Piedmont's Honorary Memberships for Recognition of Service

[Challenger345]

Honorary Membership for a lifetime of service to Mopars, engineering or related fields.


Thanks
steve

[Challenger345]

Cotton lives in Spartanburg, SC, I got to meet Cotton on Dec 30th at his shop and had a great time talking with him. Cotton is a Mopar Legend and we need to Honor him.

check out his web site: www.cottonowens.com

video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWNjiYtvENU


www.semopars.com



Cotton Under My Hood

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Mopars/Cotton1.jpg


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Mopars/Cotton2.jpg

[Challenger345]

Buddy is a Mopar Legend an we will get to meet him April 9th 2011 at the Arrington event.

http://shophemi.com/t-buddy_arrington.aspx

Don't forget this event April 9th 2011
http://semopars.com/showthread.php?t=570


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/buddy_car_white1.jpg

[Challenger345]

Neil "Soapy" Castles (born October 1, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver that participate from 1957 to 1976.


http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Neil_Castles.htm


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/castlecopy.jpg

[Challenger345]

http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Pete_Hamilton.htm



http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/petehamilton.jpg

[Challenger345]

Don Carlton
Born: August 4, 1940
Died: July 5, 1977
Age: 36

Don Maynard Carlton was killed at Milan Dragway, Michigan durning a Chrysler Corporation test on July 5, 1977

1977 Dodge Colt
Chrysler rented the Milan race track for testing. Carlton lost control of the car at the end of his run and the car flipped several times. He was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor where he died. He lived in North Carolina. His wife and son witnessed the accident.

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/carlton1.jpg

Don Carlton won the '76 NHRA Nationals at Indianapolis in this Dodge Colt. This is the car he would be killed in the following summer


http://dragstripdeaths.webs.com/

[Challenger345]

Rick Metts Age: 27
Born December 31, 1948
Died: March 4, 1976



Richard Ernest Metts

Testing at DeSoto Memorial Speedway, Bradenton, Florida
Pro Stock Plymouth Duster

He was instantly killed while testing his pro stock car. He lost control of the vehicle and smashed into a guard rail. He was traveling about 100 MPH when the car began fishtailing. It sped across the adjacent lane, slammed into the guard rail, then bounced up and cut a utility pole in half. When it came back down the car burst into flames. When Metts was thrown from the vehicle, his body was engulfed in flames. Track personnel tried to extinguish the fire, but were driven back by the intense heat. He lived in Salem, Ohio.

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/mettscar.jpg


http://dragstripdeaths.webs.com/

[Challenger345]

Garlits statistics

• 17 World Championship Titles and 144 National event wins
• Voted #1 Drag Racer for the past 50 years by the NHRA in 2001
• Won the prestigious U.S. Nationals eight times
• Car Craft Magazine Top Fuel Driver of the Year: 1969-70, 1972-73, 1975-78 & 1986
• Car Craft Magazine "Man of the Year": 1969, 1971-73
• American Hot Rod Association "Fuel Driver of the Year": 1971-74



http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/BDD.jpg

http://www.garlits.com/

Don't forget this event Sept 4th 2011
http://semopars.com/showthread.php?t=328

[Challenger345]

Richard Petty is the "Real Thing". Hardly any word or phrase can even begin to describe Richard Petty's grip on what creates an American legend. Fans call him, "The King", and rightly so, because that really just about says it all, along with his 200 career wins.


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/OldPictures/petty50.jpg


http://pettys-garage.com/

[Challenger345]

In 1968 Mr. Norm developed the first 440 Dart GSS that became the prototype for the factory M Code 440 Dart GTS.

http://www.mrnorms.com/info/bio.html


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/NORM.jpg

http://www.prostockhemi.com/

[Challenger345]

Judy Lilly, and her eventual "boss wrench", Dennis Maurer, were the Queen and King of the NHRA Super Stocks at Colorado drag strips in the 1960's driving their Hemi-powered Plymouths.



http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/JUDYLILLY1.jpg

[Challenger345]

Burt Bouwkamp, Chief Engineer for Dodge during the 1960s and one of the men behind the Dodge Charger



1965 Dodge Charger II Concept Car


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/65dodge.jpg

[Challenger345]

The Turbine was under the direction of Elwood Engel who had worked for the Ford Motor Company before his move to Chrysler. The designer credited with the actual look of the car was Charles Mashigan, who designed a two-seat show car called the Typhoon 5, and was displayed at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. Engel used many older Ford styling themes.

Picture is a Johan Model Car


http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad108/challenger345/Honor/myMopar1.jpg

[Challenger345]

Guys post up your favorites

[TopB2972]

How about Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa458/TopB2972/SM67GTX.jpg
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa458/TopB2972/SOXCUDA.jpg

I have always liked Ronnie sox but until this week i never knew he was from Burlington NC

http://www.ronniesox.com

[Challenger345]

How about Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin

Yes and Ray Fox, guy's help me out and post up your favorites