One of the great names of racing's yesteryear - Crash Bond - had a fortuitous afternoon on July 18, 1958 on the still-relatively new 1/2 mile surface at Nashville's fairgrounds track.
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From the July 19, 1959 edition of The Tennessean
Bond Winner In Stock Spin
By TOM POWELL
The next time you’re out driving in the rain and you feel your tires skid, think of the tough way Jimmy Griggs lost last night’s feature modified stock car race at Fairgrounds Speedway. Crash Bond was the winner when Griggs ran into a stream of water which had come out of a broken radiator in Bill Morton’s car.
A family night crowd of 5,537, of whom were paid, viewed the O Henry ending to what had looked like a routine victory for Griggs. The Cadillac-powered Griggs started in 12th position, zoomed to first by the fifth lap, and was holding a commanding lead over his nearest pursuer.
Bond was about to pass him again, when Morton’s radiator burst. Before he could do anything about it, Griggs had spun completely around.
P. B. Crowell, who had been running fifth, did a yeoman’s job in not tearing into the side of Griggs’ car. P. B. hit his brakes when his mishap occurred on the 22 nd lap and nudged gently against Griggs’ car with Jimmy still in it.
The victory was the second of the season for Crash and put him in the select company of Bob Reuther and Griggs as the only two-time winners at the track. Malcolm Brady, who had been waging a hot battle with Bond for second spot, finished there, with Charley Parrish coming in third, and Bobby Celsor fourth.
Crash won a handful of features at Nashville. And he entered one GN race - the 1961 Nashville 500 won by Jim Paschal.
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