Ralph Moody eventually became a team co-owner of Holman Moody.
10 Facts About Ralph Moody
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Ralph Moody built his first Model T Ford race car in 1935, and ran it on nights and weekends.
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Ralph Moody served in the US Army in World War II, and drove a tank under the command of General George S Patton.
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Ralph Moody married his wife Mitzi in 1949, and they moved to Florida so that he could race all year.
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Ralph Moody finished eighth in the final points, with 21 Top-10 finishes in 35 races.
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Ralph Moody raced the first third of 1957 until Ford and the other American automobile manufacturers pulled out of racing.
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Mr Ralph Moody immediately took out a loan against an airplane he owned, and he and John Holman paid $12,000 to buy the shop and equipment that had been Ford's Charlotte-based racing operation.
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Holman Ralph Moody began as a racecar owner operation but became more famous for their racecar building operation.
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Holman Ralph Moody chassis featured improvements such as tube shocks, square tubing frames, and rear ends with floater housings.
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Ralph Moody built race engines and race cars and did research and development of high mileage automobiles at that site for several years.