From RR member Russ Thompson. RR member Randy Binkley's uncle - Charlie Binkley - passed away today, January 12, 2016.
Everyone has probably heard by now, but if not wanted to let you know that Charlie Binkley passed away today. No arrangements yet, but I'm sure it will be in the paper.
For those who are too young to know about Charlie, he was a two-time Hobby division champion (1962-63), had 18 feature wins in the premier division, and probably will forever hold the stock car track record at the Fairgrounds when he qualified on June 17, 1972, at 18.21 seconds for an average speed of 123.550 mph. No one ran faster that season and at the end of the year the banks were lowered to the current 18 degrees. Not to mention Charlie was one of the most popular drivers in the history of the track.
The attached photo is the way I'll always remember him. The photo was taken by Tennessean photographer JT Phillips for a (rare for that time) color spread promoting the Speedway that appeared in the July 19, 1964, issue of The Tennessean.
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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
