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Introduction to 'The Corporate Car' and its History

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The Last ORIGINAL 1994 Brickyard 400 Car Runs Again! Travis Bell's "Barn Find" is Going Home!

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The video opens by introducing 'The Corporate Car of Indianapolis,' the #99 NASCAR race car driven by Danny Sullivan. The owner, Travis Bell, explains his personal connection to this car, having witnessed its participation in the first Brickyard 400 race in 1994. He recounts the car's significance and its journey from a historical artifact to his personal collection, emphasizing its Indianapolis heritage.

Goal: Understand the historical context and personal significance of the #99 NASCAR race car.

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this car is out how it raced at the first brickyard 400. you're the only person i'll sell it to why because everybody else wanted to make it a day's a thunder car but we need a caution right mm-hmm so there's a button right damn it don't make me cry on tv bump it over one more time and clutch out hit the ignition go if it said burger king on it or if it said kmart on it i wouldn't give a damn about this car but i was born and raised in indiana my parents went to speedway high school and uh this says the corporate car of indianapolis on it so it's like finding the spirit of saint louis and living in saint louis so it's back it is the only car wearing the same paint the same chips the same dent sullivan somehow kept all the doors on it and it's going back home to indiana how old were you when you watched that race so i was in turn one when mast and and earnhardt got together and and bent massed the tailpipe up yeah and then they mass so i was in turn one on the very first brickyard 400 on the inaugural race and you know you got to think there's 400 000 people there we were right across from each other because i was in pit box one okay so as as they come through yeah they come through and slam and of course they're going to take the whole field out on the first lap i mean this is the golden era of nascar this is not maybe what we have now big e was going to lead that first lap no matter what come hell or how well yep and so if you watch the footage he comes out of four and nails the wall and shifts the whole track everything off hit rick too hit rick hit everybody known to man but then uh you might as well hit the pace car too right so uh so on lap four or three the passenger side window blew out of this car magically and it just and it hit the ground in front of us so all of us and you know everybody we the spectators see things before the track officials do so we're all in turn one pointing pointing pointing and then here comes harrigan boom runs it over and throws it into the crowd over the fence and i still have my chunk of the window that i caught that day from this car and

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