Racing HIstory Minute - August 9, 1959
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Thank you Russ. Great info.
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Racing HIstory Minute - August 9, 1959
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A year or two ago, SPEED's NASCAR RaceHub program did a segment on Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. It's probably been posted before, but I hadn't seen it, so I'm posting it here. Thanks, Russ, now I can put a face to your name!
Racing HIstory Minute - August 9, 1959
Stock Car Racing History
I think I just answered my own question. According to the Roller Coaster Database, that coaster didn't begin operation until 1965.
Skyliner - Fair Park (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
Facts
Roller Coaster: Skyliner
Amusement Park: Fair Park (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Wood - Sit Down
Status: Defunct
SBNO from 1987 to 1988
Operated from 1965 to 1986
Builder: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.
Designer: John C. Allen
Construction Supervisor: Frank F. Hoover
Serial Number: 135
Track layout: Out and Back
Inversions: 0
Racing HIstory Minute - August 9, 1959
Stock Car Racing History
Chase & Russ...
Your clips and photos make a wonderful addition to Tim's History Minute for today.
Not having visited the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway until 1981, I have a question for you two experts on the facility.
We used to take our two young daughters with us on the drive from Greensboro to Nashville and they loved riding the rides outside turn 4 in Fair Park.
I have the distinct memory of looking over the turn 4 area from the infield and seeing a Ferris Wheel and a roller coaster, as in the 1967 photo below by Dale Ernsberger in The Tennessean .
From what I've read, the amusement park opened in 1952, but I don't see those structures in the photos from the 1959 race. Were they added later or obscured by the big building that no longer exists? All I can see in the 1959 photos are treetops.
August 8, 1958: Ken Rush Races To Victory
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A short piece at NASCAR.com when Ken passed:
Racing History Minute - August 8, 1968
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And during the height of the Korean War, The Richmond County Journal reported on November 19, 1952 that Walson Gardner got an invitation from Uncle Sam:
Racing History Minute - August 8, 1968
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Ten years earlier - in the 1958 Rockingham season opener - the Richmond County Journal reported the following results:
Racing History Minute - August 8, 1968
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A very belated Happy Birthday wish from Charlotte!
Racing History Minute - August 8, 1968
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I'm afraid if Chase decided to practice mind reading on me he might find a blank screen!
August 7, 1966: A day of Blue and Yellow
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The never shy Smokey Yunick predicted the Atlanta pole for his Curtis Turner Chevelle entry, as related in a July 29, 1966 preview story in the Florence (AL) Times-Daily :
