I PM'ed Paul, to apologize about saying anything definitive about 300's,
but, Paul, can you give us any info on the AAA sanctioned racing, for
1957?
As far as NASCAR is concerned Kiekaefer had a bit of a feud with Bill
France, ostensibly regarding carburetion, IIRC.
K. DID order a D501, and took delivery of it around 4/8/57 (iirc); it
was a Coro hardtop, but built on a convertible frame. The car was never
campaigned, & its whereabouts/disposition is unknown to me.
Meanwhile, the car companies agreed, during a
NASCAR meeting on 6/6/57 (WAY after the racing season began, in JAN/FEB
'57) to terminate their official sponsorship- participation of stock
car racing.
So, K.'s non-involvement in NASCAR racing, early-on in the racing season
may have been due to his having become tired of the hassle and/or
expenses involved in funding his racing teams, in relation to the
advertising benefits which would have accrued therefrom, and he might
have liked the idea of having a "feud" with NASCAR, in order to have an
excuse to end his association with organised racing events.
In other words, if he had really wanted-to, K. would have had at least 5
months to have participated in NASCAR racing before the "factories"
officially agreed to terminate their above-the-table sponsorship of
organised racing.
Neil Vedder
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- From: PAULHOLM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:00:27 -0700
Somewhere I have the options list for the 300's something like 12
or 13 rear axle ratios offered with Limited-slip differential
mentioned. Remember, they were designed to champaign in AAA
before they got invited to never return at the end of the 56
racing season. :-)
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