They weren’t the only cars to employ aerodynamic aids, but they did push the technology further than any rival, and with spectacular results. Athe first NASCAR racer to lap a track at more than 200 mph , and together the pair dominated the 1970 season to bag the title for Chrysler.
Chrysler hadn’t yet built complete 1971-spec cars when France spoiled the spoiler fun, but it had performed tests on 3/8th scale models of the all-new ’71 Dodge Charger and Plymouth Road Runner B-body coupes. Armed with that information, and guidance from aerodynamicist Gary Romberg, a key part of the Chrysler race effort, Mopar fans Gary and Pam Beinke built two cars showing how the stillborn racers would have looked.
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