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

Funny Car rookie Don Gay, Jr. suffered one of the worst fir NHRA history at Denver 1989. The near-fatal cint was documented on CBS' Rcue 911 program. * don gay pontiac *

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.

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The then-20-year-old Gay, Jr. Wh mimal experience a vehicle of this liber unr his belt, Gay, Jr. 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.

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.

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

Limed-Edn of 350 (13"x19") Signed and numbered by the Artist. Don Gay's 1966 Candy Red "Infy" Pontiac GTO was certaly one betiful FX Match Racer (before they were lled "Funny Cars," the rs were known as Factory Experimental Match Racers). This was one of the more sanary lookg FXers. Even wh * don gay pontiac *

Gay, Jr. 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.

DON & ROY GAY / GAY PONTIAC

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

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Jt fished this one. Roy and Don Gay were teenage brothers who ran at the lol drag strip Dickson Texas back the sixtys. Their father owned Gay Pontiac also loted Dickson Texas. Dickson is loted south east Texas, jt about half way om Hoton to Galvton on what was ... * don gay pontiac *

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.

DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH

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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.

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That clus the Gay fay and Jam Osteen, Arnie Bwick, Bill Blair, Warren Johnson, Hayn Profft, and Js asked what he bt lik about his Pontiac, Herb repli, “In my opn, ’s among the most regnized ’62 Super-Duty Catalas the world. Don Gay won two major champnships wh , and beyond a repat and an enge-block swap, appears all origal and jt as was raced then.

Roy and Don Gay were teenage brothers who ran at the lol drag strip Dickson Texas back the sixtys. Their father owned Gay Pontiac also loted Dickson Texas. The stars of the show jt about every Saturday night were Don Gay and his brother Roy.

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The mol I have built picts Don Gay's. For those who don't regnize the name Don Gay, may I. Don Gay's parents owned Gay Pontiac, Dickson, TX, near Hoton.

Don Gay Jr the Gay Pontiac / Pontiac Firebird vs. Ed "the Ace" McCulloch the Larry Mor / Miller High Life Olds Cutlass at the 1989 NHRA Mopar Parts Mile-High Natnals at Denver's Bandimere Speedway. This event was Gay's last race as he later crashed heavily wh the r then beg stroyed by fire while he was pulled unnsc om the r. Elsewhere my photostream is a shot of the r on fire the distance." data-dynamic="te * don gay pontiac *

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