[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“You nailed it. I used to have a 1970 Torino with the 429 CJ engine. The car was designed for NASCAR. The 1970 Fords on the track were just like mine, gutted and caged.”

Well, sort of. NASCAR’s cars of that era used the stock bodywork, but tube-framed cars began appearing in NASCAR around the mid-’60s.

[SpeakerToAnimals]

The stock bodywork and modified original engine meant technology developed for the track was getting into the cars in the showroom. Like the fastback roof of my Torino and the Cobra-Jet 429 engine with it's big ports.

It is no longer stock car racing. Without the connection to the cars Americans drive every day the magic is gone.