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$299,000/8 br/3 ba

5479 sq ft

Talladega, AL

Built in 1901 [househunting on substack - free]

#1901 #1900s #talladega #alabama #fireplace

First of many

#carson hocevar #nascar #Talladega #spire motorsports

HE RODE THAT DAMN DENTEE AAYYYYYYYYY

geniynely HAD to finish this after talledega 🙏

#carson hocevar #ch77 #nascar #nascar art #talladega #carson hocevar art #also if you saw this on discord #you did not #tumblr and discord lowk both my side hoes #i dont associate with either #ok bye #i will draw more carson #bye #he IS the best to ever do it btw #d1 hocevar defender btw

A recent discovery in The Spokesman-Review newspaper dated Mar 4, 1970 revealed that the week prior, LeeRoy Yarbrough in a 429 Boss powered Talladega was cruising down the Talladega Speedway at 210mph during a routine tire test for Goodyear. During that test he he set an (unofficial) new world closed course speed record of 199.916mph (average lap speed). This beat Charlie Glotzbach 199.466mph closed course (average lap speed) record. Glotzbach was driving a 1969 Dodge Daytona powered by a 426 Hemi when he broke the old 195mph record set by LeeRoy's on August 8th, 1969.

A month prior to this, Cale Yarborough in a Boss 429 powered Mercury Spoiler II set the fastest qualifying speed of 194mph (average lap speed) at the Daytona Speedway. The New York Times reported that he was traveling 225mph on the straights.