Did you know?

Wally Zale of Chicago, who won an unbelievable 173 midget races from 1939 to 1941 without a serious injury, was killed trying to beat a train at a railroad crossing?The famous Del Mar speedway in Del Mar, CA was built in 1937 by singer Bing Crosby?Only two cars completed the entire 500 miles in the 1974, 77, 78 and 81 Indy 500's?Morgan Shepherd drove for seven different teams in 1984?Dick Trickle was 48 years old when he won Nascar's Rookie of the Year in 1989?Richard Petty was once asked to (and did) autograph a live duck?Tim Flock was once disqualified for constructing his roll cage out of wooden 2X4's?The original members of the Alabama Gang-Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison and Red Farmer, are all from Florida?In the first Mexican road race in 1950, Nascar founder Bill France Sr. and Curtis Turner were teamed together in a Nash Ambassador?Darrell Waltrip has over 500 wins in go-karts?
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Did ya know that the while Nascar was formed in Florida, that the first Nascar office was in Greensboro, NC, right above the old Deal publishing company that was on Elm St.Pastor Ken Sharpe

Did ya know that Bob Welborn and Robert (Bob) Walden were neighbors, while they were racing in the 50's. They lived beside of "Polecat" creek in southern Guilford County, NC, right near the birthplace of CBS news legend Edward R. Murrow. Right off of what is now Hwy 62.Pastor Ken

Those were great, Ken. Keep any trivia coming. You learn something new everyday and I like learning new things about racing all the time.

Did ya know that Lee Petty was very instrumental in the design of the Hemi heads on the old Chrysler engines.Pastor Ken

Did ya know, that the movie, "43 The Petty Story" was filmed almost entirely in the Level Cross, NC area. The exceptions being they shot a few scenes at Carraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC, and the hospital scenes were filmed at the old L. Richardson Hospital in south Greensboro.Pastor Ken

Did ya know that the movie, "43 The Petty Story" had it's World Premiere at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, NC. This was in the late fall of 1972. I was there in the audience, I was a 10 year old boy then. Richard, gave my Dad tickets for us all to attend. I saw a huge part of the movie being filmed.Pastor Ken

Winning the Indy 500 is one of the greatest feats any driver can imagine. Did you know when Frank Lockhart won it in 1926, to celebrate victory, he took his wife to a drugstore for a double chocolate malt?

Interesting information! Keep em coming...Please.

Did you know...Back in the days of the riding mechanics at Indy, before Takeo Hirashimo could be licensed as a riding mechanic, he had to have lead plates put in his shoes to meet the 122 pound weight requirement?In 1966, the drag racing division of Nascar sanctioned 575 meets?David Pearson was the first driver to win fifty super-speedway races?On September 21, 1918, Ben Gotoff from Russia became the first driver to race in the state of Tennessee?