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Examining 'The Corporate Car' and Other Vehicles

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Darrell Waltrip's 1971 GMC Astro: Old School NASCAR Hauler Stuck In Time (Former Dale Earnhardt Rig)

What happens here

The hosts then turn their attention to a black #99 'The Corporate Car' of Indianapolis, explaining its history from the inaugural Brickyard 400. It was a collaboration of various companies in Indianapolis, allowing Danny Sullivan to qualify for the race. The hosts also briefly discuss a white Viper, noting the contrast in vehicles within the collection.

Goal: Review additional unique cars in the collection, including 'The Corporate Car'.

Tools and materials

  • The Corporate Car #99 — Historical NASCAR race car
  • White Dodge Viper Dodge — Modern high-performance car

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nose and it was like the past meeting the president it was pretty emotional it was pretty cool that's really cool since we're in here what is well i know what it is but you want to tell them what aside from the calva viper here it's such a contrast of worlds um inaugural brickyard 400 race you know was nascar's first time going to the famed indy car track and danny sullivan said hey i want to take part in that so a company in indy put together uh called the corporate car and they got money from all these sponsors contributed and made the car possible and he qualified for the race um i don't think he lasted too long in there something happened to me i don't think you've made too many laps but uh this was um of course after the race it was gone and it was found in a barn in south carolina and we got our hands on it and we are refurbishing it and getting it um back to operating order again how to make some new updates and everything um but this is the car so it's been sitting here for a little while and uh when we get it all done i don't know what they're going to do with it i'm honest with you but um it's in our possession and contracted for us to for the garage shop to put it all uh back together again this used to be a morgan mcclure kodak car was it possibly it's got yellow under there okay maybe they got it from somebody else i don't know where it came from um it's cool the old logos contingency awards yeah some of them stood the test of time better than others yes um i think is gatorade so you're right so was this a sterling marlin car uh or ernie irvine i think it

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