Holman-Moody is an American racecar manufacturer, marine engine manufacturer and former auto racing team. The company currently operates out of Charlotte, North Carolina, but is no longer a race team. Holman-Moody continues to manufacture racing vehicles using vintage parts and methods, along with special editions of modern Ford sports cars. The race team built virtually all of the factory Ford racing vehicles of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It owned race cars that competed in NASCAR , drag racing , ocean boat racing , rallies , and sports car racing . The team won NASCAR championships in 1968 and 1969 with driver David Pearson and also the 1967 Daytona 500 with Mario Andretti . Their most recognized trademark is "Competition Proven."
23-506: John Holman was hired in 1952 by Clay Smith and Bill Stroppe to drive their parts truck to each leg of the 1952 Mexican Road Race and to stay ahead of the racing team. The team won the race, and they hired Holman as a full-time mechanic and parts man after the race to work in their Long Beach, California shop. Holman worked for the team until 1956, when Ford Motor Company hired him to run their factory team shop at Charlotte, North Carolina . Ralph Moody won four NASCAR races in 1956. He raced
46-569: A Wood Brothers Ford to victory in the 1976 Daytona 500 . Fred Lorenzen was one of the nation's highest paid athletes at $ 122,558 while driving a Holman-Moody car in 1963. Holman-Moody was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Holman-Moody is no longer involved in racing. The company is currently owned and operated by Lee Holman, son of co-founder John Holman. From their location in Charlotte, North Carolina,
69-499: A dead heat with Lee Petty at the first race at the new Daytona International Speedway . The 1959 Daytona 500 win was awarded to Petty after three days. Holman-Moody entered the "World's fastest Falcon" in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1962. The car was driven by Marvin Panch and Jocko Maggiacomo . Holman-Moody also prepared a small-block AC Cobra, driven by Augie Pabst . Ironically, Holman-Moody bought out Bill Stroppe in 1965 and
92-581: A full-time mechanic and parts man after the race to work in their Long Beach, California shop. Smith was killed in a racing accident at DuQuoin, Illinois in 1954, and Stroppe took over. Holman continued to work for him until 1956. Holman was hired by Ford Motor Company to run their factory shop in Charlotte . Ralph Moody was the mechanic, manager, and star driver of 1925 Indianapolis 500 winner Pete DePaolo 's Ford factory-sponsored stockcar racing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina . The drivers formed
115-616: A heart attack while testing an intercooler . The team was owned by a trust for several years, until Lee Holman took over the operations in 1978. Holman-Moody operated for a number of years in a former NC Air National Guard Hangar near the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. This hangar had been constructed during World War II at Charlotte's Morris Field Army Air Field, and in 1964 the Ford Motor Company paid Larry Jenkins to move it from
138-591: A partnership after the American Manufacturers' Association banned Ford's factory partication in stockcar racing in June 1957. The move unemployed both men. They decided to pool their resources, and formed Holman-Moody. The team became one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history, after racking up 92 wins and two championships before Moody sold his interests to Holman. Ironically, Holman-Moody invested in
161-405: The 1960s. In the 1990s, Holman-Moody, in partnership with Holman Automotive, began manufacturing GT 40 MkIIs again. They made them originally back in the 1960s and these cars all raced with Holman-Moody serial number tags. Holman-Moody has the original Ford blue prints for these cars and the result is that they are vintage legal. They are built with exactly the same specifications as they were in
184-586: The 1960s. They also made three reproductions of the 1964 Fairlanes that raced against the Cobras and GT-40s. The first of these Fairlanes continues to win races in Europe. Holman-Moody-built Fords won 48 of 55 NASCAR Grand National Series races in 1965, a record that has never been broken. Mario Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500, and David Pearson won the 1968 and 1969 NASCAR championships. Dan Gurney won five races at Riverside International Raceway . Pearson drove
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230-655: The Bill Stroppe organization in 1965 and the Long Beach facility at 2190 Temple Avenue became Holman-Moody-Stroppe. Holman died of a heart attack in 1975 while testing a new intercooler . Grand National Series (Redirected from Grand National Series ) The name NASCAR Grand National Series refers to former names of the following NASCAR series: National-level stock car series: NASCAR Cup Series (known as NASCAR Grand National Series between 1950 and 1970, then
253-450: The Long Beach facility at 2190 Temple Ave. became Holman-Moody-Stroppe. They built around 50 race cars a year until Moody sold his portion of the company after the 1972 season. They had won 96 NASCAR Grand National races. Holman-Moody also built and raced Ford GT-40s in the 24 Hours of Le Mans races from 1966-1967. The team's best finish was a third place as part of the famous 1966 Ford 1-2-3 photo finish. Holman died in 1975 after suffering
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299-546: The NC Air Guard base to an off-runway plot of land on the other side of the airport. This is where Holman-Moody used the hangar. The Charlotte airport gave notice that it intended to condemn the Holman-Moody building in 1982 so they could construct an additional runway. The company sold off all of its equipment, and Lee Holman bought most of it. Holman Automotive continued the building of racecars, engine building for
322-479: The No. 21 Wood Brothers NASCAR team, and grinding cams for several NASCAR teams. On March 25, 2009, the hangar was torn down to make way for Charlotte's third parallel runway. The company moved from its original 75,000 sq ft shop next to the airport to another location in Charlotte. They continue to build and restore collector race cars and engines with the majority of the employees having worked for Holman-Moody since
345-487: The Tour de France rally. The company continues to manufacture and stock parts for many classic performance Fords, which can be purchased by the public via their office or website. Holman-Moody had a lasting effect on all forms of auto racing. Their innovations include fuel cells , full-floater rear axle, on-board fire systems, quick change disk brakes , square tube frames, and tube shocks . The 1966 Holman-Moody Ford Fairlane
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391-457: The company continues to produce GT40s using what remains of the original chassis. These vehicles are distinguished by the fact that they are not reproductions, but newly built original racecars. Holman-Moody has also collaborated directly with Ford to create the 2014 TdF Mustang, a specially optioned and upgraded Ford Mustang commemorative of the Mustang's first ever racing win, 50 years prior at
414-445: The first third of 1957, until Ford and the other American automobile manufacturers pulled out of racing. They formed a partnership after the American Manufacturers' Association banned Ford's factory participation in stockcar racing in June 1957, which unemployed both men. They decided to pool their resources, and formed Holman-Moody. Moody immediately took out a loan against an airplane that he owned, and with Holman paid $ 12,000 to buy
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460-569: The second. The team became more focused on building cars for other teams as the season went on. Ford slowly began increasing support for racing as the season went on. Ford stopped the assembly line to allow Holman-Moody to buy bare bodies and parts for construction of 1959 Thunderbirds . The cars came without needed parts. Turner won races at Champion Speedway , Lakewood Speedway , and the Southern States Fairgrounds . Holman-Moody's car driven by Johnny Beauchamp finished in
483-528: The shop and equipment that had been Ford's Charlotte-based racing operation Holman-Moody was one of the first to sell "purpose-built" stock car chassis for racing. Holman-Moody Fords won their first two races in 1957. Holman-Moody entered two cars in the final two races at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1958. The cars were raced by Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly . The cars finished first and third in one race, and second and fourth in
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#1732781064524506-487: Was born in Nashville, Tennessee . After the start of World War II , Holman began a career as a tool and die maker and as a shipyard worker. After the war, he became a trucker. He assembled a Mack truck between shipments. He was hired in 1952 by Clay Smith and Bill Stroppe to drive their parts truck to each leg of the 1952 Mexican Road Race, and to stay ahead of the racing team. The team won the race, and they hired Holman as
529-520: Was the basis for all NASCAR racecars until NASCAR redesigned their car as the Car of Tomorrow . Holman-Moody had many notable drivers, including: Holman-Moody had numerous crew members who became notable crew chiefs, including: John Holman (NASCAR) John Holman (November 9, 1918 – December 28, 1975) was an American NASCAR owner. He is most famous for his co-ownership of two time NASCAR championship team Holman-Moody with Ralph Moody . He
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