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                                                                One of my biggest gripes I have is the lack of character the cars have. I can remember that back in the 80s and 90s the cars looked more like their respective makes. The noses on the cars looked like real grills and not painted or decalled on....
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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December 14, 1954 – April 1, 1993
*Author's note: At the end of the 2001 Daytona 500, I learned what it is like to lose one's favorite driver. Alan Kulwicki was my husband's favorite, and this piece was written for him, at his request. It is...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                 I originally posted here:   http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/04/richard-petty-museum-visit-trophies.html   Cleveland, Ohio is supposedly where the phrase "rock and roll" was joined. As a result, the city got the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                  I originally posted this today here:     http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/04/visit-to-pettys-garage-entry-2-present.html     As I turned from Highway 220 onto Branson Mill Road to head for Petty's Garage, I couldn't help but laugh and then...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                This week, we take a look back at a recent event that helped to bring attention to Georgia's racing heritage over at  Georgia Racing History.com . Earlier this month, the folks here at Racers Reunion.com put in a lot of hard work down in Byron,...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                 Long time racer and our friend BOBBY KECK passed away Wednesday night.Many of you had met Bobby at our event in Hillsborough and he loved being around his fellow racers. Funeralarrangements are incomplete but I will post more information...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                This piece was offered with love back in 2003. I hope that loves shows through today.
Way back in the beginning, long before Dale Earnhardt ever intimidated anyone and even longer before Jimmy Spencer never forgot, there was a racecar driver named...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                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...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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                                                                 A Racers Reunion version of a blog I posted this morning here:  http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/03/visit-to-pettys-garage-entry-1-past.html  As mentioned late last week, I had the great fortune of living a dream last week. For the first...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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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...
                                                            
                                                                
                                                            
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