In what has become a very popular “Throwback Paint Scheme” weekend at Darlington Raceway, J.J. Yeley and his JGL Racing team announce their participation and honoring of NASCAR legendary driver Buddy Baker. Yeley will pilot the #28 “Gray Ghost” Toyota on Saturday September 5th in the running of the VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at “The Track Too Tough to Tame”. Baker piloted the infamous Gray Ghost in the running of the 1980 Daytona 500. When Buddy Baker unloaded his #28 NAPA/Regal Ride Oldsmobile, it was bad fast from the first test lap. What’s more, its flat silver, gray and black paint job was so close in color to the Daytona asphalt that it spooked his competitors when his car seemed to appear out of nowhere in their rear view mirrors. Baker’s rivals went to NASCAR requesting that they make him do something about his scary paint scheme and as a result he was forced to trim the car in day-glo pink on the front end so drivers could see him coming. In the end it didn’t matter as Baker led 143 of 200 laps to win the fastest Daytona 500 of all time. And thus the nickname “Gray Ghost” was born. Yeley’s version of the Gray Ghost will be chassis #235 out of the JGL Racing stable. This car was last raced by J.J. at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where he brought it home with an 18th-place finish.(Integrity Sports Marketing), see an image of the car on the #28 team paint schemes page.(9-2-2015)
