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Inside Bobby Allison's 90s NASCAR Race Shop: Jimmy Fennig Revisits History

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Consider the career path of Jimmy Fennig, who worked with various notable figures and teams in NASCAR. Learn that he started with Bobby Allison, then moved to Mark Martin for ASA cars, and eventually worked for Jack Roush (now RFK Racing). This illustrates the interconnectedness of individuals and teams within the racing community and the progression of professional careers.

Goal: Understand the interconnectedness of individuals and teams within NASCAR's history.

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liked the way I did stuff. So then uh he said to me, I think it was 84 he says or 83 84 he says uh I need you down in Charlotte. Can you think about coming down there? So I says, "Yeah, I'll, you know," left that and went down to dieard for probably 84, I think I was in Dyard. And then Bobby and Garners were having difficulty, you know, and Gary Nelson wanted to sign me to a 5-year contract. And Bobby says, "Don't sign it. Go back to Milwaukee and I'll get back with you." So that's what I did. I loaded up all my stuff, went back to Milwaukee. And then I think the year after that, Bobby left dieard and got with Stavola Brothers. And soon as he got to Stava Brothers, he called me up and says, "Come on up. Come on back." So I came back down and was with him ever since. And in that interim, you were with Mark Martin. And the after Bobby After Bobby shut this place down, that's when I went to work for Jack Roush. But before that, I was with Mark Martin running ASA cars. Yeah. Yeah. It's like he went from Bobby to Mark, Bobby back to Mark. Yeah. So, so but the thing of is Jack gave Mark opportunity. Bobby gave me opportunity to come down here and work for him and that was that was, you know, awesome. You know, you couldn't couldn't believe what you felt when he asked you to come down, you know. And then when uh Mark had opportunity when Jack called him to come down and, you know, go racing, too.

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