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Prepare for a Ride in the Marty Robbins Car

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Classic NASCAR Stock Cars Take Back Rockingham Speedway! (They Let Us Drive One)

What happens here

The video host gets into the red and yellow #42 Marty Robbins car. A crew member provides crucial safety and driving instructions: stay under 5,000 RPM, do not pass the pace car, do not 'punch it' in second or third gear to avoid spinning out, and avoid clipping the apron. The host acknowledges the limited clutch pedal movement.

Goal: Understand the procedures and precautions for driving a classic race car.

Tools and materials

  • Racing Helmet Simpson — Head protection
  • Red/Yellow #42 Marty Robbins Car Dodge — The car to be driven

What they say

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I guess we're going to take the Lester car around for the parade laps at the end what do we do what do we don't do uh you stay under 5,000 RPM you don't pass the pace car you don't punch it in second or third gear cuz it'll around on you and you just try to have a big smile on your face okay and you don't do nothing don't clip the apron don't do that have you done that I have not but a lot of those marks on the wall are from that yeah I've hit it that'll turn your car real fast yeah everything's fine until it's not so what's the what's the back story on this car the back story on this car is this car belonged to Bobby Hill's team in 1999 um he wrecked it at do he put a clip on it and Bill Lester uh drove it at Watkins Glenn in 99 for the last time the car ever ran uh then they put it in M balls and it went through a couple different owners and I found it Bill Lester confirmed the car because at the time he was the only uh Bush Series driver that knew how to do heel and toe cuz he was a road course expert so he looked at the pedals and said yeah they cut him up especially for me so that he could do heel and toe shifting and uh he's he's a great guy

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