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FRANTIC FORD FUNNY CAR TEAM at the 10th Annual Muscle Car Madness at the York Reunion

Posted by Jill º May 13, 2011 º News | Press Releases º 0 comments

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 team car on display at York Reunion

After an extensive period of time away from the sport, the legendary Frantic Ford name will once again make a return to active competition at venues throughout the U.S. Partners Bobby Frey & Al Liebmann will have “Team Frantic” planning to make special appearances at automotive related events throughout the course of the year.

The Frantic Ford name began life in 1970 when original owner Jim Fox made the switch from dragsters to funny cars. Veteran flopper pilots Ron Rivero, “Rapid Roy” Harris, Sarge
Arciero and the late Dodger Glenn have all spent time behind the wheel of this fabled east coast terror at some point in their careers. This coming season, the team looks to make a return to active competition and once again place this legendary machine in the winner’s circle. Read On!

The Day Jody And Junie Beat The Monster Mile

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By Brandon Reed

With the NASCAR tour getting ready to hit the track at Dover, Delaware this weekend, we thought we’d take a moment to remember a highlight of Georgia Racing History that occurred at the “Monster Mile” this week over at Georgia Racing History.com.

Thirty years ago this weekend, Georgia Racing Hall of Fame member Jody Ridley outlasted attrition, heat, and tough competition to record his one and only Sprint Cup victory at Dover. He was one of just 13 cars left running at the end, and the drama didn’t end when the checkered flag fell! We take a look at the only win at the top level for Jody and for car owner Junie Donlavey this week over at Georgia Racing History.com. Read On!

Talladega and the Curse of Fonty Flock

Posted by Jill º April 15, 2011 º Articles | Commentary º 0 comments

By Brandon Reed

With the NASCAR tour heading for the mammoth Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, we thought we’d take a look at some of the weird goings-on at the track over the years, the the possible connection they have to a legendary member of the Georgia Gang this week over at Georgia Racing History.com.

Fonty Flock was a stock car racing champion and a proud member of the Georgia Gang. After hanging up his helmet in 1957, he began looking around for an opportunity to build a track that would continue the legacy of racing for him and his family. He spied a chunk of land between Birmingham and Atlanta, and thought that would be a great spot for a new super speedway. There was only one problem – he shared this information with NASCAR czar “Big Bill” France, Sr. That led to heartbreak for Fonty, and to the day he would place a curse Read On!

In Racing And In Movies, Needham Is An Original

Posted by Jill º April 9, 2011 º Articles | Commentary º 4 comments

By Brandon Reed

This week, we take a look at a true racing original over at Georgia Racing History.com.

Hal Needham came from modest beginnings growing up in Arkansas, but a decision to move to California

Photo Courtesy Robert Turner

to work as a treetopper opened the opportunity for him to become one of the greatest stuntmen in motion picture history. From that, Needham moved on to become a movie director and later, a dedicated NASCAR Winston Cup car owner. Paired with driver Harry Gant, “Burt & Hal’s Skoal Bandit” became one of the most popular teams on the circuit. With Hal’s autobiography, “Stuntman!” on the shelves, we take a look at this true NASCAR original this week over at Georgia Racing History.com.

Time is running out! You now have just about a week left to submit Read On!

A Decade Of Performance Memories

Posted by Jill º March 31, 2011 º Articles | Commentary º 0 comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

A DECADE OF PERFORMANCE MEMORIES

April 1, 2011

YORK, PA – A decade of performance heritage unfolds at the 10th Annual Musclecar Madness at the York Reunion on July 8th and 9th at the York Expo Center with the original “Hellzapoppin” Dragmaster dragster, Fred Carrillo’s

Bonneville roadster that was featured at the Detroit Auto Show, the late Dave Strickler’s Ammon R. Smith Auto Co. sponsored ‘62 and ‘63 Old Reliable Chevrolet’s, Jungle Jim Liberman’s Vega Funny Car and Pro Stock Vega,

Doug Thorley’s Javelin Funny Car, the Lynch Brothers top fuel dragster, Joe Amato’s top fuel dragster, Wally Booth’s Gremlin and AMX Pro Stock entries, along with World Champion’s Bruce Larson and Carol “Bunny” Burkett’s

funny cars plus a whole host of legendary race cars.

The annual event features a reunion for the world renowned York US 30 Dragway that closed in 1979. The show has also become the annual reunion for the Legends of Drag Racing who attend each year to visit with their

many fans from throughout the world. The charity of choice for the event is the Read On!

Tammy Jo Kirk Was A Racer, Not a Trend-Setter

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This week, Jeff Hood shares with us the story of a Georgia driver who was a real racer rather than a trend setter over at Georgia Racing History.com.

Racing out of Dalton, Georgia, Tammy Jo Kirk moved from motorcycle to dirt stock car racing, then on to asphalt at the behest of Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Jody Ridley. Kirk would become a long time competitor on the old NASCAR All Pro Series circuit, and scored a huge win when she became the first woman to win in the famed Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola. Kirk tells us about her career, including her stint in the NASCAR truck series this week over at Georgia Racing History.com.

The thoughts and prayers of everyone here at GRH.com are with Susan Milam Morgan and her family, as they morn the loss of Susan’s mother, Geneva Milam, on March 19. Geneva was the widow of Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Weyman Milam. Services were held on Tuesday at Jones Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville. You can read more on her life and sign an online guestbook here. Please keep Susan and her entire family in your hearts and prayers over the coming days.

We also received word this week that former stock car racer and all-around racing legend Fred Lorenzen Read On!

Rusty Remains

Posted by Jill º March 24, 2011 º Articles | Commentary º 1 comment

by Dennis Andrews

This past Saturday I took a walk in the woods to talk with God and clear my head. It was an area that I had been to many times but it seemed different that day. As a boy I used to walk the path through these woods from our back yard to my great grandparents house but the path is no longer visible. The place I grew up on is no longer in the family so I stopped at the property line and tried to remember where the path was but the back side of the plot had been cleared years ago.

My mind went back to 1964, I bound out the back door jumped off the porch and ran past the swing set headed straight for the corner of the yard and the path entrance. I stopped to pick up a stick long enough to clear the spider webs from the path ahead of me. Only a few yards down the path it turned to the right were a ’56 Chevy 2 door sat on the left. Green and white, it was to have been a race car but was left in the woods when a ’57 Chevy was found. Just past the ’56 the path jogged back to the left and just off to the right sat a blue and white ’55 Chevy, Dad’s first late model race car. Setting on blocks she had no engine, running gear, seat, steering wheel or front suspension, just a shell on the frame and a home made roll cage but the red dirt, dents and tire marks made me stop and study the car most every time we passed by. Read On!