Who Was Grant Adcox?

[@LASTCARonBROCK]

Very well done, and respectfilly done too. There was a lot about Adcox I didn't know until watching this.

[@garylehrjr1616]

This was a good video. 👍

[@Boomer08888]

This was very well put together, thank you for sharing - I was too young to remember watching Grant, but I'm sure he would have been one of my favorite drivers.

[@codyC423]

My dad worked at Herb Adcox's dealership in the early 90's. It's on Brainerd Road and directly behind it is the entire runway for the Chattanooga airport and its pretty cool to see the big Boeings take off and land behind it. Anyway, my Dad said Herb brought Grant's crumpled racecar back to Chattanooga and kept it behind the dealership. It became Newton Chevrolet after that until the mid to late 2000's and eventually became the Toyota dealership that it is today. Each time I go by there it's cool to think about that building being a small part of NASCAR history

[@BogattheMoon]

I live over in Cleveland. Wonder where the chassis is now?

[@J27-usa]

He also had a pink Dale Earnhardt fire suit or am I crazy I swear I remember that cased in the dealership when my dad would go in and buy a car from herb

[@codyC423]

@@BogattheMoon that's a good question

[@codyC423]

@@J27-usa I'm not sure. I was born in 93 so I was too young to remember the times I was inside the dealership

[@harrismustang2813]

@@codyC423 that's cool man I'm from the area myself... grew up in ft. Oglethorpe ga and I now work at Walter Jackson Chevrolet in Ringgold... My dad worked at Benny Jackson Ford in Ringgold most of my life and I've always been a nascar fan but never knew Herb Adcox was involved with nascar... as many folks that are watching KZbin videos it's cool to see a comment from someone that's from the same area as I am...

[@BoNixforMVP]

I made a Grant adcox throwback in nascar 21 ignition Rest in peace speedway King

[@kevinmopar1211]

I appreciate your videos, Im 43 and been a Nascar far for that long as well and never recall hearing of Adcox, thanks for that.

[@johnnycaldwell8281]

I live in north georgia just south of Chattanooga and see Herb Adcox Chevys all over the place and never new his son was in nascar.

[@jessecuster5877]

Great video.. Your giving them a voice!! Rip Grant Adcox

[@GeoffGroves]

I was there that day.... my first cup race actually. Sat on what was then the back stretch just off two.... i saw it happen. It did look like a right front went down but from where i was you couldnt see that side of the car...it just went straight. It didnt look that bad honestly. I figured he would be ok until they started cutting the roof off. Great video BTW, and yes Grant was well respected in the garage and apparently a really fun loving guy.

[@EclecticHillbilly]

I had quit racing by that time (1989) but I was a Grand National crew member back in the 70s and we raced against Grant. Unlike most drivers, Grant didn't let how he was running affect how he acted towards other people. Whether he was running good or bad, he was always nice to everybody. Most drivers are nice when they're running good and not so nice when they aren't. As a person, there was no driver more likeable than Grant.

[@GeoffGroves]

@@EclecticHillbilly Yea , good to hear an insiders perspective. Thanks

[@BillyRicky]

Great video man. Loved how you had Dale at the end. 🤘

[@TylerCMilligan]

Based on how other companies vehemently deny that it was their product, when there is evidence it is. I 100 percent believe a tire went down.

[@derekburnett2728]

I was at the race when he was killed. The dealership was in my hometown. The dealership was never really the same after that tbh.

[@harrismustang2813]

From the area myself and also in the auto business but never knew they were in nascar until today as I watched this video while installing a transmission in a 2018 Chevy traverse at Walter Jackson Chevrolet lol... small world...

[@lrmgrl]

My uncle worked on Grants team in the 70s before starting with RCR in the 80s

[@EclecticHillbilly]

Will Lind?

[@ihog_xd6762]

Just a small correction, Mark Donahue died at the Austrian Grand Prix, not the Australian Grand Prix. Hell, there wasn’t even an Australian Grand Prix at the time

[@nfitz11]

They're both the same to me for all intents and purposes

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

Also as a side note, Herb Adcox was the co-car owner (along with D. K. Ulrich, Buddy Baker & Bobby Jones) of the #22 Valvoline/NAPA/Plasti-Kote/OtterPops Pontiac in 1990 that Rick Mast mainly drove.

[@loonafan1118]

RIP Grant Adcox great Nascar and Arca Driver miss you

[@joshuafarmer3467]

Thank you for posting this. When I was a kid and simulating my 100-plus seasons with my 1:64th scale stock cars diecasts (I raced them on about 150 different tracks off all sizes, from a Quikcrete bullring I built with chicken wire for catch fences to electrical tape superspeedways and 1/3rd mile tracks like Alabama Raceway (on the back of a square formica board, etc). I used whiteout, acrylic paints and nail polish and enamel paints and Sharpie markers of all colors to use duplicates of cars I had to create new teams and new cars (I had about 600 diecast cars of which I still have about 100 boxed up and about 30 autographed). Of course, with 100 seasons, I eventually had to create drivers of my own and even inserted female drivers. One of my families was the Adcox family--descendants of Grant. I knew of him from Arca in the late mid to late 80s. Thanks for this information.

[@NASCARRebirth]

Bro you still got the customs? We gotta see a review of them

[@EynerZagal]

Correction Mark Donohue died at the Austrian Grand Prix not the Australian Grand Prix there wasn't even a Australian Grand Prix at the time

[@af4od02]

I was there at Atlanta Speedway that afternoon. The crash happened so fast in turn 1-2, I didn’t know it was fatal until the next day reading the newspaper. RIP Grant.

[@robbinscarberry8085]

I had a 10 year old cousin pass away the same day as Grant. Such a sad day. Because of that, I’d done a lot of research on Grant. Very well done here.

[@J27-usa]

I wish I would have known you were doing this I can put you in touch with Grant’s crew chief son who is still a mechanic in Ooltewah(part of Chattanooga) he still has nascar tires from back then and all and I’m sure he could have given you intimate knowledge his first name is Tobin

[@BogattheMoon]

I live over in Cleveland. Ask him what ever became of Grant's race car that stayed behind the dealership for awhile.

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

Great video on a great gentleman. I have heard his seat came loose *before* the contact with the wall. And in fact it was the *cause* of the wreck and not the effect. Also heard that he had a heart attack that was why he hit the wall. Also heard that the heart attack was the result of the seat coming loose and slamming & collapsing his chest into the dashboard. It's a shame NASCAR didnt thoroughly investigate things like this and chose to sweep everything under the rug in secrecy instead. RIP Grant & Herb

[@ronaldshank7589]

I thought that I heard something about him having a Heart Attack, too. It seems to be rather ambiguous, as to how he really died.

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

@@ronaldshank7589 I seem to recall that the "heart attack" was as a result of his chest being slammed against the dash(?) due to the seat detaching.

[@headbrown5629]

I like your work. Great job. Benny Parsons JD McDuffie Robert Gee body man & Dale Jr's Grandfather There's so many interesting characters from Grand National Winston Cup days

[@tysonfrank2105]

Feels weird watching dale say promotional stuff about a driver.....rip

[@marcusprentice93]

Donohue died in Austria,not Australia

[@williambowen1771]

Always liked rusty. But saw that race live and think it was in incredibly bad taste for rusty to jump up and down and on the roof and hood after winning the cup that day

[@upminer6162]

I just hope no one told him and it was just another wreck at that point. It certainly didn't look as bad as it was unlike when Hamlin was spinning donuts while Newman was stuck in the car at Daytona a couple years ago. In that case everyone knew it was bad but he did it anyways

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

NOTHING is in bad taste, unless Ralph Dale Earnhardt said so.

[@benscovil]

Typical Dale to say blah blah blah blah at the end. Shows he really meant what he said.

[@carltonharris7160]

memories....

[@wewanteazy5843]

you my think that im lying but he was my dads cousin

[@andrewthag]

tell us a story

[@wewanteazy5843]

So I’m adopted so my adopted dad always tells us about grant adcox

[@WildDiamond07]

Grant Adcox had a great career. What if he was still alive?

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

Frank Kimmel of his day

[@WildDiamond07]

yep