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The Fireball Roberts Legend and Legacy

Pontiac's Win At The Daytona 500 In 1962 And Much More
November, 2007
By Christopher R. Phillip
Photography by Courtesy Of Motorsports Images And Archives, Pam Roberts Of Fireball22.Com, Christopher R. Phillip, Courtesy Of Nichels Engineering Archives
Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts
Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts Grin
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Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts Grin
Fireball Roberts gives one of his trademark grins that helped to get him voted NASCAR's most popular driver in 1957. Here he is in his #3 '59 Pontiac.
Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Number 22 Pontiac
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Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Number 22 Pontiac
In 1963, Fireball Roberts smiles with the Nichels Engineering-built Banjo Matthews-wrenched #22 Pontiac at Riverside. Roberts finished fourth in one of the last races to field several Nichels' Pontiacs. Photo by Lester Nehamkin/courtesy of Nichels Engineering Archives.
Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts And Ray Nichels
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Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts And Ray Nichels
Fireball Roberts continued racing Pontiacs into 1963 with the #22 '62 Pontiac Catalina. Here, Fireball (center) and Ray Nichels (right) talk racing at Daytona with an unidentified person.
Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts And Smokey Yunick
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Fireball Roberts Pontiac NASCAR Racing Legend Fireball Roberts And Smokey Yunick
Fireball Roberts and Smokey Yunick pose with the #3 '59 Catalina hardtop. Pontiac produced two NASCAR factory race car options in 1959. The first, like this one, was outfitted with a single four-barrel intake, rated at 330 hp. The rarer and rarely seen 345 hp NASCAR upgrade was illegal for Daytona racing and featured Tri-Power carburetion.

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