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Jan. 31, 1960 -- Television finally discovers NASCAR as the CBS Sports Spectacular airs a two-hour live special on the two qualifying races for the upcoming Daytona 500.Feb. 8, 1960 -- NASCAR enters drag racing by sanctioning a meet at the Flagler...
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Richard Petty was the only Grand National/Winston Cup driver to portray himself in a feature length movie.TRUTH: In 1966 a feature film about NASCAR star Fred Lorenzen was produced on location in Atlanta. The film received positive reviews, and...
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Roy Tyner was the first (or one of the first) Native American drivers in the Grand National series. SCR Magazine reports in 1969: Roy Tyner was born in Lumberton, N.C. "...with half the blood that pulsed through him carrying the heritage of the...
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if you watched you know what i mean if you didnt then you should have watched cause old man martin skunked them youngins again
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The Historic Columbia Speedway will soon be up and running as an Events Center and the Historic Augusta International Raceway, which is being developed into Diamond Lakes Regional Park, continues to expand its Events Facilities.The brand new...
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If you like locating former speedways via Google Earth, as I do, we just put up over 200 photographs over at the AIRPS site. Just click on the AIRPS logo here and enjoy.
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You have seen the major speedways that are half mile or over usually have a smaller course inside of the big track--Think about this,if you built a quarter mile dirt track inside of the paved track you would have a track especially for Legend cars...
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The old man said he is having to much fun to quit now.How could anyone give up a lifetime dream just when its getting so good.He could just very well win the championship this year and wouldnt that be something? When a lot of these execitives are...
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Now that Wild Thing is out of the chase do we just go on vacation and tune in after ten weeks to see how things are going to be set up in Las Vegas for the award show. Excitement will not be a factor this time because it will be a scientific...
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Hello friends and future friends.Well, I just put the finishing touches on my January 2010 issue of DRAG RACER Magazine and it was a push. Almost eight weeks ago, I tried to "get ahead" on this one (LOL), but every time I turned around, I was...
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