June 7, 1953 - Louisiana Goes To Lee Petty

TMC Chase
@tmc-chase
11 years ago
4,073 posts

Tim Leeming's post today focuses on a southern race on June 7, 1964. Eleven years earlier, Lee Petty wins what I believe is the only NASCAR Grand National / Cup held in another southern state - Louisiana. Petty won a 200-lapper in Shreveport, LA - with 2 other future NASCAR Hall of Famers, Herb Thomas and Buck Baker, joining him in the top 5. Read on for more:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-7-1953-lee-petty-wins-in-shreveport.html




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updated by @tmc-chase: 06/07/17 09:56:45AM
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
11 years ago
9,137 posts

Pass the crawfish and hot sauce!!!

When we drove from Dallas to Daytona in 1984, it was at Shreveport that we began to traverse the State of Louisana in a cattycornered fashion on a two-lane road down through Alexandria until we got to Billy Hagan country in LaFayette, Louisana and picked up I-10 towards Florida!




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Tim Leeming
@tim-leeming
11 years ago
3,119 posts

Great post Chase.




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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
7 years ago
9,137 posts

Bump Cajun Papa Lee




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