Super rare shot of one of Mickey's Grand Am's before it got shot with paint. This is probably the only race it made it to in primer before being painted, and given Mickey's presence in the racing community, was a rather odd site to see "naked". This one would eventually become another "Revelleader" car and be painted a candy red color. It was driven by Dale Pulde (who is the young skinny fellow with the rags in his hands on the far right in the shot). Dale's career racing funny cars started in the 60's at a very very young age. Before driving the Grand Am, he also pilotted a Pinto funny car for Mickey. They were short wheelbased and very ill handling and as such, didn't last long before racers moved onto something else. There was also a 4th Grand Am, which was also a "Revelleader" car and was painted black. All 4 of these cars were campaigned from '73 through '75.
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