White on Red 69 Daytona story

[nascarxx29]

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/article/?p_ArticleId=6008

[tan top]

    ,  think i remember reading about that  car  , wern't it converted to a auto  , had a warrenty short motor fitted ??, then painted a custom blue color ,  & was in a number of wrecks  side / rear , front   , think the last  3 digets of the vin were 656  or 565  
might be mistaken  

[nascarxx29]

Thats the real story you got it. XX29L9B386565 led a battered life
.I furnished this document to him.And it cleared up alot he didnt know about his cars earlier life accounts




I did find this though January, 1992 Hard Knocks Graduate Pgs. 22 - 24. Street Daytona. High performance Mopar

[learical1]

Old Car Weekly article is incorrect.  Lee Roy Yarbrough drove a Talladega with a 427 tunnel-port engine at Daytona in February, 1969.  Neither the Spoiler II nor the Boss 429 had been built in enough numbers for NASCAR to approve for use at that time.   Both Lee Roy and Cale Yarborough switched to the Spoiler II for the race at Atlanta on 3/30/69.  That was also the first race the Boss 429 was eligible.  Cale won.  Later in the year, Lee Roy switched back from the Mercury to the Ford, winning a total of 2 races with the Mercury and 5 with the Ford for the 1969 season.