This Buick was driven in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup season by Darrell Waltrip with his iconic Mountain Dew paint scheme. After the 1981 season, the car was sold to country music superstar and racer Marty Robbins.

Dec 4, 2005 · 1983 GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - This time Bobby Allison beat Waltrip and won the driver's championship by 47 points in is his #22 Miller Light Buick Regal. (Waltrip had switched to the Monte SS.) In 1984 Buick recorded two wins, both by Bobby Allison.

1981 GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Darrell Waltrip won the driver's championship with 12 of 32 wins is his #11 Mountain Dew Buick Regal (above). Bobby Allison took second in his #28 Hardee's Buick (below). 1981 MANUFACTURER'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Buick Regals won 22 …

The Generation 3 refers to the generation of stock cars used in NASCAR from 1981 to 1991, and it was used in the Busch Series at it's modern beginning in 1982. In this generation, NASCAR downsized the cars to better resemble cars on the showroom floor (with wheelbase at 110 inches), and body panels were still purchased through the manufacturers.

Richard Petty, the seven time champion finished fourth in the standings. Sterling Marlin, the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. The 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 35th season of professional stock car racing in the United …

Jan 4, 2021 · Buick would finally bow out of NASCAR with their 3rd generation Regal in 1992. The last Regal win was in 1990 at North Wilkesboro, the first win for Brett Bodine and is considered one of the most controversial races of the era (a possible scoring error was noted as the pace car possibly did not pickup the correct car on a caution flag).

While not the only vehicle offered with the powertrain, to market its success in NASCAR racing, the Buick Regal featured the turbocharged LD5 3.8L V6 from 1978 to 1987; alongside its availability as an option, the turbocharged V6 was showcased in the Regal T-Type, Regal Grand National, and the limited-production Buick GNX (the latter, one of ...

For a record-setting 7th time, Petty takes the checkered flag, but this time in a Buick Regal. This win broke a long drought of 16 years since someone drove across the finish line at a NASCAR event in a Buick. It was last done by Herb Thomas, who did it in 1955 in a '55 Buick Century.

The 1981 Buick Regal received styling updates that resulted in a more aerodynamic profile that made it more suitable for NASCAR competition. During the 1981 NASCAR season, Richard Petty drove a Regal to victory in the Daytona 500, and the car won the majority of the races during the 1981 and 1982 seasons and won the NASCAR manufacturers title ...

This 1981 Buick Regal is a road-legal tribute built to Darrell Waltrip's #11 Mountain Dew NASCAR racer. And while the uprated V8 and rumbling exhaust give it stock car racer fun, this also remains comfortable with an overdrive transmission and plush interior.