"Changing the Colors of cars, Good or Bad?"
Question:
What do you think if a driver changes the color of their cars, in the middle of racing season, is it a good thing or a bad idea?.
Some drivers don't care what the color of their car is as long as it is a winner, then there are some drivers that keep the standard colors that they have bee
n running in for years.
Take #G1 of Glenn McWaters, his red and white car has always been the same, and I really don't think Glenn cares about changing his car colors.
What about #99 of Rucker Orr, he has won so many races in his yellow sportsman car with the famous #99 on the side.
Then you have the modified mini cars that seem to always keep their color, take for instance #6 of Richard Bagby, or his rival #07 Frank Long, these drivers don't seem to mess with changing colors, why because fans get to know them and why change when you are winning.
Of course I have seen plenty of changes in colors in the Pure Mini class, but these guys are always changing something, take #C17 of Danny Smith, one year he was known as "The Camo Man", the next year he changed car colors, and now he is back as the "Camo Man" and everyone knows him.
Also take #88 Rocky Johnson, who is a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan, and trys to make his car look like Dales #88. Last year Rocky was driving the #8 same as Dale Jr, now since Dale has gone to #88 so has Rocky Johnson, so you never know what color his car will be next season, if Dale Jr turns his to Purple and adds a #8 making the car #888 that is the number Rocky will apply to his pure mini.
Some drivers never change, maybe it has to do with the money involved in changing colors. Then we do know that a driver is superstitious and if
he has a # that he has run for years and years, he will not change it.
Take Lamar Haygood, who drives a super fast crate car, when he is not behind the wheel of a Super Late Model and traveling every State, he has been #17 and I believe that is the number that will go down in his racing career, why change numbers when you are a winning driver.
It is almost like legendary dirt car champ Mike "The Headman" pulling in without his famous #54, when you think of Mike Head I picture #54 and all the dirt car real fans know him when he motors into a track.
In the Hobby car division, a long time champion, Joe Hillman, won many a race at Seven Flags Speedway before the track was closed, and his car was always #o1J, now he is driving for someone else and the car is #92 but if you look close on the back window frame you can see taped in white letters 01J, when asked where his original car was he said it was buried in his back yard. So now I know where old race cars go, in the drivers back yards.
Another driver that refuses to give up his number is #69 of Rosco Collins, who can where the wheels off his car, and when he races he comes to win, there is no second place in his name. His car has never changed colors and the fans all know him when he is at the track, when Rosco races, he puts on a hobby car show.
So if you change colors or body styles to your car will it go faster?, I need to know because racing at West Georgia Speedway can be a challenge, and if one body style is working why change it?, then again it's the driver and his family that make that call and really that's all that counts.
I just hope Sammy Duke never changes the color of his Blue 5600 Ford tractor, because I don't know what I would do then, because Sammy is a fixture
re at the track, and if you ever see a elderly gentleman riding around West Georgia Speedway, wave because that is the legend Sammy Duke.
Hope you are ready for racing at West Georgia Speedway this Saturday Night, or at "The Burg" as this historic track is called, see you there.
Thanks
Tino Patti
a Freelance Photographer/Video Journalist
with a WORLD WIDE BLOG
Question:
What do you think if a driver changes the color of their cars, in the middle of racing season, is it a good thing or a bad idea?.
Some drivers don't care what the color of their car is as long as it is a winner, then there are some drivers that keep the standard colors that they have bee
n running in for years.Take #G1 of Glenn McWaters, his red and white car has always been the same, and I really don't think Glenn cares about changing his car colors.
What about #99 of Rucker Orr, he has won so many races in his yellow sportsman car with the famous #99 on the side.
Then you have the modified mini cars that seem to always keep their color, take for instance #6 of Richard Bagby, or his rival #07 Frank Long, these drivers don't seem to mess with changing colors, why because fans get to know them and why change when you are winning.
Of course I have seen plenty of changes in colors in the Pure Mini class, but these guys are always changing something, take #C17 of Danny Smith, one year he was known as "The Camo Man", the next year he changed car colors, and now he is back as the "Camo Man" and everyone knows him.
Also take #88 Rocky Johnson, who is a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan, and trys to make his car look like Dales #88. Last year Rocky was driving the #8 same as Dale Jr, now since Dale has gone to #88 so has Rocky Johnson, so you never know what color his car will be next season, if Dale Jr turns his to Purple and adds a #8 making the car #888 that is the number Rocky will apply to his pure mini.
Some drivers never change, maybe it has to do with the money involved in changing colors. Then we do know that a driver is superstitious and if
he has a # that he has run for years and years, he will not change it.Take Lamar Haygood, who drives a super fast crate car, when he is not behind the wheel of a Super Late Model and traveling every State, he has been #17 and I believe that is the number that will go down in his racing career, why change numbers when you are a winning driver.
It is almost like legendary dirt car champ Mike "The Headman" pulling in without his famous #54, when you think of Mike Head I picture #54 and all the dirt car real fans know him when he motors into a track.
In the Hobby car division, a long time champion, Joe Hillman, won many a race at Seven Flags Speedway before the track was closed, and his car was always #o1J, now he is driving for someone else and the car is #92 but if you look close on the back window frame you can see taped in white letters 01J, when asked where his original car was he said it was buried in his back yard. So now I know where old race cars go, in the drivers back yards.
Another driver that refuses to give up his number is #69 of Rosco Collins, who can where the wheels off his car, and when he races he comes to win, there is no second place in his name. His car has never changed colors and the fans all know him when he is at the track, when Rosco races, he puts on a hobby car show.
So if you change colors or body styles to your car will it go faster?, I need to know because racing at West Georgia Speedway can be a challenge, and if one body style is working why change it?, then again it's the driver and his family that make that call and really that's all that counts.
I just hope Sammy Duke never changes the color of his Blue 5600 Ford tractor, because I don't know what I would do then, because Sammy is a fixture
re at the track, and if you ever see a elderly gentleman riding around West Georgia Speedway, wave because that is the legend Sammy Duke.Hope you are ready for racing at West Georgia Speedway this Saturday Night, or at "The Burg" as this historic track is called, see you there.
Thanks
Tino Patti
a Freelance Photographer/Video Journalist
with a WORLD WIDE BLOG
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