Hickory Speedway 1950s Program Photos

On the JalopyJournal site recently, a Hickory resident (screen name Customcory) posted photographed pages from a 1950s Hickory Speedway program in the Fading Thunder section featuring old Virginia and Carolinas tracks. The Lucky Number 25 cents Souvenir Program advertises F ast O val R ace D rivers C lub staging Sportsman & Amateur races every Saturday night sanctioned by NASCAR and directed by Charlie Combs.

Some of the business telephone numbers are 4 digits and the residential numbers 3 digits, like those PattyKay Lilley recently told us about in her New York hometown. You'll see some familiar faces among the drivers and car owners as well as several defunct automobile brands. Also note photos from North Wilkesboro in the program.

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"Any Day is Good for Stock Car Racing"
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

This just sold on eBay for a song. I was going to bid but snoozed. I'd really like to know what year it is though. There's got to be some clues in there somewhere. Ned Jarrett didn't start racing full time until what.. 53? And the pics of him look really early. I'd guess this is around '53 to '55. It's a rare piece of racing history and I hope someone here got it.

PK, The "Silver Moon" was a restaurant in Taylorsville, NC. Maybe they were the sponsor/owner...I have a match book from the early 50's that says they were on Hwy Rt. 16 appx. 3 miles south of town and offer fine dining and great service. Its one of about 5,000 different ones in my collection.