Goodwin's Green Bird! Goodwin & Swayne's Trans Am...Drag Racing Artist
Limited-Edition of 350 (13"x19") Signed and number by the Artist. Randy Goodwin and I basically started out in Drag Racing at the same time, the late 80s. Randy's first FC was one of my first designs, and it was Candy Aqua, with Magenta accents...It was the first Aqua car in drag racing (at least since Bill Rieck's Dart in 66), and it spawned a number of Aqua and Purple car designs. That color combo was very prevalent in the early nineties... When it came to Randy's next car, ( he purchased Randy Anderson's "World Championship" Jolly Rancher car) it was to be a new Firebird body, and once again, Goodwin asked me what color would be Hot? When I said Green! he just sort of cringed, since green had always been bad luck in racing. Although, no one ever mentioned that to John Force, as his Green Castrol cars were dominating the sport at that time...So I managed to talk Goodwin into Green, and I did several ruff sketches for him to look at. After we made the de