1964 Roy Gay B stock Pontiac GTO - Drag Racg - Mol Cars Magaze Fom

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• THE DAY FUNNY CAR’S DON GAY, JR. NEARLY DIED AT DENVER 30 YEARS AGO
• GAY PONTIAC
• THE "INFE GOAT" DON GAY'S 1966 CANDY RED "INFY" PONTIAC GTO
• DON & ROY GAY / GAY PONTIAC
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• DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH
• DON AND ROY GAY PONTIAC FIREBIRD MATCH RACE CAR...

THE DAY FUNNY CAR’S DON GAY, JR. NEARLY DIED AT DENVER 30 YEARS AGO

Among those the p area was a young Don Gay, Jr., whose father, Don, Sr. The send-generatn Gay had peted prevly Competn Elimator and Top Alhol Funny Car, where he’d won three tim before steppg up to the nro ranks 1989.

The then-20-year-old Gay, Jr.

GAY PONTIAC

Wh mimal experience a vehicle of this liber unr his belt, Gay, Jr.

THE "INFE GOAT" DON GAY'S 1966 CANDY RED "INFY" PONTIAC GTO

The Safety Safari, unaware that Gay, Jr.

In a still-ighteng scene all the years later, the fire bottl the nose of the chassis, which were never released by Gay, Jr., me unr creasg prsure om the heat of the fire and epted like a pair of bombs — thankfully dog so before the Safety Safari uld return to the scene.

DON & ROY GAY / GAY PONTIAC

In a heroic move, Pdhomme, still clad his fire su and helmet, climbed om his mache and dove to what remaed of the burng Pontiac, assistg the Safety Safari removg Gay, Jr. The footage ptured at the scene went far closer to the panmonium than what was shown on the Diamond P verage, pturg great tail the Safety Safari’s race agast time to brg Gay, Jr. Gay, Jr.

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His brother, Shane Gay, later raced Super Comp and Top Alhol Dragster. ’s reer-endg accint, the Gay fay had teamed wh the Angel brothers to found the Hoton Raceway Park, another of the new super-tracks of the sport along wh the all-new Bandimere facily.

The Gay fay remaed volved at the Hoton track until the early 2000s.

DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH

Don Gay, Jr. The day Don Gay, Jr.

Of urse, we n all chuckle now at this pecially wh the stunng cince of the Gay Pontiac rryg a rabow pat scheme ten years before those lors would bee associated wh the LGBT Pri movement.

DON AND ROY GAY PONTIAC FIREBIRD MATCH RACE CAR...

However, should be known that both of the Gay brothers were acplished drag racers (hey, no more snickerg! The r alership still thriv as one of the Hoton area’s largt sellers but, wh the mise of Pontiac, is now Gay Buick GMC.

Makg A ConnectnHerb was about the same age as Don Gay of Dickson, Texas, and though the two had never met, the excement of watchg the early-’60s Pontiacs thump the petn appealed to both. He rellects, “I was asked to make a publicy stop at Gay Pontiac to display the r and meet the Gay fay. 30:1 gear Gay’s ’62 CatalaWh his son’s succs after Hayn’s tutelage, was only logil that Carl equip Don wh the most potent Pontiac the Divisn had produced to date.

Though petn was fierce, hot-shoe Gay mowed down the A/Stock nttants, takg the w the fal round over Ralph Swa’s ’62 Chevy wh an elapsed time of 12. Visovatti raced the Catala s Gay livery that year before repatg a lighter sha of blue and namg “Ramaker” for the ’68 season. I didn’t know until after a b of rearch that was the same Catala origally mpaigned by Gay Pontiac.

I cid on givg a pata like that of a vtage racer, letter like Gay had, and then show and ocsnally race Nostalgia class, ” he says.

The Gay fay gave me approval and Jim applied them perfectly.