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Maverick; unorthodox or independent-minded.
Everyone has their shtick...or their way of being different or standing out...
Usually it’s about doing something to get attention, like when people scale building walls or drop from a stadium roof… you get the gist.
Story: George Pich
Photos: Stephen Taylor
In motorsports, getting attention starts with developing not just power and speed but also a “look” for your car, and something else that has experienced a resurgence more recently, an identity.
Back in the day, we had folks like Jungle Jim and Don The Snake who led the way for personalities like Johnny Rocca, but for a while, identities and personas were missing from drag racing, that is until the past 10 years. It seems that the Outlaw, Grudge
and No-Time movements in the sport have had car owners at all levels looking for ways to identify their rides and stand out from the crowd. Aside from running fast and winning, some will run off at the mouth, others will do online videos or build a pristine ride that can’t help but be noticed, and then there are guys like Gary Spaniak and his team who decided to keep things simple, looks wise anyway, when they built The Substitute Maverick.
Some say only a mother could love The Substitute, but make no mistake, it is more than capable of putting you on the trailer!
We won’t get into the car as much as the story of those involved in it, suffice it say that everything, and we mean everything on
The Substitute Maverick is intentional.
Team member Gary Spaniak III owned many cars throughout his life and his very first ride was a 1970 Mercury Cyclone that he paid two grand for while he was in middle school.
Car owner David Gott picked up a rust free Mav in Arizona and the team decided to keep it as OG as possible. Everything, including the paint, emblems, missing marker light, original door handles and even the plaid fuel door and weathered exhaust dump pipe is intentional!
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