In Cars 3 (2017), Doc Hudson’s coach Smokey is based from Henry “Smokey” Yunick, a real life stock car chief of a racing driver called Marshall Teague, who became a champion in stock car racing in 1951 with a Hudson Hornet.

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    1. It’s totally worth sifting through YouTube and podcasts for any of the old NASCAR guys telling Smokey Yunick stories. John Ficarra has a good primer for him on VINwinki. Might be called racing’s greatest cheats. But when the old nascar get going on some of the podcasts, the stories just keep flowing.

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