Dennis Beck
Ray Hendrick North Wilkesboro Speedway March 16, 1969
Ray Hendrick after winning first annual Blue Ridge 320 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on March 16, 1969. The race was a "stand-alone" event and the first annual actually became the last annual modified stand-alone event. The modified cars did run again at North Wilkesboro but as a Saturday companion race for the Cup series, never a stand-alone event.
Looks like a nice crowd was on hand that day to see "Mr. Modified"
What a great poster, Chase!!! Years ago, I use to see a lot of posters around stores and different places advertising upcoming races. Now I wish I had saved all of them. This race was one of the first modified races I attended on a track larger than Bowman Gray Stadium.
Graphic appears larger than what it actually was. Found it as an ad in the Statesville paper. Let me provide a bit more context. Ha.
In the above victory lane photo of Ray Hendrick after winning first annual Blue Ridge 320 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on March 16, 1969. Noticed that Ray Hendrick was wearing a red "FIRESTONE" patch jacket over his race uniform. Wonder if Ray Hendrick was covering his "GOODYEAR" patch race uniform with a red "FIRESTONE" patch jacket ? 😀 He did it before In the 1968 500 Laps (Cardinal 500 Modified) race, Ray Hendrick just won the race on Firestone race tires. There he was in Victory Lane smiling hugging his wife; smiling being interviewed by Bob Montgomery; smiling with car owner Jack Tant, Miss Martinsville-He