CANNON'S UNKNOWN BUYER
Sun, 2008-04-20 14:29
The popular rumor circulating throughout Rockingham Dragway suggested
six-time IHRA World Champion Scotty Cannon had sold his newly
constructed Vanishing Point Race Cars-fabricated 1968 Pontiac Firebird.
Cannon confirmed the rumor as truth.
So who did he sell his car to?
“We sold it to an unknown guy,” Cannon responded.
“An unknown guy?” we asked.
“When he pays you it's his, regardless of his name and who he is,” Cannon explained. “He just doesn't want his name revealed yet. I guess it's sort of a surprise. We did some testing with it at Darlington; he did some driving with it and he's happy and all good. Everybody will know pretty soon who it is. It won't take long, I'm sure.” The popular rumor circulating throughout Rockingham Dragway suggested six-time IHRA World Champion Scotty Cannon had sold his newly constructed Vanishing Point Race Cars-fabricated 1968 Pontiac Firebird. Cannon confirmed the rumor as truth.
So who did he sell his car to?
“We sold it to an unknown guy,” Cannon responded.
“An unknown guy?” we asked.
“When he pays you it's his, regardless of his name and who he is,” Cannon explained. “He just doesn't want his name revealed yet. I guess it's sort of a surprise. We did some testing with it at Darlington; he did some driving with it and he's happy and all good. Everybody will know pretty soon who it is. It won't take long, I'm sure.”
As for son and defending world champion Scott Cannon, Jr., he’s driving the team’s lone classic Firebird, at least for this weekend thanks to backing from fellow Pro Modified team owner Richard Patterson’s PMS Excavation Company.
“When we didn't have a sponsor before, helped us out,” Cannon said. “He called and volunteered to help us out again. He really didn't require us to put his name on the car. He's just helping me from the goodness of the heart until we get a sponsor. I'm going to make him let me put his name on the car anyway; that's the least I can do. That just goes to show you in drag racing, when things get rough we stick together and make it happen.”
Cannon beamed with excitement about the possibility of returning to driving this season. On Friday, he was applying sponsor decals.
“The long and short of it is it's just an adjustment; and there ain't any using in crying over spilled milk,” Cannon said. “I enjoy watching Scott race. It's not like we’re going anywhere -- we've just had a minor setback and keep kicking away.”
So who did he sell his car to?
“We sold it to an unknown guy,” Cannon responded.
“An unknown guy?” we asked.
“When he pays you it's his, regardless of his name and who he is,” Cannon explained. “He just doesn't want his name revealed yet. I guess it's sort of a surprise. We did some testing with it at Darlington; he did some driving with it and he's happy and all good. Everybody will know pretty soon who it is. It won't take long, I'm sure.” The popular rumor circulating throughout Rockingham Dragway suggested six-time IHRA World Champion Scotty Cannon had sold his newly constructed Vanishing Point Race Cars-fabricated 1968 Pontiac Firebird. Cannon confirmed the rumor as truth.
So who did he sell his car to?
“We sold it to an unknown guy,” Cannon responded.
“An unknown guy?” we asked.
“When he pays you it's his, regardless of his name and who he is,” Cannon explained. “He just doesn't want his name revealed yet. I guess it's sort of a surprise. We did some testing with it at Darlington; he did some driving with it and he's happy and all good. Everybody will know pretty soon who it is. It won't take long, I'm sure.”
As for son and defending world champion Scott Cannon, Jr., he’s driving the team’s lone classic Firebird, at least for this weekend thanks to backing from fellow Pro Modified team owner Richard Patterson’s PMS Excavation Company.
“When we didn't have a sponsor before, helped us out,” Cannon said. “He called and volunteered to help us out again. He really didn't require us to put his name on the car. He's just helping me from the goodness of the heart until we get a sponsor. I'm going to make him let me put his name on the car anyway; that's the least I can do. That just goes to show you in drag racing, when things get rough we stick together and make it happen.”
Cannon beamed with excitement about the possibility of returning to driving this season. On Friday, he was applying sponsor decals.
“The long and short of it is it's just an adjustment; and there ain't any using in crying over spilled milk,” Cannon said. “I enjoy watching Scott race. It's not like we’re going anywhere -- we've just had a minor setback and keep kicking away.”
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