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Wood Brothers' Favorite Vehicles Part 2

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Racing In America
Published on Jan 16, 2013

Eddie and Len Wood of Wood Brothers Racing visited Henry Ford Museum recently to see some of the cars in the Racing in America collection. This is the second of three videos with them discussing their favorite cars in the collection.

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Wood Brothers' Favorite Vehicles Part 3

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Racing In America
Published on Feb 11, 2013

The Wood Brothers visited Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan recently and discussed some of their favorite race cars on display. This is Part 3 of the series, and in it they discuss new NASCAR Hall of Famer Buck Baker's Chrysler 300-B stock car and "Ohio George's Full Jewelled" No. 301 drag racing car.

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Leonard Wood Helped Panch Stay On Track For 1965 Win At The Glen

NASCAR racing has changed a lot since the Wood Brothers won on the road at Watkins Glen in July of 1965 with Marvin Panch at the wheel of the team’s 1965 Ford. But some things will be the same this weekend when Paul Menard drives the Wood’s No. 21 Menard/Dutch Boy Paint Ford Mustang in the Go Bowling at the Glen.

For one thing, when the Monster Energy Cup Series runs on road courses, it’s still a challenge for drivers to remain on the asphalt for the entirety of the race.

Leonard Wood, long-time crew chief for the Wood Brothers, remembers a couple of off-road excursions by Panch at the old road course in Augusta, Ga., the second of which led to Wood saying, “Oh no, not again!” a remark heard by several including driver Larry Frank.

Then when the circuit arrived at Watkins Glen, driver E.J. Trivette ran off the track not twice, but three times in practice. That gave Panch, who had been told of the “not again” remark, the opportunity to ask his crew chief, “Will you forgive me for Augusta now?”

Wood tuned Panch’s No. 21 Ford prior to the race, changing the rear springs to tighten up the handling, and staying on course wasn’t a problem.

Panch started third after qualifying was cancelled and took the lead after 13 laps.

The challenge after that was an overheating engine, a problem later traced to a faulty pressure cap on the radiator that was allowing water to escape.

“Marvin was long gone, so when the engine started getting hot we gave him the “easy” signal,” Wood said. “And he got faster. We won the race by taking it easy.”

Despite “taking it easy” Panch, who led 53 of the race’s 66 laps, was well ahead of runner-up Ned Jarrett, the only other driver on the lead lap at the finish, and Wood got to celebrate in Victory Lane with his then-six-month-old daughter Beth.

The rest of the top five that day – Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough and Tiny Lund – all shared something in common with Panch, who died on Dec. 31, 2015, in that they were Cup winners for the Wood Brothers.

The Watkins Glen victory was Panch’s eighth and final one as driver of the No. 21, and the final victory for any Cup driver at Watkins Glen until 1988, as the track was dropped from the schedule after the 1965 race.



When the Cup cars returned in 1988, all the drivers in the field signed the green flag and presented it to Panch, who was the Honorary Starter for that race.

His daughter Marvette has since given the flag to the Wood Brothers, who display it at the team’s museum in Stuart, Va.

The weekend schedule at the Glen includes two Cup practice sessions on Saturday followed by qualifying at 6:40 p.m. Sunday’s 90-lap race is set to start just after 3 p.m. Eastern Time with TV coverage on NBCSN.

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Honoring Glenn Wood
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When Ford asked the Wood brothers to be Pit Crew for Jim Clark, they asked for some extra knock off hubs to practice pit stops with.
Woods put posts in the ground to simulate the race car wheels with knock off hubs at race car height.
When they gave the knock off hubs back to Ford........those hubs were beat all to heck........
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The Wood Brothers Racing Legacy | In Their Own Words | Ford Performance

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We started practicing a little, and somebody noticed that when OUR car came back on the track
it was a half lap ahead of anybody else........




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Ford Performance

Published on Mar 16, 2011


Wood Brothers Racing has been in existence for 61 years and throughout their long and storied history they have won 98 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, an owner's championship, five Daytona 500 victories and a roster of hall of fame drivers that is the envy of the sport. The Woods discuss their racing history and talk about their humble beginnings.

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Wood Brothers' New Shop Tour

Motorcraft/QuickLane Racing
Published on Jan 16, 2017
Wood Brothers Racing co-owner Len Wood takes host Joe Moore on a tour of the team's new shop in Mooresville, NC.

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MRN Visits the Wood Brothers

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Motor Racing Network
Published on Apr 2, 2016

MRN's Steve Post visits with 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Leonard Wood at the Wood Brothers Museum in Stuart, Virginia

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Ryan Blaney Meets the Original Wood Brothers

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Motorcraft/QuickLane Racing
Published on Jan 26, 2015

New Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion driver Ryan Blaney travels to Stuart, Virginia to tour the Wood Brothers Museum and meet the original Wood Brothers, Glenn and Leonard.

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Wood Brothers Transportation Video

Motorcraft/QuickLane Racing
Published on Jun 16, 2014
Wood Brothers Racing's Len Wood and Jeff Miles give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the team's hauler.




Race Rave
Published on Apr 1, 2018

So let’s talk about Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest team in NASCAR Founded in 1953 they hold the illustrious record of being the longest standing team in NASCAR. And in that time, they’ve done a few cool things. Like what? Ehh, idk maybe inventing the modern pit stop! Yeah, Like, Getting The car serviced fast THEY INVENTED THAT.



Like, they were around before my girlfriend left me! OR when NASCAR was only a dirt series! YEAH. Story Time. Flashback to 1953 in the Ridge Mountains of West Virginia. There two workers at a log mill by the name of Glenn and Lee Wood. NOW THESE GUYS WERE OBSESSED WITH CARS! When they weren’t at the track they were ALWAYS chilling at their fathers garage. So naturally, when they were inspired by friend and mill operator Curtis Turner (Who would later drive for them in BLANK BLANK) to start a Stockcar team, they went for it!



Going for your dreams and succeeding! Like a fairytale right? WRONG! As a matter of fact, almost went up in smoke before it even started, LITTERALLY. Right after Glenn Wood's first race, the team was on their way home with the car on a tow truck, when the car had a brake issue and caught fire! With no water or fire department in miles the brothers had no choice but to watch the car burn to the ground.



But with two weeks to go until the next race the team came through, the show went on, and so did Glenn. Going on to win four races on the Daytona Beach Course and become one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest drivers. Another 19 of which would at one time or another go on to drive for the cause!



We're talking drivers like... Dan Gurney Curtis Turner Marvin Panch Jr Johnson Speedy Thompson Fred Lorenzeth Cale Yarbororough Donnie Alison AJ. Foyt David Pearson Davey Allison Heu Stricklin Neil Bonnet Buddy Baker Bobby Rahal Kyle Petty Glenn Wood Back to the story, As the demands of being a car owner were increasing Glenn Wood found himself having less and less time to drive. So they began searching for a replacement for the 64 season.



Believe it or not they actually had a really tough time trying to find a driver. However, after some asking around they got Chris Williams to drive. They got quick, quick! It wasn't too long before they quit their jobs to build a shop in Stuart VA and work there full time. It was about this time they took up the notorious number 21. Now they were competing among the highest levels of Grand National Racing! With the only competition in sight being the king himself!



Fast Forward to 1965. So the Wood brothers had been killen it in NASCAR for ford in neck and neck with only the prestigious petty team pretty much everywhere. But they especially shined in one area PIT STOPS. That’s right, these guys invented the modern pit stop, not IndyCar, not F1 or le mans. BUT A FEW GUYS FROM THE MOUNTAINS IN NASCAR!!!!



They were so good that when it came time for the great Colin Chapman to partner up with ford and bring the first ever mid-engine racer the innovactious lotus 21 to Indy. These guys got the call to be the crew. And DEAR GOD did they answer it! When they arrived at the shop they were well received but chapman was still a bit worried. Being quoted as saying "I hope they can pit faster than they talk."



Did they? DAMN RIGHT THEY DID! When their Indy debut was said and done the lotus team set records spending only a record 41.9 seconds in the pits and setting an overall speed record of 150 mph with an unproven car and the first foreign win since 1916. A Fired up Bill France Sr was herd screaming "That’s My Boys!" After their last stop. So, it was a pretty good day.



But in the words of the great Billy Maze WAIT, THERES MORE! Now on to 1976 The Pearson years Imagine Chuck Norris partnering up with Bruce Lee. That’s what this was. But better. From day one it seemed as though the Pearson Wood combo was one for the books. Both scoring the first of 50 poles for the Woods and later the first of 43 wins! Including the first ever triple crown! Such events led the Brothers being invited to the Whitehouse in 76! We'll have to do a whole video on this alone at some point.



Now It's 1980 The next most notable jam of the Wood Brothers soundtrack of winnage came in 1980 when Neil Bonnet invented Draft Evasion at Pocono, (no not that kind). Basically, he'd move around a lot on the straights. Not to block, but to mess with the air so that no one could slingshot past him! It was freakin genius! This amazing and innovative technique led to a win over Buddy Baker by .06 seconds!



And has been used at super speedways ever since. Onward to Today. Since then the Wood brothers have claimed another 11 wins and have been credited with launching the careers of many great drivers. Such as Dale Jarrett, Michael Waltrip, and most recently Ryan Blaney in 2017 at the Daytona 500. Proving yet again that through the years the Wood Brothers had stood the test of time and to this day,



they are not just a museum, but an active threat to win!