{"id":54284,"date":"2020-09-02T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/?p=54284"},"modified":"2020-09-02T14:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:31:25","slug":"mattyd-throws-back-to-tiny-lund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/02\/mattyd-throws-back-to-tiny-lund\/","title":{"rendered":"MattyD Throws Back To Tiny Lund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Matt DiBenedetto<\/strong> and the No. 21 Motorcraft\/Quick Lane team head to Darlington Raceway <\/a><\/strong>this weekend to begin their quest for the Cup Series championship and are recognizing the occasion with a most appropriate throwback paint scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of Darlington\u2019s throwback weekend theme, DiBenedetto\u2019s Mustang will carry a paint scheme based on the 1963 Ford Galaxie<\/strong> that delivered the Wood Brothers<\/strong> the 1963 car owners championship. So far, it\u2019s the only Cup title in the team\u2019s 70-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1963, Tiny Lund drove the car to victory in the Daytona 500.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late team founder Glenn Wood<\/strong> wheeled it to his last win as a Cup driver, at Bowman Gray Stadium<\/strong> on July 13, 1963. Marvin Panch<\/strong>, who returned to the \u201963 Galaxie after being severely burned in a sports car crash prior to the Daytona 500<\/strong>, also won in it, at North Wilkesboro on Sept. 29, 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altogether, the Wood Brothers, who did not run a full schedule in that era, took the owners championship with 23 starts, scoring three wins, 16 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes. They used five different drivers \u2013 Wood<\/strong>, Lund,<\/strong> Panch,<\/strong> Dave MacDonald <\/strong>and Fred Lorenzen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Weatherly<\/strong>, who drove for nine different owners, took the driving championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DiBenedetto said he excited to have his Motorcraft\/Quick Lane Mustang looking like a championship car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe throwback to the championship-winning Wood Brothers car will be an honor to drive at Darlington,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to get it on track especially in the Playoffs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DiBenedetto, who already has raced twice at Darlington this year in the No. 21 Mustang, said he\u2019s optimistic about the third \u2013 and biggest \u2013 Darlington start of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we made some improvements in the second race,\u201d he said, pointing out that he and crew chief Greg Erwin <\/strong>finished 14th in the first Darlington race then upped that to ninth-place in the second. He said there\u2019s room for more improvement in the Cook Out Southern 500,<\/strong> the first race of the 2020 Playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot we can work on to be better this week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some drivers don\u2019t particularly like racing on the tricky Lady in Black<\/strong>, DiBenedetto said he\u2019s not among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the slick, worn-out race tracks,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that will be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be no practice or qualifying before the start of the Cook Out Southern 500<\/strong>, which is set for just after 6 p.m. on Sunday, with TV coverage on NBCSN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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