Wind Tunnel Test: “43“ 1971 Petty Superbird

Gary & Pam Beineke built this race version G-Series Superbird-stable mate to the K&K Daytona-a next generation, ’what-if’ tribute to Petty and the ’71 NASCAR season that never was. They took the car to Mooresville NC “Race City USA“ to test in the A2 Wind Tunnel. Although a full scale version was never built in 1971 Chrysler performed wind tunnel development on a 3/8 scale model until NASCAR made a rule change for the 71 season that would ban the wing cars from competition. Gary Romberg is the technica