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RAYMOND BEADLE - 12/16/1943 - 10/20/2014 
was an American drag racer and NASCAR auto racing team owner.  Beadle was perhaps best known as the driver and owner of the "Blue Max" Funny Car.  Beadle won three consecutive NHRA Funny Car championships from 1979 to 1981 and three IHRA Funny Car championships, 1975; 1976 and 1981.  Beadle entered NASCAR Winston Cup as a team owner in 1983 by buying out the equipment of M.C. Anderson, continuing with Anderson's #27 number.  He started with sponsorship from Old Milwaukee beer and driver Tim Richmond.  Mixed success followed for Beadle's Blue Max Racing team.  When Richmond moved to Hendrick Motorsports in 1986, Beadle picked up Rusty Wallace.  In its penultimate year of operation, the team won the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup title, with Wallace driving the #27 Kodiak Pontiac. Jimmy Makar was the chassis specialist during that 1989 championship.  The 1989 championship year was reportedly marked with acrimony between Wallace and Beadle.  However, Wallace remained under contract with the team for the 1990 season.  For 1990, the Kodiak sponsorship moved to Hendrick Motorsports to sponsor the #25, and Beadle's team was sponsored by Miller Genuine Draft beer.  The four-year sponsorship deal was specifically tied to Rusty Wallace, meaning it went where the 1989 champ went as well. By June 1990, Wallace had chosen to leave Beadle's team, and he landed at Penske Racing for 1991, bringing the Miller beer sponsorship with him.  Beadle's team suspended operations and left Winston Cup at the end of the 1990 season. His team's car number was always #27 and his car was usually