"The Legend of Mr. Norm" (The 72 Challenger).... Drag Racing Art

Limited-Edition Print of 350 (13x19) 
 Signed and numbered by the Artist. 
 
 This was the second Dodge Challenger the Mr. Norm's team ran...This car was built by Romeo Palamedies in 72, and was the terror of the tracks... 
 By 1972 Gary Dyer was splitting driving duties with Kenny Safford. As Gary recalls, Kenny hit the guard rail early on in his driving stint, which wiped-out the nose of the car. This car wasn't painted, it was cast in Blue metal flake gel-coat and fiberglass. 
  Molding the body to color instead of painting it, saved approximately 20lbs in weight. The body was simply put back in the mold, and the new nose was grafted on to it. 
  Of coarse this left a big seam across the hood where the new nose was grafted on, so the boys got some gold-leaf  striping tape and just ran a band-aide over the seam. Hence the gold stripe on the front fender... 
 For those of you with real good eyes, don't email to tell me that Ven