Bobby Allison 1972 Southern 500 winning Coca Cola Chevy Monte Carlo

[MarkJ]

9 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful build Mark, enjoyed watching the build up of your Monte Carlo!

Thank you, Carl. I appreciated you stopping by for your support during the build. It was very helpful. 

[MarkJ]

On 8/16/2025 at 10:04 PM, slusher said:

Beautiful build Mark, enjoyed watching the build up of your Monte Carlo!

oops. already thanked you but thanks again anyway. that's what happens when a new page in a thread starts up.

Edited August 30 by MarkJ

[TooOld]

Great looking model , well done Mark !

[MarkJ]

2 hours ago, TooOld said:

Great looking model , well done Mark !

Thanks, Bob. It was a fun build that I always wanted to do again after 53 years.

[1959scudetto]

Very nice model, Mark - I think those days with drivers like Petty, Pearson, Allison, Yarbrough, Baker etc. was the best in NASCAR history.

It is the same with all racing series, may it be F 1, sports racers or whatever: the best times are long gone and won't come back any more. The only good thing today is that the safety is very high, but the races are boring.

[MarkJ]

38 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said:

Very nice model, Mark - I think those days with drivers like Petty, Pearson, Allison, Yarbrough, Baker etc. was the best in NASCAR history.

It is the same with all racing series, may it be F 1, sports racers or whatever: the best times are long gone and won't come back any more. The only good thing today is that the safety is very high, but the races are boring.

Thanks, Helmut and I totally agree with you. I watched the Nascar cup race yesterday and it put me to sleep. When I woke up, I found out my driver messed up leaving the pits and he missed moving on in the playoffs by 4 points. That playoff system is a joke and needs to be eliminated and go back to a pure points system like they had when this model was running in 1972. The correct champion was always crowned correctly back then.

[1959scudetto]

1 hour ago, MarkJ said:

Thanks, Helmut and I totally agree with you. I watched the Nascar cup race yesterday and it put me to sleep. When I woke up, I found out my driver messed up leaving the pits and he missed moving on in the playoffs by 4 points. That playoff system is a joke and needs to be eliminated and go back to a pure points system like they had when this model was running in 1972. The correct champion was always crowned correctly back then.

Thank you for the link to Darlington '72 - I just watched it.

[MarkJ]

25 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said:

Thank you for the link to Darlington '72 - I just watched it.

Now that was pure racing at its finest. Allison and Pearson battled all day long barely rubbing fenders at times until finally Allison took the lead for the last time with seven laps to go for an awesome victory. No stage racing was needed . Neither driver and crew chief had to decide if they should pit before or after the stage, just all out racing from green flag through a couple of yellow flags till finally the checkered flag and the best driver and car prevailed on that day. The way every race should be run.  Not like the ridiculous racing they have today. Every driver should try to win every race every time they get on the track. And every race should count as much as every other race. No final ten races to crown a champion amongst 16 drivers who most of them really have no legitimate chance to make it to the final 4. It's just all so ludicrous.