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As mentioned a few weeks ago, for some reason, a while back, I was thinking about colors of race cars... and how all these year's later, what cars come to mind when a particular color is mentioned.... 

So for this week... let's go with "Purple."  

It could be a modified/sportsman, dirt/asphalt, sprint car, street stock/late model, stock car, indy car.... whatever, as long as it is a car that you think of when "Purple" race car is mentioned:

So, what cars and or driver's do you remember driving "Purple" cars?

Please provide car #, driver's name, and track raced at if you think it'll help us know which car you're referring to.

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Let's see what you guys come up with....

Jan Opperman drove Bill Smith's purple and white 4x sprint car in the mid west during the 1975 season.  During the 1974 season he drove Fred Aden's lavender [kind of purple] sprint car in USAC and outlaw shows with the numbers 4x and 99 on it. 

A Dan Gurney team car, was teammates with Bobby Unser. He nearly won the 1972 Indy 500, during his last pitstop he mistakenly took on fuel from Unser's adjacent pit box late in the race, was penalized.

I'm thinking SJ Evonsian? Half purple

Hope you guys remember The Vault. Really cool place Joe had together at New Egypt Speedway. Great history and a place to hang and appreciate the history of New Jersey (mostly) auto racing.

SJ Evonson(sp)

Paul Kuhls midget driver Stan Polaski.

John and Aud Katzenstein #265

Paul Kuhl's #8 midget that Stan Ploski raced at Flemington

Fuchsia cars are next...lol (yes, I googled the spelling)  I know they were purple, but I guess age got to that photo.

Not a racer but the Flemington pace car.

Bob Smith #16 Nazareth Modified 

Preston Henry #4 Dorney Park Sportsman

Ran Flemington, East Windsor, New Egypt Speedway. 

Ron Bouchard in the Bob Johnson #17

#82 Gremlin in the Sportsman division at Wall Stadium

Howard Harvey  WHEN DRIVING, HAD  A PURPLE MUSTANG

LIMITED SPORTSMAN (OR MAYBE STILL NOVICE DIVISION ?) 

IT WAS AT Jack Ely's Garage in Manasquan -- Jack was working on the clutch --

one night as a kid i stopped  by , 1967  or 1968 -i remember it still had a full windshield in it with a motor vehicle inspection 

sticker on it !! 

A Egge-Hildebrand (spelling?) purple hot rodbehind the wheel. # 9 coupe accounted for the first ever modified feature winner at the East Windsor Speedway in 1965 with Russ Hoek driving.  Their purple #9s were later driven by Ed Farley, Bobby Bottcher and some guy named Gary Balough.  I recall that Balough guy had a decent career(to say the least) in the purple 9s.  Scott Ely 

I was thinking that Pierre's car was purple but I coundn't remember for sure.  Thanks Elf30.

#82 GREMLIN BUILT BY JOHN CARPENDER DRIVEN BY BUTCH MALSBURY RESTORED AND OWNED BY AL VOOREES MEMBER GSVSCC

Steve Naylor #4

Jimmy Chester 82b Bicknell chassis small block modified

I believe this was Chuck McKee but could also possibly be Frank Cozze. 1994 Labor Day race at Syracuse.

The one and only  Freddy White in the black and purple FL 1 Ford powered coupe at OCFS.

Ps5 Bill Wentz Jr driven at Reading.

DEAN APPLEGATE #9

Doug Oswald  #29

Mark Frantz

I think you guys hit all of the all purple cars I was thinking of originally, and a bunch more... Here's a few late additions:

Buddy Lazier's #91 (1996 Indy 500 winning car): https://d2i8ejbvsgsqtt.cloudfront.net/gallery/indycar/indy/1996/19960101-nphotographer/med/1996_Buddy_Lazier.jpg

And here's a few more that weren't all purple but might be a good time to mention:

Dave Kneisel:

Billy Pauch:

Chris Grbac:

There's not a whole lot of purple on the #1 or the #7, but for some reason I thought of both of them as having more purple.

Thanks for all the responses!