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As a prototype, his car was a rolling test bed for Ford products. While the car was delivered to Bud Moore's shop with a hot 460, hat engine was neither the first nor last to be fitted into the car. By the time Danielle and Roy got to the car, hat motor was long gone anyway.
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“Bud changed the lives of countless drivers and crew members for several decades on his way to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, but he was a humble, simple man who never forgot his South Carolina roots,” said Edsel B. Ford, of Ford Motor Co. He also called Moore “a loyal Ford man and a man of honor.”
Nov 29, 2017 · With Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney and Peter Revson driving, the Bud Moore Cougar Team won four races and missed the series title by just two points. He returned in 1969, this time with Ford, and notched three victories in 12 races with Jones and George Follmer.
Nov 29, 2017 · Motorsports legend Walter “Bud” Moore Jr.—a champion car owner and crew chief inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011—died this week. He was 92. Better known as Bud Moore, Moore was the oldest living Hall of Fame member.
Nov 28, 2017 · After serving as crew chief for Buck Baker’s NASCAR Grand National championship effort in 1957, Moore began his own team in 1961, one that would last through 2000, including more than 30 years with Ford.
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The car ran a 351 cubic-inch V-8, much smaller than the 426 Hemis and other monster engines that were the standard in NASCAR race cars of the day. NASCAR allowed the cars that used the smaller engines to be lighter, thus providing competitive parity.
Nov 29, 2017 · A champion in both NASCAR and the SCCA Trans Am Series, legendary Ford race team owner and war hero Bud Moore passed away at the age of 92.
