JACKSONVILLE SPEEDWAY

It was in the 60’s just before they closed the track in town,we had pulled down for a special sat night race and it was packed.—I had just repainted my car Eastern Airlines White which is bright white,now mind you the track is dirt and its treated with,none other than oil,it stcks to everthing— now along with an afternoon shower and we were in for a fun night that night. With time trials over I was in the middle of the pack for the feature so there was work to be done in the drivers seat.—IT took several tries before everyone got the hang of staying out of trouble(including me).–About half way through the race it got to the point you couldnt tell one car from another and mine started off orange inside but that changed to charcoal grey,including me. —About 2/3 rds through a good wreck happened,no one hurt,but we stopped and they had a heck of a time getting the right car in right spot but after a few we were back at play. well it got over with no further problems and everone had a good time considering .–Now the story changes,the cops had to come down to a local car wash and direct traffic because we were trying to halfway clean up for sundays race in waycross .there were hot rods scattered all up us1 from jax to waycross .–they parked everywhere you could stop to get a little shuteye—.It rained later on that night and morning and if things werent slick enough that did it because oil,water and black sand makes a mess we were a miserable site sun in waycross but had a fun day racing–thats worth all the flustration we had ——————–more memories

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