Holman Moody

Yeah, just run more cars.

Three from Shelby American, three from Holman-Moody-

Yep

... and two from Alan Mann Racing.

So the movie does have a scene where Shelby American goes up against Holman-Moody at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

So they do kinda hint at these other teams existing and working under that Le Mans Committee.

Mm-hmm.

We have to say that Holman-Moody played a huge role in the success of the GT program.

You can't dominate an entire sport without serious infrastructure, though.

Ford needed a new partner who could prepare race cars, develop engines, and support multiple teams simultaneously, and they found that in Holman-Moody.

Dude, Holman-Moody is sick.

[laughs]

Still around, still selling merch.

He'd finished second at Daytona in 1956, driving a Ford.

Together, they built what would become Ford's de facto factory team during the '60s and '70s.

When Henry Ford II declared Total Performance, Holman-Moody became the operation that made it possible on stock car tracks across America.

Yeah, so he's local.

We live on the East Coast in North Carolina, which is like a hotbed for the NASCAR, the Holman and Moody, and you've had your grandfather on that worked for Holman and Moody.

So anyway, yeah, through the Hot Wheels, and then we got an Xbox when you were pretty young.

we bought