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Hersey Tragedy Serves As A Reminder
Friday March 19 2010, 1:30 AM
This week, we take a look back at one of the darkest moments in Georgia's racing history in a column at Georgia Racing History.com . On June 11, 1950, the NSCRA held a 100-lap event at the famed Lakewood Speedway. It was a sunny, fast paced day...
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Janet Guthrie - Racing Character, Pioneer, or Both?
Thursday March 18 2010, 6:15 PM
NOTE: In September 2003 I wrote a story about two women pioneers in racing, Janet Guthrie and Lynn St. James. The story appeared in Trackside Magazine, which has since stopped publishing. Janet competed in NASCAR stock car racing so her part of...
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Rob's Ramblings
Wednesday March 17 2010, 4:38 PM
It seemed fitting that Frank Deiny Jr. Motorsports would get its first dual class wins in the season opener at South Boston Speedway . Justin Johnson backed up his 2009 track championship with a win in the rain shortened late model stock feature...
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Bench Racing Down Memory Lane
Wednesday March 17 2010, 11:16 AM
The past four years in the late winter and early spring Memory Lane Museum in Mooresville, NC has hosted the Legends Helping Legends Fundraiser. Proceed from the day go to help someone in need that has made an impact on the world of motorsports....
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Rex White Event at Memory Lane Museum
Monday March 15 2010, 9:08 AM
Want to say how much I enjoyed the Rex White event at the Memory Lane Museum yesterday and thank all envolved with this event for their efforts to make this such a success. Enjoyed meeting and talking with the Legends of Nascar and meeting all...
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Athens Speedway Remembered At Inaugural Reunion
Friday March 12 2010, 1:01 AM
This week, we take a look at an event held last weekend in memory of one of the great speedways in Georgia's history over at Georgia Racing History.com . On Saturday, March 6, fans, former racers and officials from the old Athens Speedway got...
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Edwards vs. Keselowski: My Take
Wednesday March 10 2010, 4:17 PM
Did you intentionally wreck him? Well Brad knows the deal between him and I. The scary part was that his car went airborne which is not at all what I expected blah, blah, blah. I heard a yes or no question. I didnt hear a yes or no answer, which...
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NASCAR, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski
Wednesday March 10 2010, 8:40 AM
Kenny Irwin. Adam Petty. Dale Earnhardt. Three NASCAR drivers killed by impact with the wall. Little or nothing was done when it was Irwin or Petty. NASCAR rolled on as if "too bad, so sad". Earnhardt is killed at Daytona and massive effort is...
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Larry Nuber, another of racing's characters
Monday March 8 2010, 7:18 PM
Not all of racings characters occupy the drivers seat. Larry Nuber was one of the original commentators on ESPN when they took on auto racing as part of their programming. After a couple of chance meetings with a young man named Peter Cozzolino I...
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Preservation of Racing History
Monday March 8 2010, 4:00 PM
by Jeff GilderJust over a year ago a group of racing history enthusiasts explored historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce, SC to find it overgrown with trees, weeds, and vinesa mere ghost of its glorious past. Commercial real estate signs at the...
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