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During the 1951 and 1952 racing seasons, Teague was a member of the Hudson Motors team and driving what were called the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet" stock cars. [3] Teague was also instrumental in helping Hudson tune the 308 cu in (5.0 L) straight-6 powered Hudson Hornet to its maximum stock capability. When combined with the car's light weight and ...
Despite Hudson's racing success, the marketplace competition and fierce rivalry between Ford and Chevrolet was too much to save the small-scale independent automaker. [14] Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation in 1954 to become American Motors Corporation (AMC). The Hudson name was finally retired in 1957, as AMC transformed into Rambler.
Hudson first participated in Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1971 at the age of 20, racing a stock Kawasaki motorcycle.. After stepping away from racing for decades to focus on his career and family, Hudson returned to land speed racing at the age of 58 in 2009 with the purchase of a stock 2003 Suzuki GSX-R1000 on Craigslist, which he spent the next decade personally customizing.
Thomas was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on February 8, 2013. [1] He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2017. [2] He and the Fabulous Hudson Hornet are on a historical mural on the side of a building at 133 N. Steele Street that was commissioned in 2016 by the City of Sanford. [3]
When Yunick's reputation as a good mechanic spread through the town, Marshall Teague, a local stock car race team owner, invited him to join the team, and Yunick accepted, despite being completely unfamiliar with stock car racing. He prepared a Hudson Hornet for driver Herb Thomas for the second running of the Southern 500 in Darlington, South ...
When Christina Hall’s son had a successful first soccer practice, she wanted to share the milestone with her ex Ant Antstead.. The HGTV star posted a video of Hudson, 4, excitedly running and ...
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Discovery Christina Hall (née Haack) and ex-husband Ant Anstead separately wished their son, Hudson, a happy 4th birthday. “Happy 4⃣ Birthday Hudson ,” Hall ...
Tim Flock's 1955 Ford Flock's Fabulous Hudson Hornet. Tim Flock finished 5th in NASCAR's inaugural Strictly Stock race at Charlotte, North Carolina in 1949; he drove an Oldsmobile 88 that he borrowed from his newlywed neighbors. [1]