George William Iuliano
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George William Iuliano, known as Buddy was born January 3, 1948 in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was both part-owner and manager of Abbott Auto Supply, however was better known as driver of the 1957 C Modified Production Chevrolet, the "Bootlegger". Iuliano and the Bootlegger were well known for their racing abilities at race tracks in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. Buddy showed off 1960's drag racing like it really was with his back tires smoking and the front tires off the ground. Buddy was one of the best at what was then called speed shifting, now power shifting, where you hold the clutch in and power the shifter through the gears and hop you hit it right. His fast reflexes seldom saw him second off the line when the Christmas tree light went green.
Unfortunately Buddy lost his life participating in the sport he loved. News articles in the October 7, 1968 editions of both the Ledger Star and Virginian Pilot newspapers of Norfolk, Virginia and The Jacksonville Daily News of Jacksonville, NC state that Iuliano was killed on October 5, 1968 when his car overturned during a race at the Highway 258 Drag Strip near Jacksonville, NC. Surviving him are his wife, Candace Yeager Iuliano, his parents and two brothers.
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