RIP another one gone

[f6john]

Junior Johnson of NASCAR fame passed today at the age of 88. Won't be anymore like him and his competitors.

[Patrick]

He was a great guy. I loved his shop and enjoyed transporting his moonshine.

[hueco]

Just judging by the lack of response. The new generation has no knowledge or respect. It is so sad to see that our history is being left by the way side so quickly. I know that Junior was not well known in MC circles. But. WTF. Anyone with any sense  of motor sports knew who  Junior Johnson was.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Just judging by the lack of response. The new generation has no knowledge or respect. It is so sad to see that our history is being left by the way side so quickly. I know that Junior was not well known in MC circles. But. WTF. Anyone with any sense  of motor sports knew who  Junior Johnson was.

To begin with, there are few "new generation" here on this site. So, you can not lay the lack of response at their feet. It's sad that he died. Many of our era are. It's the way things go. We could have an entire chapter dedicated to the deaths of our hero, leaders, celebrities. Not to mention those close to us.

[OnaWingandaPrayer]

Junior was a great competitor  from a bygone era. I expect NASCAR has become something he never expected.
 I dont even care about NASCAR now days. I mean segment racing, yellow flags for rediculous reasons just to bunch up the field again playoff season, really.
 So many rules you cant be innovative. I get the safer cars and wall safety. I just  prefer the old days .

RIP Junior

[f6john]

Junior was a great competitor  from a bygone era. I expect NASCAR has become something he never expected.
 I dont even care about NASCAR now days. I mean segment racing, yellow flags for rediculous reasons just to bunch up the field again playoff season, really.
 So many rules you cant be innovative. I get the safer cars and wall safety. I just  prefer the old days .

RIP Junior

So true, I wish there could be a new race series of “modified stock” cars. Modified for safety and performance but still recognizable as a factory car. I’d be ok with flat tracks where the top speeds would be limited by traction. Sanctioning rules would of course come into play as far as how far you could go in modifications but just leave the power plant out of the equation, in other words run what you brung! Like Indy in the old days, running 4 cylinder Offys, stock block Chevys, turbines, ect. The ponycar wars are going full blast right now, I can imagine a series like the old TransAm cars of the early seventies being very popular. I think if Junior was still around and feeling good, he’d be all in with a team.

[hubcapsc]

When I was a kid hanging out in my father's sign painting shop, the
races were always on the radio. I love hearing all those racer's names
it brings back such good memories.

My father used to always go to the local track (Greenville/Pickens speedway)
on Saturday nights... I wonder if the big local tracks that are out of the
nascar spotlight and money still provide the same old good racing?

Some friends and I drove to Darlington ten or fifteen years ago, when
nascar was flipping out about the Confederate flag. We (the SCV) put up
this billboard along the main route to the track, and nascar had it
taken down. We forced them, through legal means, to put it back up,
and it was there when my friends and I drove by 



-Mike

[Patrick]

Junior was a great competitor  from a bygone era. I expect NASCAR has become something he never expected.
 I dont even care about NASCAR now days. I mean segment racing, yellow flags for rediculous reasons just to bunch up the field again playoff season, really.
 So many rules you cant be innovative. I get the safer cars and wall safety. I just  prefer the old days .

RIP Junior

So true, I wish there could be a new race series of “modified stock” cars. Modified for safety and performance but still recognizable as a factory car. I’d be ok with flat tracks where the top speeds would be limited by traction. Sanctioning rules would of course come into play as far as how far you could go in modifications but just leave the power plant out of the equation, in other words run what you brung! Like Indy in the old days, running 4 cylinder Offys, stock block Chevys, turbines, ect. The ponycar wars are going full blast right now, I can imagine a series like the old TransAm cars of the early seventies being very popular. I think if Junior was still around and feeling good, he’d be all in with a team.

I feel the same. [ I feel the same about drag racing and street rods too]

And I enjoyed sitting around his shop listening to stories and fooling with the old cars all in various stages of disrepair/repair, depending on how you looked at them.

[NewValker]

When I was little, I remember my father watching Wide World of Sports. And if Junior Johnson or Mario Andretti we’re on, there better be silence in the room.
My Dad raced at local tracks, stock cars and midgets. I still remember being placed in the drivers seat while they pushed the race car onto the trailer, thinking I’m driving it...good old days...
When my father died, an old friend of his from NY bought the last 2 race cars he had squirreled away and he restored them and went on a Legends of racing tour. One Sunday, i received a call from him that he was fueling up in town and come down and see the midget. I was there in a flash. It was done over exactly like I remembered it.
RIP Mr. Johnson, truly one of a kind.
Craig