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by: Cody Dinsmore
Since we talked last Tuesday, the racing community found out that one of its favorite sons, Dale Earnhardt Jr, suffered repeated severe concussions over the last six weeks, ultimately ending in the violent crash at...
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by: Tim Leeming
Good evening folks. Are you all getting tired of these Legendtorials? Seems the retribution I paid to the good ole boys who had free rein the night I was absent, has caused a great deal of uproar in the world of...
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by: PattyKay Lilley
Good day gentle readers, and welcome to RacersReunion, a site we know is read by folks that matter. Welcome also to the NASCAR reader that drew the short straw this week and was assigned this column. Buckle up and...
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by: Cody Dinsmore
Walter Moore, better known as 'Bud', was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1926. Although he loved cars and loved to watch local racing, he was not one of the many young men to take up stock car racing. His father...
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by: Bobby Williamson
chapters 1 & 2 found here
1969 was a significant year for local racing on the Carolina coast. Myrtle Beach businessman, Nick Lucas, driving and listening to a Grand National event (courtesy of the old "Universal...
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by: Cody Dinsmore
Christopher Constantine Economaki was born in Brooklyn New York on October 15, 1920. His father was Greek, and ironically, his mother was a great-niece to Confederate general, Robert E. Lee. Chris went to his first auto...
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by: Tim Leeming
Good day gentle readers. This is PattyKay, Home Page Editor for RacersReunion, and the following Legendtorial requires a bit of set-up before you continue reading. As noted each week, Tim Leeming is a regular member of our...
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by: Bobby Williamson
It was summer, 1967. I was 13 years old, but I knew what a race car was supposed to look like. That Sunday afternoon, looking at the '56 Ford late model, I recognized it for what it was. Leland (NC) Raceway was brand...
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by: Cody Dinsmore
Ever since the first sponsor appeared on the side of a racecar, there has always been a competitive side of advertising. This article was written after two different conversations about the same topic appeared on the...
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by: Bobby Williamson
Dad was building a new dirt late model that summer. Already, he was in pretty deep... buying a WRECKED '57 Chevy hard top, but that did include the wrecker bill from the junkyard to our shop...... "That car, the...
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