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2004:06:10:21:50:39 Obituaries CALIFORNIA SF B11 LOSANGELESTIMES By Shav Glick Times Staff Writer Ralph Moody, the mechanical partner inHolman-Moody, one of American stock car most famous teams, died Wednesday at his home in Mooresville, N.C., after a long illness. He was 86. Between 1958 and 1972, Moody and John Holman built Ford racing cars that earned 83 poles and took 93 checkered flags in 366 NASCAR Winston Cup races. With David Pearson won consecutivecham- pionships in 1968 and grossing more than $1.5 million in purse money. I was in one of his cars, I felt pretty Pearson said.

felt like you had a chance to win. Ralph had a lot of good Holman, who looked after promotion and sales for the team, died of aheart attack in 1975 in Orangeburg, S.C. The partners rarely got along with each the combination produced winning cars at many levels. In 1957, when the American Manufacturers Assn. called for a ban on its participationin racing, Ford suggested to Moody that he and Holman form a team to keep their ideas alive in caseFord returnedto the sport which it did in 1962.

To startthe company, Moody borrowed $12,000 on an airplane he owned, and he and Holmanopened a speed shop, buildingtheir own chassis and equipment for all typesof racing. It later became Holman-Moody Racing. wanted the fastest race cars in the world, John wanted the biggest business in the said Howard DeHart, one of the first employees. When Ford pulled out of racing a second time in 1971, though, that was the beginning of the end for Holman-Moody. Bobby Allison, with Coca-Cola sponsorship, won nine times in 1971 in Holman- Moody colors, but after the opening race of 1973 at Riverside, the team closed up shop.

Moody sold his share to a Japanese trading company and opened Ralph Moody Inc. in Charlotte, N.C., where he did research and development on high-mileage automobiles. Holman continued in the racing- and marine-engine business until his death. Besides building successful NASCAR made Ford-powered sports cars that finished third in 24-hour races at Daytona and Le Mans in 1966 and second at Sebring in 1967, with A.J. Foyt as one of its drivers.

Moody was born Sept. 10, 1917, in Taunton, where he learned to race in a Model-T Ford. After driving a tank in World War II, he returned home and resumed racing inNew England. In 1956, he moved to Fort Lauderdale, and drove in Grand National circuit, which later became Winston Cup and isnow Nextel Cup. In 47 starts over two seasons, Moody won five races and five poles, all in Fords, and finished sixth in points in 1956.

As one of stock car premier teams, Holman-Moody drew many of the top drivers, includingPearson, Allison, Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Curtis Turner, Joe Weatherly and Mario Andretti. Moody was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1994, the National Motorsports Press Assn. Hall of Fame in 1990 and the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame last year. Associated Press contributed to this report. Ralph Moody, 86; Partner in Famed Stock Car Racing Team Charlotte Observer RALPH MOODY He the fastest race cars in the said Howard DeHart, one of Holman-Moody first employees.

Roosevelt Brown, 71; Hall of Fame Offensive Tackle With N.Y. Giants Roosevelt Brown, 71, an offensive tackle who starred with the New York Giants in the 1950s and and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack after collapsing in the garden at his home in Mansfield Township, N.J., according to police. Anative of Charlottesville, Brown played football at Morgan State University and was drafted in the 27th round by the Giants in 1953. Playing at 255 pounds by NFL standards for offensive linemen Brown was voted to the All-NFL team for eight consecutive seasons and selected for nine Pro Bowls. In 1956, he was named the lineman of the year.

After retiring, Brown served as the assistant offensive line coach and later joined the scouting department. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975 and in 2000 was chosen for the 75-year anniversary team. was a great Wellington Mara, the 87-year-old owner of the Giants, said Thursday. was with this organization for more than 50 years as a player, coach and scout. He ex- celled in every area and he was always a LuLeonard, 77; Character Actress in Films, on Broadway LuLeonard, 77, the stage and screen character actress and singer who played William secretary in and the Fat died of heart failure May 14 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement home in Woodland Hills.

In addition to her many television credits as a guest star, Leonard appeared in films such as and as well as playing Larry wife in a shorts starring the Three Stooges. On Broadway, Leonard appeared in the musicals Girl in the Gay The stage in Los Angeles, she was best known for playing the leering and bullying matron in Tom Behind Born in Long Beach, N.Y., Leonard traveled on the road as ayoung child with her parents, who had a vaudeville act. Decades later, she wrote and performed a one-woman show about her memories of those days, Price and the From Times Staff and Wire Reports PASSINGS Associated Press BROWN He was with the Giants for 50-plus years in various capacities. LEONARD She played a secretary in and the Fat (age78) herresidence.Belovedmotherof George(Joanne)andJiro(Sharon) AkasakaandShigeko(Atillio) Akasaka. FuneralServicewillbeheldon FukuiMortuaryDirectors (213)626-0441 (77) PassedawayMay19, if ornia.Aresidentof WoodwardAve.inSunland,Mr.

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