Ralph Moody akanga ari makanika, maneja, uye mutyairi mukuru we1925 Indianapolis 500
mukundi Pete DePaolo's Ford-fekitari inotsigirwa stockcar racing nzvimbo muCharlotte, North Carolina. Vatyairi vakaumba ukama pashure pokunge American Manufacturers' Association yarambidza kupindira kweFord mumakwikwi emotokari muna June 1957. Kutama kwacho kwakaita kuti varume vacho vose vave vasingashandi. Vakasarudza kubatanidza zvinhu zvavo, ndokuumba Holman-Moody. Chikwata chakava chimwe chezvikwata zvinokunda zvikuru munhoroondo yeNASCAR, mushure mekukunda kukunda makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe uye makwikwi maviri Moody asati atengesa kufarira kwake kuna Holman.