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Originally Posted by jkell24  CooCoo Marlin used to drive for H.B. Cunningham back when local car dealers were enough to sponsor a car. It's amazing how fast the sport has grown and how much it cost to sponsor a car now. Casey Atwood had a lot of pressure when he was racing at Nashville. People were calling him the next Jeff Gordon at the time. |
A local dealer, Rons Ford sponsored Nelson Stacy for Holman/Moody for several years, and East Tenn. Ford of Knox. also sonsored a car.
Atwood showed he had the potential to be very good. I think he was put into Cup too soon. I remember he sat
on the pole at Nashville for one of the last BGN races at the old track.