Kevin Culver, Winston West driver, in the 1997 Thunder Special.
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The rest of the set is all Field Fillers - Winston West regulars that barely got any screen time during the broadcast. The final one I have yet to really make any headway on is going to be an absolute PITA though....... its a regular season Winston West driver - Scott Gaylord - but unlike his fellow racers he isn't driving a close variation of his normal paint scheme, he's driving a completely different car! So, for like, Gunselman and Woodside and Sedgwick I can watch the Winston West race and get a general idea of their paint scheme to base this one on if I can't see them at all in Thunder Special race footage. That approach won't work for Gaylord.
Butch Gilliland, Winston West driver (and grandfather of current Camping World Truck Series driver Todd Gilliland), in the 1997 Thunder Special.
so freaking awesome....I have a two Japan programs from 1998 and I think 1997...while there would be no photos on what the car looked like in the race. there could be that base paint scheme idea you where talking about.
The coup-de-grace. The car that I am singularly most proud of out of this entire set of cars. Yes, these are the actual Japanese sponsors and I had help finding and verifying them from a co-workers significant other. They include: Imuraya (a food and confectionary producer), Two Imuraya products, CoroCoro Aniki (a Manga publisher), Tamiya (Models and Hobbies), and Gunbluster XTO (a line of small RC cars produced by Tamiya).
Kazuteru Wakida, Japanese driver (who also ran a partial Winston West season in 1997), in the 1997 Thunder Special.
Kazuteru Wakida, Japanese driver (who also ran a partial Winston West season in 1997), in the 1997 Thunder Special.
that is a great car
so close yet so far away https://web.archive.org/web/20070915091021/http://www2.privatei.com/~gaylord/japan.html
so close yet so far away https://web.archive.org/web/20070915091021/http://www2.privatei.com/~gaylord/japan.html
I know right? And that car in the background of the one shot is his normal #00 chevy from West. He drove the #67 ford for SMS Motorsports in Japan. I'm mostly work off of screen grabs from the race broadcast that look like this:
Ooo! Thanks! I do have a few of his Taurus from Motegi, but not this particular one. I'm 90% certain that yellow, black and white decal right in from of the rear wheels is on the '97 car as well - but I still don't know what it is! hah.
I know his '97 hood is just the Coca-cola logo and the 'Oliver' text. I can tell the just below the side windows and above the wheels is most likely the logo for SMS Motorsports..... but I don't know what that looks like yet! I know he has Eibach on the C-pillar, Oliver and Unitog on the rear quarter. But the rest of those teensie secondary sponsors is a toss up.
glad I could help....and if you do 1996 I have pics of every car that raced there in 1996
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I'm sure i saw another logo above the thunder special suzuka logo, or you can't identify it?
Correct! A little black looking square. Unidentified at the moment. Trying to reach out to Wakida for a possible identification - but that's a big maybe.
I will certainly hit you up when the time comes! Thank you!
Jeff Davis in the 1997 Thunder Special. Still missing a single unidentified associate sponsor between Signcraft and TMR on the rear quarter - but I can add that in later if I figure it out.
And then....... only one remained unfinished.......
Sean Woodside, Winston West driver, in the 1997 Thunder Special.
Sean Woodside, Winston West driver, in the 1997 Thunder Special.
I checked my 97 Suzuka and 98 Motegi programs...no photos of the 67 of Gaylord. Hopefully you can find more pics of his car.
Appreciate you checking Jon. Seems his wife and son are part of a Facebook community I joined - I may try reaching out to them
your'e welcome, If I stumble across anything I'll definitely let you know
http://www.imgrum.org/user/a.kuroko/1549543025/916159771314178434_1549543025 this site had pics but is no more
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