Author, Neal Thompson, in his documentary, "Driving With the Devil" makes an excellent observation with far-reaching consequences. In fact, the history of big-time stock car racing, for the next 50 plus years was the result.In the boom years of...
What about those great racing/moonshine songs over the years? Anybody remember pop/folk singer, Jim Croce ("Bad-Bad LeeRoy Brown" and other classics)? Come to find out, Jim, who liked to write about life, as he had experienced it, musta done some...
Apparently, the all-important TV rating numbers for NASCAR's Nextel Cup division has enjoyed a rebound, in 2008. NASCAR execs attribute their growing viewership to their new strategy of "getting back to our core fans................"As a fan for...
1969 was a significant year for local racing on the Carolina coast. Myrtle Beach businessman, Nick Lucas, driving and listening to a Grand National event (courtesy of the old "Universal Racing Network") realized that Myrtle Beach, tourist mecca...
I think it was January 1968, Sunday afternoon, and me and my dad were headed to the Little River (SC) Raceway. We weren't racing, this time, just taking the family car, 'cause dad had heard (via the always-amazing racing grapevine) that Little...
It was summer, 1967. I was 13 years old, but I knew what a race car was supposed to look like. That Sunday afternoon, looking at the '56 Ford late model, I recognized it for what it was. Leland (NC) Raceway was brand new. The lights hadn't been...
If NASCAR really wants to re-connect with its core fans, the ones that don't recognize the sport anymore, why not host the "All-Star" race at North Wilkesboro? Really. In its present form, how is the "All-Star" race any different than any of the...
