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Buick "Darth Vader" "Bad to the Bone"

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  The Grand National had humble roots beginning in auto-racing. In 1978, because the energy extremity demanded additional svelte platforms, the elephantine 17-and-a-half-foot-long Buick imperial lost a bottom of length and a brace of cylinders. With this everyday base erected on the G- body platform associate degreed an mechanics plan in 1981, the Buick came a significant contestant in NASCAR , with Richard Petty winning the first race of the season — the‘81 Daytona five hundred — in his imperial. The imperial steamrolled the competition. 1981 - 1982 saw Darrell Waltrip skilled worker a imperial to win the Winston Cup steeplechase Championship succeeding.However, the machine swept  the manufacturer’s crown, with a imperial within the winner’s circle in a very gorgeous forty seven out of sixty two races, If that was n’t enough. In 1982, Buick moved  to subsidize on this success and introduced the steeplechase , named for the Winston Cup Championship it had simply won. the first Buick
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Plymouth Superbird

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Plymouth Superbird The Plymouth Superbird had been the factory's follow up stock auto racing design, for the 1970 season, to the Dodge Charger Daytona of 1969, and incorporated many engineering changes and modifications garnered from the Daytona's season in competition. The car's primary rival was the Ford Torino Talladega, a flash response to the Mopar aero car. it is also been speculated that an interesting believe the assembly of the car was to lure Richard Petty back to Plymouth. Both of the Mopar aero cars famously featured a protruding, aerodynamic nosecone, a high-mounted rear wing and, unique to the Superbird, a horn which mimicked the Road Runner cartoon character. Superbirds equipped with the top-of-the-line four hundreds and twentysix cubic inch Hemi engine with a pair of 4 barrel Carter AFB carburettors (2x4bbl) producing 425 hp (317 kW) could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/hour) in 5.5 seconds. Developed specifically for NASCAR racing , The Sup
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