[Racer Duck]

did you know many NASCAR drivers will not take $50 bills? it's a superstition with a seemingly valid fact supporting it.

can you relate the history of this superstition?

[LSC9901]

Joe Weatherly


I'll let someone else guess the story.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Joe Weatherly


I'll let someone else guess the story.

Has something to do with his death. I think it goes that someone owed weatherly 100 dollars and paid him with two 50 dollar bills. Weatherly put the bills in his pocket and got is car ultimately crashing and dying during the race. The bills were still in his pocket.

[Racer Duck]

Good one, Q. You win the kewpie doll

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Has something to do with his death. I think it goes that someone owed weatherly 100 dollars and paid him with two 50 dollar bills. Weatherly put the bills in his pocket and got is car ultimately crashing and dying during the race. The bills were still in his pocket.

here's the story:

In 1964 the incredibly talented, colorful Virginian was running for his third straight major NASCAR championship with the great Bud Moore-owned team of Spartanburg, S.C. On the 86th of 185 laps at the Riverside Road Course in California, Weatherly hit the wall. He apparently died on impact.

Superstition? Some friend had owed Weatherly $100. Just prior to the start of the race, the friend had given Weatherly two $50 bills, which Joe stuck in the pocket of his driver’s uniform. They were there when he died.