43 Jr
So most of you guys know about Petty's infamous "43 Jr" barracuda drag car. Mechanical mishap and an unfortunate crash ended up relegating the car to being buried under the ground. I've heard multiple stories about the cars whereabouts through the years and always really assumed it had long since been scrapped and everything was just legend.
And then today, I spotted a crumpled up mess of an early barracuda at an undisclosed Mopar junk yard. As I looked at it sideways, and asked in curiosity, "Was that a '65 Barracuda Formula S?!"
The owner of the yard replied. That's Petty's 43 Jr.
So most of you guys know about Petty's infamous "43 Jr" barracuda drag car. Mechanical mishap and an unfortunate crash ended up relegating the car to being buried under the ground. I've heard multiple stories about the cars whereabouts through the years and always really assumed it had long since been scrapped and everything was just legend.
And then today, I spotted a crumpled up mess of an early barracuda at an undisclosed Mopar junk yard. As I looked at it sideways, and asked in curiosity, "Was that a '65 Barracuda Formula S?!"
The owner of the yard replied. That's Petty's 43 Jr.