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[Bob B]

Hello and Happy Sunday Folks!
Info on this car/racer is lacking and my research is turning nothing up.
Can someone identify the driver of this racer for me please.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I think this pic

Thanks!
Bob B

[Racer14]

Coincidentally I saw this pic last week and was curious too. It is a 67-69 T Bird and probably Winston West but I could find nothing specific on Ultimate Racing History. The name on the roof says (I think) Joe somebody. But I couldn't connect a #13 car to anybody by that name. Would be a neat build.

[Bob B]

[George Andrews]

My brief research on Racing Reference website for NASCAR's Pacific Coast Late Model / Grand National West Series does not show a 1967 - '69 Ford car number 013 at any of the road courses the series ran in the years 1967 through 1973. There was a " TUBORG Classis " event at Laguna Seca in 1973, but still no listing of a car #013. It is possible the pic was taken during practice or qualifying, with the car not making the show. The car number could also have been changed before the race, as NASCAR only allowed 3 digit car numbers until 1970. Another possibility is this car was downgraded for use as a Sportsman Division car; lotsa old GNW cars met this same fate.
The area of the picture looks A LOT like Turn 8 at Riverside, EXCEPT the low hill behind the car somehow just doesn't look right based on other period photos I have seen.

[George Andrews]

My brief research on Racing Reference website for NASCAR's Pacific Coast Late Model / Grand National West Series does not show a 1967 - '69 Ford car number 013 at any of the road courses the series ran in the years 1967 through 1973. There was a " TUBORG Classis " event at Laguna Seca in 1973, but still no listing of a car #013. It is possible the pic was taken during practice or qualifying, with the car not making the show. The car number could also have been changed before the race, as NASCAR only allowed 3 digit car numbers until 1970. Another possibility is this car was downgraded for use as a Sportsman Division car; lotsa old GNW cars met this same fate.
The area of the picture looks A LOT like Turn 8 at Riverside, EXCEPT the low hill behind the car somehow just doesn't look right based on other period photos I have seen.

[Bob B]

[Racer14]

Red and white would be a good guess. I saw a pic of the 71 Ford he was running at the same time and it was a red and white layout similar to the TBird and also sponsored by Marck Motors.

[Bob B]

[Racer14]

I PM'd you some links to the Torino pics.

[Bob B]