It's finally here! 58 years too late, but somehow, right on time. Racing was different in 1962. Beating and banging and going for broke was the style of the day. Driving a Pontiac Catalina, Fireball Roberts would own Daytona. Starting with a dominant Speedweeks and a Daytona 500 won from the pole, Roberts would claim victory again at Daytona in the Firecracker 250. Pontiac had their best season ever that year. Bristol, Richmond, Charlotte...Pontiacs would grab a total of 22 wins, 30 poles, and punctuate the season with a Championship won by Joe Weatherly. Drivers seemed to race like every lap was the last one back then and "Little Joe" was no exception.
So tighten your safety belt, hang on to that wheel and welcome to 1962!
This set wouldn't be possible without King D.A. & BlackWidow Motorsports who did all the heavy lifting in creating the GN63 mod. Also, huge thanks to Delta Sim Racing for continuing to give it a home. Get it here: http://www.deltasimracing.com/NR2003/NR2003_GN63/NR2003_GN63.htm Also, many thanks to the original template makers Bill and Ace27. Thanks to Jaster D'an for the 1962 Impala template available here http://www.minnesota-slim.net/nr2003/cars/index.html#nr03temps Pit crews were painted for use with the 1970 Grand National SS Pitbox by Rioux which is available here http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/1970-grand-national-ss-pitbox.893/
You can get part 2 of this set here http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/1962-season-car-set-part-2-the-best-of-the-rest.6890/
Drivers were rated with NRatings.
1962 Daytona 500 winner Fireball Roberts. Render by @garrett1127 (Thanks!)
Thanks to the following websites for posting the great pictures used as reference for these cars.
auto.howstuffworks.com
cottonowens.com
floridaracingmemories.com
floridastockcars.com
gettyimages.com
legendsofnascar.com
pinterest.com
pontiacracing.wordpress.com
racersreunion.com
Thanks to everone at Stunod racing for the comments and encouragement during the creation of this set (and giving me a great refrigerator to tape my drawings to).
All paints, numbers and (bases?) and contingencies by Jebrown except the Gabriel Shocks and Ammco logos by Brak61.
All 1961 and 1962 template layers by Jebrown except the 1962 Impala by Jaster D'an.
So tighten your safety belt, hang on to that wheel and welcome to 1962!
This set wouldn't be possible without King D.A. & BlackWidow Motorsports who did all the heavy lifting in creating the GN63 mod. Also, huge thanks to Delta Sim Racing for continuing to give it a home. Get it here: http://www.deltasimracing.com/NR2003/NR2003_GN63/NR2003_GN63.htm Also, many thanks to the original template makers Bill and Ace27. Thanks to Jaster D'an for the 1962 Impala template available here http://www.minnesota-slim.net/nr2003/cars/index.html#nr03temps Pit crews were painted for use with the 1970 Grand National SS Pitbox by Rioux which is available here http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/1970-grand-national-ss-pitbox.893/
You can get part 2 of this set here http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/1962-season-car-set-part-2-the-best-of-the-rest.6890/
Drivers were rated with NRatings.
1962 Daytona 500 winner Fireball Roberts. Render by @garrett1127 (Thanks!)
Thanks to the following websites for posting the great pictures used as reference for these cars.
auto.howstuffworks.com
cottonowens.com
floridaracingmemories.com
floridastockcars.com
gettyimages.com
legendsofnascar.com
pinterest.com
pontiacracing.wordpress.com
racersreunion.com
Thanks to everone at Stunod racing for the comments and encouragement during the creation of this set (and giving me a great refrigerator to tape my drawings to).
All paints, numbers and (bases?) and contingencies by Jebrown except the Gabriel Shocks and Ammco logos by Brak61.
All 1961 and 1962 template layers by Jebrown except the 1962 Impala by Jaster D'an.
