The December 15, 1960 Spartanburg Herald reported about a super-competitive AND contested fishing tournament won by Buck Baker. Though the event was held a week earlier, it apparently took a week to settle the protests and resolve all the fishing lies.
On December 15, 1966, Petty Enterprises and Cotton Owens announced they had re-signed with Chrysler Corporation for the 1967 season. My mind can't be stretched far enough to imagine King Richard in anything OTHER than a Plymouth in 1967 - and can't fathom what may have been different in the record books. From Spartanburg Herald .
Doctors announced on December 15, 1969 that Cale Yarborough would recover from injuries sustained in the Texas 500 a few days earlier at Texas International Speedway. From Spartanburg Herald .
The December 15, 1979 Herald Journal ran a feature with storylines that seemingly predicted the future on multiple levels.
- James Hylton's desire to race as a driver at Indy. He raced long enough to see Cup race at the Brickyard. Unfortunately, he DNQ'd for the inaugural race there in 1994.
- Bud Moore opined that racing at Indy would be fine but that "it would be just another race". How true that prediction has become.
- Similar to Bruton Smith's saber-rattling in recent years to move races from Charlotte to another state or to relocate the entire speedway footprint, Bill France Sr. floated the idea of moving the Firecracker 400 date from Daytona to Indy or Talladega for reasons similar to Bruton - agreed-up tax abatements.
- Hylton predicted NASCAR was about to break out in terms of popularity because the squabble between USAC and CART. Bingo, it happened on an epic scale.
- A 'wishlist' Indy race was predicted to be scheduled sometime in August vs. 4th of July to create more separation from the Memorial Day Indy 500. Sure enough, the Brickyard 400s have been raced in that time frame.
The article was also interesting in that Hylton left his car in California following the Ontario race. He found it more affordable to leave it there and return early to prepare it for Riverside rather than hauling it back across the country two more times.
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Schaefer: It's not just for racing anymore.
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
