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The Long Reach of Bopper, Jeff & RR - Satch Worley's Log Cabin Raceway and "Momma's" Death

Stock Car Racing History

Dave, this is a nice find! I first met Morris back at Franklin County Speedway when he wrote for the Franklin County newspaper. He also did some pr stuff for the track and, I think, helped to write a book on the history of Martinsville Speedway titled "From Dust to Glory". He was always a great personality.

I remember going to the race you mentioned also. Well, we all know the story of NDRA, and "the trophy girls", and Eva Taylor...that's a whole other story!

The last I heard, the track infield tunnel was still there and the place was all grown up, but you could still see the corners of the track. I may have to go by there one day, as I go right by the cut-off from Rt. 220 whenI go up to Roanoke.

Best I can remember about the track also is that I attended a URC Sprint Car race there. I know that for a while Eli Bodine was the care-taker and lived in the cabin on the speedway grounds.He, of course, is the fatherof Geoff, Brett and Todd. Todd lived there too for a brief period as he graduated fromFranklin County High School. Satch always took care of us up there. I first got to know him when he started driving for William Mason.

The picture shown with this story, I believe is not Satch, but Joe Thurman with the No. 45. when the car was prepared by Terry Rea.

Collector Cards Of The Early Drivers?

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Hey Robert.

TG Racing out of Orlando produced the Masters of Racing Series that featured only older cars and drivers. There were four original colored-coded series and a fifth additional series added later, about 250 cards in all. TG also made two different sets of winged cars in 5x7 postcard size. Wings 1 and Wings 2 that had 20 cards a peice.

Also, Greg Fielden produced the Pioneers of Racing Series that had about 150 cards in an autographed binder.

Both of these were produced in the early 90's, and are no longer available to order. But you can find some on ebay or from a collector. I do have one of each of these sets.

One other set is the WInners Circle Products card set produced in the late 80's or early 90's. This set had about 30-35 cards, I think, and is quite rare. Hard to find a complete set and if you do, be prepared to pay handsomely for it.

All of the others are quite reasonable if you can locate them. That's all I can think of at present. Hope that helps you some.

The Full Monte

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Dave, up until a couple of years ago, Monte would gather with several other media members after events at Charlotte. He would play in the infield media parking area, sitting on the back of a pick up truck, and other writers and photographers would come by and share a cold one while traffic cleared out. One year a photographer even brought his grill and they all had a cook out. The event grew such that Carl Edwards even came over a couple of times and just to have fun with the guys and listen to Monte play. A good time was had by all. Those were the days....and it was only a couple of years ago.

50 Years Ago at CMS, a 40something Tank Driver Had the Boy Scouts Cheering

Stock Car Racing History

Nice article Dave. If you don't mind, I may use this as a pit note on Saturday. Do you know who Steve Samples wrote for?

Whose Car Did Dave Marcis Drive to His Two 1981 Late Model Sportsman National Championship Wins?

Stock Car Racing History

Found out from a very reliable source, a veteran motorsports journalisthere at the speedway, that is a Richard and Leo Jackson car.

Have Former NASCAR Fans Moved on to "Dirtier" Pursuits?

Stock Car Racing History

No one could turn a phrase like old Furman Bisher! Too bad all of those true writers are not known in today's world of impersonal internet keyboardists.

Help Decipher The Mysteries Of The First NASCAR Season

Stock Car Racing History

Just to add a little further confusion, Martinsville Speedway held it's first race in 1948 on Sunday, September 7th, and most assume it was a NASCAR sanctioned race, but it was not. It was sanctioned by the NCSCA (National Championship Stock Car Association).

I have on my photo pages that program plus actual NASCAR entry blanks from 1948 that are from my personal collection. One is for the June 6th race in Lexington, NC at Lakeview Speedway (the 19th sanctioned race), and the other is for Greensboro Fairgrounds on June 20th (the 25th sanctioned race).

One of Greg Fielden's books has a rundown schedule of 1948 listed in it, but I do not remember which book.

NASCAR Had "Bounty Hunting" at Shelby Just Like the NFL Saints

Stock Car Racing History

Just ask Rick Mast about bounties also. He can tell you about Franklin County Speedway placing one on him.As the story goes, Mast wound up at Franklin County one night when he could not get to another race. The race at FCS was the first in a series of three that promotor Whitey Taylor promised would pay $25,000 to win all three of the 100-lap LMS events. Mast promptly went out and won the first one. He decided to come back and try for the second, which he was able to win.Well now, old Whitey had his back up against the wall. He even had a story in the Roanoke, Va newspaper stating that if he paid someone $1,000 to wreck Mast, that he would still come out $24,000 ahead. Sure enough, a slower car put Mast into the wall and everyone was crying foul. There may have even been talk of legal action. However, Taylor decided to have another 100-lap race and if MAst could win, he would still pay the $25,000 bonus. It was all pr hype. Mast did win the race much to the delight of the fans. If my take of the story is correct, Taylor wrote a check to Mast which was no good. Mast accepted the check and told Taylor he was going to keep it and one day when Taylor didn't know about it, he was going to cash it. Never did know what became of that check! Rick could give you all the details I'm sure.

Time to Evaluate....again

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I agree with the K.I.S.S. method. I think it really helps weed out too much stuff so you don't get lost in the clutter. I love finding the historic vlaue of things noted. I also check in to view the current news, so to speak. I find out a lot of things, especially about the folks you never hear anything about unless it makes the "news". A lot of us don't have the social media tools to keep up with a lot of fodder that people think you have got to know in the real world and don't care to.

Perhaps leaving forum would be a good thing for current news and views, while a historic catagory, say archieve,could be used to educate and have features and finds and historical content.

Landmarks

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They have great hamburger steaks! Went there with Dozier and Jerry Howell the first time. Been there several times but not lately. You should come up with the racing travel guide and include all of the great places we used to hit such asSambo's Tavern, Steve's Venice, Julians and the Martinsville concession stand!