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Cool pictures, Tim. Now if you can just get a Plymouth back in the showroom and on the track.....
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Cisco Kid Flies Piedmont to Roanoke's Victory Stadium (Home of NASCAR Racing) in 1954
Trivia
Ok... this is not a racing post... but close.
On Tuesday night's Goat Rodeo radio broadcast, Hugh Ottacash and Ms. Barb were discussing the grand old Piedmont Airlines of Winston-Salem, NC.
While looking in the archives of television station WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia at the University of Virginia Library site, I came across a great clip of Duncan Renaldo - "The Cisco Kid" - arriving in Roanoke via Piedmont Airlines for a Boy Scout camporee at Roanoke's Victory Stadium - also the home of NASCAR racing - in 1954.
For those of us of a certain age, The Cisco Kid and pal Pancho were afternoon entertainment during the infancy of television.
It was a quieter, simpler time. The good guys wore white hats and weren't sponsored by 5-Hour Energy or the Aaron's Lucky Dog.
WSLS news clip of Cisco Kid arriving via Piedmont DC-3 link below followed by anchor script:
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2220333
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:10:12PM
Rene Charland has Passed Away
Stock Car Racing History
A nice write-up on Rene - "THE CHAMP" - at the vintagemodifieds.com web site:
Rene Charland has Passed Away
Stock Car Racing History
R.I.P. Rene. Condolences to friends and family. Now chewing that stogie at the Big Cigar Store in the Sky. Rene was one of the "Eastern Bandits" who came down to Richmond's Southside Speedway every Friday night along with Eddie Flemke, Denny Zimmerman and Red Foote from Connecticut and Massachusetts. My privilege to have watched that outstanding bunch of racers.
October 2, 1949: Petty Legacy Kicks Off in Pittsburgh
Stock Car Racing History
The Heidelberg track is revered in the memory of longtime Pittsburgh area race fans as we've discussed in earlier posts.
Fireball Beats Glen Wood & Lee Petty in 1958 Martinsville Convertible Race - WSLS-TV Archive Footage
Stock Car Racing History
From the 16mm sports film archives of televison station WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia as digitized and stored at the University of Virginia Library comes this footage of Fireball Roberts and his 1957 Chevy beating Glen Wood and Lee Petty to the checkers at Martinsville, Virginia in the June 8, 1958 Old Dominion 500 NASCAR Convertible event.
The film is misidentified in the archives as 1957, but it is 1958. Just check all those '58 Chevy convertibles!
Owner, J.H. Petty is listed as owning at least 4 cars competing in this race. That's Bob Welborn spinning the J.H. Petty #49 Chevy.
Film link below is followed by sports anchor copy:
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2244125
1958 Old Dominion 500
NASCAR Convertible Series race number 12 of 19
Sunday, June 8, 1958 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)
Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 7 22 Fireball Roberts Frank Strickland '57 Chevrolet 500 3,380 running 222
2 4 21 Glen Wood Wood Brothers '57 Ford 496 1,625 running 0
3 2 42 Lee Petty Petty Engineering '57 Oldsmobile 495 1,125 running 0
4 9 44 Ken Rush J.H. Petty '57 Chevrolet 495 800 running 0
5 5 4 Jimmy Massey J.H. Petty '57 Chevrolet 495 675 running 0
6 3 87 Buck Baker Buck Baker '58 Chevrolet 491 550 running 0
7 16 14 George Dunn Manley Britt '57 Mercury 486 425 running 0
8 31 72 Joe Weatherly '58 Ford 481 375 running 0
9 10 23 Johnny Mackison Ken Corman '57 Mercury 480 300 running 0
10 15 76 Larry Frank Larry Frank '57 Chevrolet 479 300 running 0
11 28 39 Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '57 Chevrolet 479 200 running 0
12 29 32 Brownie King Jess Potter '57 Chevrolet 472 150 running 0
13 8 98 Marvin Panch John Whitford '58 Ford 468 135 running 0
14 17 56 Bill Morton James Lowery '57 Ford 468 125 running 0
15 29 25 Gene White Gene White '57 Chevrolet 463 125 running 0
16 19 67 L.D. Austin Spook Crawford '56 Plymouth 452 110 running 0
17 12 97 Barney Shore Barney Shore '57 Chevrolet 449 110 running 0
18 33 86 Neil Castles Neil Castles '56 Ford 438 100 running 0
19 23 78 Shep Langdon Shep Langdon '56 Ford 437 100 running 0
20 27 57 Billy Rafter Billy Rafter '57 Chevrolet 417 100 running 0
21 22 711 Bill Poor Bill Poor '57 Chevrolet 411 100 running 0
22 32 94 Clarence DeZalia Clarence DeZalia '56 Ford 408 100 running 0
23 1 49 Bob Welborn J.H. Petty '57 Chevrolet 403 360 radiator 278
24 26 37 Tiny Lund Don Angel '56 Ford 383 90 clutch 0
25 11 48 Possum Jones J.H. Petty '57 Chevrolet 366 85 crash 0
26 24 41 Whitey Norman '57 Chevrolet 350 80 wheel 0
27 6 99 Shorty Rollins Shorty Rollins '58 Ford 349 75 engine 0
28 30 52 Bob Walden Julian Buesink '57 Ford 273 75 running 0
29 13 17 Fred Harb Fred Harb '57 Mercury 240 75 rear end 0
30 25 93 Ted Chamberlain Ted Chamberlain '57 Chevrolet 204 75 steering 0
31 14 90 Emanuel Zervakis Junie Donlavey '57 Chevrolet 168 50 rear end 0
32 21 66 Roy Tyner Spook Crawford '58 Plymouth 117 50 head gasket 0
33 36 81 Harvey Hege '57 Ford 107 50 engine 0
34 18 8 Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '57 Chevrolet 92 50 overheating 0
35 34 10 E.J. Brewer E.J. Brewer '56 Ford 29 50 bearing 0
36 35 68 Doyle George Doyle George '57 Chevrolet 17 electrical 0
From Racing Reference
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Cale Takes '68 Virginia 500 at Martinsville - WSLS-TV 16mm Film
Stock Car Racing History
j.D. started no GN races during calendar year 1967, although he ran the Nov. 1966 Augusta race which counted as a 1967 event. The April 1968 Martinsville race was his first start of 1968.
Cale Takes '68 Virginia 500 at Martinsville - WSLS-TV 16mm Film
Stock Car Racing History
This one's dated April 5, 1968. Must have held a mid-week open practice prior to race week 
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Cale Takes '68 Virginia 500 at Martinsville - WSLS-TV 16mm Film
Stock Car Racing History
From Roanoke, Virginia's WSLS-TV 16mm sports footage film archive digitized and stored at the University of Virginia Library comes the clip of Cale Yarborough taking the April 1968 Virginia 500 at Martinsville in the Wood Brothers potent #21 Mercury.
I have been looking at just two months of clips in the year 1968. The archive stretches from 1951-1971. There may be some real jewels in these old clips.
Clip link below followed by sports anchor copy:
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2216860
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Tiny, Donnie Interview Martinsville '68 / Hendrick, Harris, Brown Take Modified Checkers Footage
Stock Car Racing History
From Roanoke, Virginia's WSLS-TV digitized 16mm sports film collection stored at the University of Virginia Library comes a 1968 interview with Donnie Allison and Tiny Lund the day before the April 1968 NASCAR Grand National Virginia 500 at Martinsville.
Listen to transplanted Iowan, Tiny's knowledge of NASCAR history at Martinsville as he relates a story of Bill Amick at the Virginia paperclip. That's the Bud Moore 316 Mercury Cyclone behind Tiny.
End of the clip shows the finish of the Saturday Martinsville Modified race won by Ray Hendrick over Runt Harris and Perk Brown.
Clip link is below followed by sports anchor copy:
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2216870
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM