This week, Mike Bell looks back at a true NASCAR pioneer over at Georgia Racing History.com .Mrs. Betty Lilly became interested in racing at the old Valdosta 75 speedway back in the early 60s. That interest grew to involvement, as she put together a team for one of her favorite drivers, Georgia Racing Hall of Fame member Sam McQuagg, to drive in the NASCAR Grand National series. That team and car helped Sam become the 1965 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. Over the next few years, Bobby Allison and Jack Harden would also pilot Mrs. Lilly's cars.Mrs. Lilly was a true racing pioneer as a woman car owner in NASCAR, and we're proud to tell her story this week over at Georgia Racing History.com .The big weekend is upon us! The folks here at RacersReunion.com are busily preparing for the inaugural Middle Georgia Racer's Reunion, to be held March 11-12 at the old Middle Georgia Raceway near Byron, Georgia. Former drivers, fans, and just friends of racing in general are invited. Admission is $5 for both days, with kids under 8 admitted free for this celebration of Georgia's Racing History. For more information, check out their web site, and we hope to see you there! Thanks to Jeff Gilder and the folks at Racer's Reunion for letting us be a part of this great event!We received word Wednesday that, due to family illness, Susan Milam Morgan has cancelled plans for the West Atlanta Raceway/7 Flags Raceway reunion, which had been scheduled for March 20. Susan's mother has fallen gravely ill, and we ask that you please keep her and her entire family in your prayers over the coming days. Susan said that anybody who had pre-paid will get a full refund, so you should be hearing from her soon. Again, all of our thoughts and prayers are with Susan and her family at this time.The second annual Athens Speedway Reunion is set for April 9 at the South Jackson County Elementary School between Athens and Jefferson on Highway 129. It will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donald Brooks, Freddie Massey and Charles Burkhalter, Jr. are working hard on this year's event, and it looks to be a great one! For more information, call Freddie Massey at (706) 543-4249. We'll see you there!And, plans are underway for the second annual Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Night at Gresham Motorsports Park (the official race track of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame) on April 23. Hall of Fame members get in free with their special track pass (if you didn't get yours last year, no problem - we still have them in hand for you!), with a big autograph session planned for all our Hall of Famers! Plus, the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees, Ted Edwards, Ernie Elliott, Jack Etheridge, Laverne Kendrick and Jerry Wimbish will be honored in a special pre-race ceremony on the track's front stretch. We'll have more information as we get closer to the event, but you can have a look at photos from last year's event here , and get more information on Gresham Motorsports Park here .Happy Birthday wishes go out this week on March 12 in memory of Red Byron (1915-1960) and on March 17 to "Tiger Tom" Pistone.Thanks everybody, and have a great weekend!Brandon Reed Georgia Racing History.com