Tucker Car in Nascar

[Harlow]

Hello,
Has anyone heard of a Tucker car in a Nascar race.I been told by some old Nascar people that one was in a Nascar racs but never completed a lap.
1948 or 1949 I think they told me.
Thanks for any help.
Harlow Reynolds
1980 Easley Ave
Lynchburg,Va.--24501
hreynolds@earthlink.net

[John K.]

Mr. Reynolds: Please see the September 13, 2006 post in this forum about your NASCAR question. There is a good amount of info there. Just use the SEARCH button feature. Have a good day!
John K.

http://www.tuckerclub.org/bbs/viewtopic ... ght=nascar

Admin EDIT: Added link

[Harlow]

Thanks John,
I'am new to this site. You been a big help.
Thanks
Harlow Reynolds
1980 Easley Ave
Lynchburg, Va.--24501
hreynolds@earthlink.net

[Tuckerfan1053]

A Georgia newspaper just published an article about the Tucker and NASCAR: http://www.mainstreetnews.com/2008/03:2 ... 326SC.html

But there was one very special, and extremely rare racer on the grid. It was Joe Merola’s number 12 Tucker Torpedo.
Let me type that again so you can read it a second time. I’m not kidding. Joe raced a 1948 Tucker, one of only 50 cars ever manufactured.
For those not in the know, the Tucker is a very highly sought after automobile by collectors. Its builder, Preston Tucker, was run out of the automobile business by the “Big Three” auto makers because, to be blunt, his car was just too darned good. It had safety innovations that were light years ahead of its time. When the government shut his plant down, Tucker had built only 50 of the futuristic looking cars.
So the idea of one being on a half-mile dirt track is amazing, to say the least.
But the Tucker’s introduction into NASCAR stock car racing was short lived. Merola broke a right rear axel, and the car never completed a lap.
It’s believed that the racing Tucker was later lost in a warehouse fire in Florida, one of the few not to still survive.
So next time you hear the TV commentators talking about how unique it is to have Toyota on the race track, just remember Dick Hagey’s Beetle, and Merola’s Tucker. We’ll never see cars that cool on the track again.

Too true.