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Pace Cars and Buddy Baker's 200 MPH Dodge

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Historic NASCAR Race Cars Up Close! International Motorsports Hall of Fame Museum Tour (Talladega)

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The final section of the tour features a white, blue, and orange #88 Buddy Baker Dodge Charger, famous as the first car to break the 200 mph barrier on a closed course. The interior is surprisingly carpeted and well-appointed, reflecting the era's racing style. Next, a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am, an official Talladega pace car from 1983, and a 1987 Pontiac Trans Am 'Busch Clash' pace car, noted for its hand-lettered paint job, are displayed. The segment concludes with a look at Bobby Allison's 1981 Aerostar Superstar plane, customized with experimental GM Allison turbine engines and McCauley Black Max propellers. This plane was used by Allison to travel to NASCAR races and personal appearances, further illustrating the unique lives of racing legends.

Goal: Conclude the tour with more historical vehicles, including the first 200 mph stock car and pace cars.

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craziest stuff you need to go watch that video if you haven't already what is this the 200 mile an hour Buddy Baker car like the first one carpet on the inside they have carpet in here yeah yeah he's doing 200 in style like that's like really good carpet like it's in really good shape yeah that's like Factory carpet or a factory type carpet looks they have snaps so they could take it off but you can see all the adjustable seat positions down there that's adjustable too so is the headrest does it still have window cranks oh my God it does Talladega pace car from 1983. this is Union 76 Grand Nationals pretty cool once again hand lettered you can tell the skill the people who did that is just incredible it's a convertible I didn't know that was a thing seems like the back of these Buicks breaking apart like that and disappearing is pretty common it was Bobby Allison's playing you can pause and read this stuff Bobby designed the engine mounts and installed the propellers I mean there's just some goofy looking propellers I don't know about that Bobby har har oh that's good because that propeller is not going to get you anywhere that's really cool I wish they would cover it up though why do they just like leave it out here and get pooped on I like how it's all in the the Miller colors from back then I wonder what years he would have been flying around in there with this is like some world record holding Turbo jet boat uh the guy from Terminator was apparently the throttle guy John Connor came back from the future to drive a boat wow I think somebody spent so much time on this thing at one point Bush Clash pace car here it's hand lettered look at that they used it for um Talladega and Daytona and it's like faded out individually so you can see or no it says Daytona but they just repainted it because it says Daytona fla and then it says Daytona Beach FLA someone's like hey idiot it has to say Beach wow would you look at that that's Dale Earnhardt's old Newell the 93 I believe and somebody donated it to the museum years ago

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