The Night the King Came of Age
By-Jeff Gilder
It was a hot July night in 1958, the 12th to be exact, and the NASCAR boys were at Columbia Speedway on the half-mile dirt track out on highway 321 in Cayce, SC. The Grand National cars had been...
The Good Ol' Boys
By - Roger Jewell
Way back yonder in the late 70's and 80's and early 90's I penned a regular weekly column in "Southern Auto Racing News," which eventually changed names to a more generic title of "Racing News." It was fun and...
by PattyKay Lilley
Every fact within this piece has been searched and researched, checked and rechecked. Every word is accurate, and it pulls no punches. If you didn't like Tim, you probably don't want to read what follows. ~PKL)
Tim...
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Summerour To Be Honored At Lakewood Speedway Reunion
Dawsonville, Ga. – There have been many special...
By PattyKay Lilley
David Carl Allison
February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993
This piece was written at the request of a friend named Mike, who was and is an avid fan of Davey Allison. Back then, caught up in my own grief over the loss of Dale...
Raymond Parks, The Godfather of Southern Auto Racing
By: Cody Dinsmore
Born a simple farmer on June 5th, 1914 in rural Dawson County, Georgia was Raymond Parks. He was the first of his family’s 16 children. His father Alfred and mother Leila were...
Finally! I finally was able to turn some laps in that beautiful 1937 Chevy #46 Vintage modified owned by Bruce James Racing. The weather Saturday night was absolutely perfect and we had a respectable field of cars. Going in to a turn on a dirt...
By: Brandon Reed
A lot of discussion have been held over the years about exactly how important Georgia drivers were to the first year of NASCAR. This week, we take a look at that top over at Georgia Racing History.com.
What if I told you...
Racing Again
Hey folks! Thought I would “blog” a little about my recent opportunity to get back into a race car. To bring y’all up to date, I haven’t been in a race car since late 2001. My racing life was spent on the Friday nights, Saturday...
COLUMN By LARRY HICKS The York Dispatch
Updated: 06/16/2011 07:23:06 AM EDT
People read the sports pages for a lot of different reasons.
Most are gym rats, former gym rats or wannabe gym rats who played sports in their younger days, still play...
June 8, 2011
YORK, PA – On the second full weekend of July every year the pilgrimage of motorheads from all over our vast country begins toward York, Pennsylvania. They remember York not as the first capital of the United States but for the...
By Randy Myers
Back in April I was at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Food Lion Auto Fair. Ol "rustyracer" (Billy Biscoe) had a few pieces on display for sale in his spaces and while I was sitting there talking with him, a lady picked up a...
Georgia Racing HOF Grand Reopening A Big Success
Dawsonville, Ga. – With sunny skies overhead, several hundred race fans traveled to Dawsonville, Georgia Saturday to celebrate the grand reopening of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.
Race fans were...
All-Star Race - Love It Or Hate It?
Question for today: Who looks forward to what is now referred to as the "Sprint All-Star Race" and why? Of course, you know that having asked you that question, I will now give you my answer, even though you...
The "Frantic Ford" Funny Car Team has ramped things up in 2011 and will be looking to assault the competition in the funny car ranks.
George Reidnauer will be handling the driving chores in the low slung recreation of the 1977 Mustang II bodied...
