Motown Missile & Mopar Missile Pro Stock Parchment Paper Prints By K. Scott Teeters

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NOSTALGIA DRAG RACING: PRO STOCK
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*Motown Missile Challenger* *Print #PS-41* *Unframed Print* *Framed Print*	Ted Spehar was one of a handful of Chrysler's "outside developers" for the Mopar drag racing program. The "Motown Missile" was another thinly disguised Chrysler sponsored race car. The Missile was a rolling test lab for newly developed parts for other Chrysler supported teams, such as Sox & Martin.
*Motown Missile Challenger* *Print #PS-21* *Unframed Print* *Framed Print*	Sox & Martin weren't the only drag racing team that received help from Chrysler. Not far from the Chrysler Engineering facilities, drag racer Ted Spehar "field tested" parts for the engineers that worked in the Chrysler Drag Racing R&D Group. In 1971 Spehar built the "Motown Missile" Dodge Challenger. The car was so tricked out and well prepared that many competitors cryed "foul" and assumed that the team was cheating! Spehar and his tean would arrive at the track, unload the black and gold Challenger, make a qualifying run, and blow everyone into the weeds. Then, they'd take it easy till race time! Once, just to keep everyone guessing, Ted attached clear plexiglass disks over the front wheels. The competition went nuts. They just KNEW it was something trick and probably illegal, when it was just plexiglass. The ‘71 Motown Missile was at this point, more of a Super Stock or Modified Production car that what we usually think of as a pro Stocker. Grumpy’s tube-frame Vega was still a year away.
*Motown Missile Plymouth* *Print #PS-22* *Unframed Print* *Framed Print*	This was the last of the “Missile” Pro Stockers. As illustrated here, Mike Fons ran 8.80s at the Turkey Trot Nationals in 1974. Pro Stock driver Don Carlton eventually bought the Missile and ran it with “Don Carlton” lettering in place of Motown Missile lettering. Sox & Martin weren't the only drag racing team that received help from Chrysler. Not far from the Chrysler Engineering facilities, drag racer Ted Spehar "field tested" parts for the engineers that worked in the Chrysler Drag Racing R&D Group. In 1971 Spehar built the "Motown Missile" Dodge Challenger. The car was so tricked out and well prepared that many competitors cried "foul" and assumed that the team was cheating! Spehar and his team would arrive at the track, unload the black and gold Challenger, make a qualifying run, and blow everyone into the weeds. Then, they'd take it easy till race time! Once, just to keep everyone guessing, Ted attached clear plexiglass disks over the front wheels. The competition went nuts. They just KNEW it was something trick and probably illegal, when it was just plexiglass. The ‘71 Motown Missile was at this point, more of a Super Stock or Modified Production car that what we usually think of as a pro Stocker. Grumpy’s tube-frame Vega was still a year away.
*Mopar Missile 1972 Duster* *Print #PS-1* *Unframed Print* *Framed Print*	For Mopar racers in 1972, Plymouth Dusters and Dodge Demons were the body of choice. The Mopar Missile had all the hot tricks of the day and then some. Particularly exotic were the dual-plug Hemi engines. The 426 Hemi looks intimidating enough, but with 16 spark plug wires snaking around the engine, it looked like TROUBLE to Chevy and Ford racers. Grumpy’s Vega had to REALLY huff to out-charge the Hemi Mopars. There is a beautiful 1:24th scale die-cast replica of the Mopar Missile from RSC Collectibles.

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