Larry Shaw race cars and Billy Moyer

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  • weatherman85
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 805

    #1

    Larry Shaw race cars and Billy Moyer

    Pretty cool find on YouTube of Larry Shaw chassis from back in the day.

  • Raceready
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2015
    • 4737

    #2
    They sure gave The King a great product !

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    • Driver50x
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2013
      • 239

      #3
      Very cool. I loved the look of late models in that era.

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      • Black F
        Banned
        • Apr 2017
        • 838

        #4
        Originally posted by Raceready View Post
        They sure gave The King a great product !
        I'd put most of the praise in not so much product but in the kings hands.

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        • Raceready
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2015
          • 4737

          #5
          Originally posted by Black F View Post
          I'd put most of the praise in not so much product but in the kings hands.
          Yeah: And believe or not he is still winning [Believe it or not] in the recently lowly Longhorn brand ! !

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          • ride height
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2012
            • 612

            #6
            If you beat Purvis, trust me, you’ve done something to tell the grandkids about.

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            • Phatdaddy
              Senior Member
              • May 2007
              • 134

              #7
              Side note: I alway see Geisler running upfront a lot at Pennsboro, but i don't believe he ever got a victory

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              • Buford.Justice
                Senior Member
                • May 2020
                • 4981

                #8
                Originally posted by Raceready View Post
                They sure gave The King a great product !
                Richard Petty????
                If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

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                • Raceready
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2015
                  • 4737

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Buford.Justice View Post
                  Richard Petty????
                  It had a big old HEMI in it !

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                  • fastford
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 4059

                    #10
                    my first late model was a 1999 shaw I bought used in 01 , they had also started building rockets and was working with dale McDowell , kevin shaw helped me basically convert it to a rocket , the strait shaw was no good in the slick , we ran well at the beginning of the year but went to sh!t by june , we finally got up front and won a few , advice from shane , dales brother , helped tremendously , those were good days when you could whack a few bars here and there and change things and get faster pretty quick , chassis today are nothing more than clones of each other ,

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                    • hardracer32
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 450

                      #11
                      Amazing how much beefier the frames were back then! That 2x3 tubing makes it look like an asphalt car.

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                      • Mopar DLM
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2012
                        • 216

                        #12
                        And with less technology and less power than todays cars but still set track records that are still not broken or only coming close to nowadays. I guess the drivers back then were just a different breed.

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                        • JimBo
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2007
                          • 809

                          #13
                          Billy Moyer was married to Shaw's daughter, after all.

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                          • EvelB7
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2018
                            • 882

                            #14
                            Originally posted by JimBo View Post
                            Billy Moyer was married to Shaw's daughter, after all.
                            I think he was married to Larry's sister...

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                            • Buford.Justice
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2020
                              • 4981

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Mopar DLM View Post
                              And with less technology and less power than todays cars but still set track records that are still not broken or only coming close to nowadays. I guess the drivers back then were just a different breed.
                              For a few season very light weight "wedge" cars with sideboards and high rear spoilers allowed the cars to go wide open much longer on the track, was one reason some of the records have never been broker. Some of them cars actually weighed under 1800 lbs.

                              A lot of tracks were tackier 30 to 40 years back also, which allowed for faster times.
                              If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

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