula at the time. Probably some bailing wire when needed.

They did BOOM the place, but had issues.

I think Hendrick, and no doubt a bunch of financial and technical support from GM can come up with something that can BOOM the French countryside for the race length, and slot in with the other cars on the grid.
The GPI coverage of them in 1982 had a 10 year old me sold on them as entries
"Any team which employs people like Joey 'Spook' Knuckles, Roy 'Fuzzy' Wall, and Dewey Livengood, gets our vote every time" (p6 if anyone wants to track it down).
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