KENT BAKER (Co-owner, Team Leader/Dollander Racing): “Forty years ago, in 1967, Parnelli Jones drove the turbine car, the Andy Granatelli turbine car, and the history, the car was number 40, and this is the 40th anniversary of that car, and we are doing a throwback, historic effort based on the livery of that car. We’re number 40. The number is in a black meatball with white letters. It has a very historic appearance, and we’re proud to have Parnelli’s son PJ driving the car. We’ve got some exciting marketing things planned for the program, and I think, based on the initial crowd reaction, I think the colors are going to be a crowd favorite.”
About the 1967 race:
“I did talk a bit to Parnelli about the 1967 race, and when the green flag dropped, he literally drove around the field in Turn 1, on the outside. I was thinking about that strategy, and I asked him to tell his son not to do that this race.”
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