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The Plymouth Road Runner (or Roadrunner) is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price.
In Autumn 1968, Richard Petty left the Plymouth NASCAR Racing Team for Ford's. Charlie Grey, director of the Ford stock car program, felt that hiring Petty would send the message that "money rules none". However, the Superbird was designed specifically to lure Petty back to Plymouth for the 1970 season.
The 1968 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on February 25, 1968, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Cale Yarborough won the race from the pole Summary
1968 Plymouth Roadrunner, one of the Muscle car era models. For 1965, ... During this time, the brand also competed in professional automobile racing.
He started racing in the NASCAR Grand National division in 1968, and was the series Rookie of the Year. [1] In 1969, he competed in NASCAR's Grand American division, a division of smaller pony cars. [1] He won 12 of 26 races that year. [1] He had 3 wins in 1970 for Petty Enterprises in the No. 40 Plymouth Superbird with Maurice Petty as his
Also in 1968, Chrysler made approximately fifty fastback Barracudas equipped with the 426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi for Super Stock drag racing. [8] These cars were assembled by Hurst Performance and featured items such as lightweight Chemcor side glass, fiberglass front fenders, hood scoop, lightweight seats, sound deadener, and other street features ...
1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX convertible. The GTX was based on the Belvedere, and was differentiated by a blacked out grille and special rear fascia, fiberglass simulated hood scoops with optional racing stripes, a chrome "pop-open" fuel filler cap, and a tachometer mounted on the center console.
In 2015, The Southwest Heritage Racing Association began a series of races featuring Nostalgia Stock Racing in Texas and Louisiana. A relatively new entry to feature Nostalgia Super Stock Racing is the annual Atlanta $10,000 - held in Commerce, Ga. These all are hopeful signs that 'Reliving Dreams in Fields of Gold,' through NSS will continue.