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Lime Rock 1970 Superbird pace car

Started by nascarxx29, November 29, 2011, 04:05:07 PM

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nascarxx29

1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

Aero426

That's a Pete Lyons photo, so it's likely a print of it could be purchased from him.  Pete shot all the major road racing events in those days.

Even more shocking than the Superbird is the TREE in the runoff area, and only the chicken wire fence between the race cars and the ones parked in the paddock.    Holy cow. It was a different time.


nascarxx29

Anything known about the pictured superbird .I came across another vintage superbird picture
http://www.racingthroughtime.com/ARCHIVES/AUG11/8-17-11.htm
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

tan top

Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

Aero426

Another photo of the Superbird used as the pace car at Lime Rock in 1970.

nascarxx29

Another pic of 77AM radio WABC  superbird racing at Englishtown NJ
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

nascarxx29

I located Bruce Morrow DJ for WABC he vaugely remember the car I showed this to him
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

WINGIN IT


RealWing

Quote from: nascarxx29 on November 29, 2011, 04:39:32 PM
Anything known about the pictured superbird .I came across another vintage superbird picture
http://www.racingthroughtime.com/ARCHIVES/AUG11/8-17-11.htm

That link didnt work for me
Jim
1970 Superbird 440-6bbl
1969 Barracuda 340 Formula S
1969 Barracuda convertible  6.1 L Hemi
2015 BMW K1600 GTL

Emery0323

Sam Posey, the SCCA / Roadracing driver who drove the Dodge Challenger in the 1970 Trans-Am series, is from the Lime Rock area and still lives there.  It's his home track and Sharon, Connecticut is his home town.

Sam Posey's mother owned a limelight Superbird at one time!  Supposedly, she would pick up her grandchildren (Sam's kids) from school with it.  There's a cool grandma!   Due to the color difference, probably not the car in the pictures above.

Sam also drove for Cotton Owens at Riverside in Jan. 1970 in the Charger 500.   I guess Dodge corporate wanted a road-course ringer, rather than Buddy Baker? The deal for the Dodge Challenger in the 1970 T/A series had come through, so there was probably a tie-in there.

WINGIN IT

I met a Superbird owner a few years back at a local show he drove car from CT.
He said it was once owned by Sam Posey  (saw docs he had in trunk).  It was an EK2 Orange 4bbl 4spd car.

Wingnut426

Sam Posey's mothers car is indeed orange. The current owner has been showing it at local car shows around Connecticut. WINGNUT
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Emery0323

Quote from: Wingnut426 on October 23, 2020, 10:19:29 AM
Sam Posey's mothers car is indeed orange. The current owner has been showing it at local car shows around Connecticut. WINGNUT

I stand corrected.  I'd heard somebody say it was limelight, but maybe they were thinking of the T/A Challenger he raced that year.

The Poseys had family money - Sam still owns a gullwing Mercedes, among other interesting cars.
He's been disabled by Parkinson's in recent years, so he probably can't drive much nowadays.

WINGIN IT

Quote from: Wingnut426 on October 23, 2020, 10:19:29 AM
Sam Posey's mothers car is indeed orange. The current owner has been showing it at local car shows around Connecticut. WINGNUT
Thanks Pete, good to know it is about and about still  :2thumbs: