CLARIFICATION⬇: Tom Pistone was not arrested - it was Peter Thomas Pistone, a motorsports journalist and commentator. In several sources it simply read "Thomas Pistone" and I assumed it was the same person. Sorry about that error!

@atgn70

6 ай бұрын

this isn't just an error,,you need to take this whole thing down and completely redo it because of what you posted about the wrong guy....It's called slander....You could end up losing your entire page over this...I'd redo it in a hurry...Don't be ignorant.

@mattponds5429

6 ай бұрын

Not the same Pete Pistone. Pete of Sirius Nascar is Tom's nephew. Tom also had a son named Peter. Pete Pistone has seen this video and is aware. It's his cousin Peter Thomas

Baloughs late model hood had a decal that said "who said money don't grow on trees"😂

Well they finally found L.W. Wright, so maybe some day we will learn for sure about Mario .

Possibilities: Someone killed Rossi to prevent him from implicating others. He fled, fearing either his arrest by authorities or murder by smugglers still on the loose. He cooperated with authorities and entered a witness protection program.

I think you meant 305 cubic inches ,not 205 . On that subject, I dont know too much about the 305's in the Nascar mopars, but I assume they were the same as the Chrysler 304 's in the Trans Am racing .

Great work on this story. Some other suggestions for these type videos. Roy Tyner's mysterious death in 1989 that was somehow labeled a suicide by police. Billy Crump's 1992 murder, just a few examples

@david-468

5 ай бұрын

I love how even before militarization of police they covered for people, just imagine what it’s like now, but I digress

@butchknouse8316

5 ай бұрын

Why would anybody want them dead?

The following year, 1971, growing safety concerns forced NASCAR to limit the engines in winged cars to 305 cubic inches or 5.0 liters. This took away any aerodynamic advantage they had. So, after two brief years, the Aero Wars ended. Although taking many records home, Chrysler’s “Winged Warriors” failed to win decisively against Ford in the overall. Not 205 Cubic Inches as stated in the audio . here

Mario had a hand in the infamous Devil Z, think he tuned it for Mid Night Club. Mans was global

@mufcking

6 ай бұрын

Wasn't it mitsunaga's De Tomaso Pantera that had a Nascar Spec Big Block LS7.

@CharlesG-qv8by

5 ай бұрын

Yes

@JackMehoff-db8bt

5 ай бұрын

Ehh it just sounds too goo ti be true lol I don’t see them crossin paths dat wey

loving these types of videos!

I live in a very big sprint racing area. We speculate some of the teams were involved in transporting with their cross country race circuits.

Darrel Derringer......like the little pistol Derringer...like rick singer, rick Derringer

I can see running 13th at the first truck series race being fairly simple for a racing family like this because the truck series wasnt stacked back then. No need in saying anything about speculation Johns head hit the wall no doubt about it. Homestead in the trucks in the late 90's early 2000's was no joke and you can bet many many drivers took it easy there and John didnt giving him the above average finishes

305 engine not 205. He had factory backing which went away at the end of 1970.

As a south Florida racer I’ve always been fascinated by these story’s. Read Gary’s book and always been a fan but this is a wild rabbit hole. If you check out the pod cast The Sneak they really dig deep to investigate this and actually make a lot of ground on the events that lead up to him disappear. Sad to say I think he’s sleeping with the fishes and a lot of the rumors I’ve heard suggest that too

@gregorygolden1296

6 ай бұрын

I am a former South Florida stockcar racer also. And have read Gary's book. What a book!! He tells it like it was. The good and the bad.

Ahhhh how in the world do I not know this story???? Is this like a dirty nascar secret kept for years??

I remember listening to this story on a podcast. really intriguing story

Man that clunker @1:20 is "beat down" lol.

Very interesting story to say the least

Tiger Tom Pistone was never arrested in the cases against Balough, Bruce Pee Wee Griffin or Billie Harvey. A few facts and a whole lot of speculation mixed in. The story is well documented from other sources. More to this story, yes but Tiger Tom wasn’t the Pistone arrested.

@mattponds5429

6 ай бұрын

His son was indicted

@mattponds5429

6 ай бұрын

I was incorrect on Thomas Jr. He killed himself in 1976. Peter Thomas Pistone was indicted

@michaelsorrentino9279

6 ай бұрын

Oh shit someone knows too many people around here !!

Kids, don’t do drugs but super don’t get involved in drug smuggling.

Darel pronounced more like "Derrin-jer" not "die-ringer",fyi.

I’d have thought by now someone would have filed a freedom of info request on this guy which would hopefully offer more depth into the story

@CharlesG-qv8by

6 ай бұрын

Well tried that already and unfortunately “they” said there is no freedom of information act with a situation like this.

It's gotta be A or B. I would imagine B is most likely.

Tom Pistone Jr was indicted not Tom Sr. is Pete Pistone of Sirius cousin.

@mattponds5429

6 ай бұрын

My apologies. I had incorrect information. Thomas Jr committed suicide in 1976. The person indicted was Peter Thomas Pistone

My adopted dad did the same thing he used his pit crew chief pass and brought pounds of cartel meth from Tucson to the Phoenix NASCAR parkway where they loaded the semi trucks with narcotics they drove cross country to other states using the vehicle haulers and equipment and merchandise trailers to smuggle narcotics I was just a bistander of my adopted family's illigal enterprises

Sounds to me like mr rossi went to witness protection

$300m in 1980 money is a billion dollar operation today

He had a smart phone...

Missing. Not dead. Involvement? Birds of a feather…

The main cartel has had it since

imagine if he just ran off with a woman to escape his money problems and it had nothing to do with the drugs bust at all....

cartel probably took him out

Again another person with wrong dates and information. Nice try, don’t quit your day job.

@CharlesG-qv8by

5 ай бұрын

I’m a family member so I know the right info 👍

I don’t know if I feel bad for Mario

This is painful to watch. I think you would be better off to start over and proof read the script.

Those Daytona's and Superbirds are the goofiest looking things. Good call from France if nothing more than getting rid of ugly cars.

@DanEBoyd

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, Renaults and Citroens don't look funny either... Renault? Re-Nault Way!!!

@CathodeRayNipplez

6 ай бұрын

@@DanEBoyd Bill France you knob not the country 🤣

@petegregory517

6 ай бұрын

Outlawed em cause no one could beat em.

@CathodeRayNipplez

6 ай бұрын

@@petegregory517 And that makes them less ugly how?

@petegregory517

6 ай бұрын

@@CathodeRayNipplez Like women with guys, money in the pocket….all of a sudden he’s less fugly. Winning is beautiful in racing.

Witness protection or he was whacked. Someone could've got word that a case was getting ready to come down and they got rid of him to cover themselves or he was cooperating and someone found out. The only other option was that he got in debt with someone he shouldn't have and couldn't pay it back.