Mr. Moody immediately took out a loan against an airplane he owned, and he and John Holman paid $12,000 to buy the shop and equipment that had been Ford's Charlotte-based racing operation ().
mˈɪstɚ. mˈuːdi ɪmˈiːdɪətli tˈʊk ˈaʊt ɐ lˈoʊn ɐɡˈɛnst ɐn ˈɛɹpleɪn hiː ˈoʊnd, ænd hiː ænd dʒˈɑːn hˈoʊmən pˈeɪd dˈɑːlɚ twˈɛlv,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ tə bˈaɪ ðə ʃˈɑːp ænd ɪkwˈɪpmənt ðæt hɐdbɪn fˈoːɹdz ʃˈɑːɹlətbˈeɪst ɹˈeɪsɪŋ ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃən.