Lee Roy Yarbrough
Stock Car Racing History
If you have ever seen a picture of Lee Roy's Torino Talledega in victory lane after the '69 Southern 500 you will appreciate the difference between today's Cup competition and what longtime fans get nostalgic about. The car is a wreck.Lee Roy ran Thursday nights at the old Columbia (SC) Speedway. He always found a way to make it entertaining and had a driving style that was, well, he was in a hurry. Thursday nights in Columbia usually saw Lee Roy, Tiny Lund, Bud Moore, Ralph Earnhart, Haskell Willingham, Sam Sommers, Billy Scott, and others in the late 60's. In the early 60's you could add Sam Smith, Rex White, Dink Widenhouse, Don Bumgardner, Roy Trantham and others.Great dirt short track racing in honest to God production based, Late Model Sportsman cars.