Keokuk (Iowa) Racers Reunion - Chargers and More...

[tan top]

awesome pictures & stuff , thanks for sharing   

[6bblgt]

Doug, what car is in this picture - post car with pop-out rear windows & a wing??? Got to be a story there?  Any other Superbird race car RM21 coupes?

[Aero426]

Dan, as always, you have a good eye.   The car with the post is the same Superbird you see today.  When it arrived at Daytona, it had an RM21 post.   It was allowed to race this way for the ARCA 300.    After the ARCA race, the the decision to run the Daytona 500 was made.  To then be legal for NASCAR, they had to cut out the post and fit the correct side glass for the hardtop body.  They also had to swap out the ARCA legal 2 x 4 bbl carb setup for a single 4 bbl.      There is a newspaper article that mentions this.   Go to the third column, half way down.   It took me a long time to figure out what he was saying in that article about the door post until I stumbled onto the photo as you also have.  

[Aero426]

Judging by the small crowd, this is practice or qualifying for the Daytona 500 a few days later.    The car now has the correct hardtop side glass.