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Racing History Minute - August 1, 1959

Stock Car Racing History

On the very same August 1, 1959 Myrtle Beach RAMBI date, another stock car race was being held 675 miles north in Canfield, Ohio. This was a John Marcum MARC race - Midwest Association for Race Cars, today's ARCA.

The third place finisher at Canfield, Ohio drove a '57 Chevy that day. Two years later, in 1961, the former Army tank driver would come south, run 15 NASCAR Grand National races and score his first NASCAR win on Labor Day at a track located not too far from RAMBI on a former South Carolina cotton patch.

The driver, of course, was Nelson Stacy, and he'd score his first NASCAR win in the 1961 Southern 500 at Darlington.

Once again, we are reminded there was good stock car racing going on all over the USA, not just in the southeast.

Racing History Minute - August 1, 1959

Stock Car Racing History

Thanks, Tim (and Chase). I have heard Ned Jarrett tell the story of writing the check with no funds many times.

Very rarely does Tim post a Racing History Minute that doesn't contain at least one name (often more) with which I'm not familiar.

In today's post driver Bill Poor would fit the bill. Finishing and starting 18th in a '57 Chevy #711, Bill was quite a ways from his Wheaton, Missouri home. Racing Reference lists Bill with 31 Grand National and 55 Converrtible starts between 1956-1959, a total of 86 Major League NASCAR starts.

Anybody remember Bill who can tell us something about him?

Inspiring Video Story of Unstoppable Richie Parker - Hendrick Motorsports' Armless Engineer

Current NASCAR

On this evening's telecast of ABC World News Tonight I watched an excerpted story from ESPN's Sports Center that told the inspiring story of Beaufort, South Carolina's Richie Parker , an armless engineer for Hendrick Motorsports. Awesome and inspiring are two words that immediately come to mind.

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM

July 31, 1960: Atlanta's new track debuts

Stock Car Racing History

Agree with loving the photos of the cars lined up for the '61 Dixie 300. Thanks, Chase.

July 31, 1951 - Lee Rolls in Rochester

Stock Car Racing History

An interesting audible!

Bet those Rochester - Asheville - Rochester commuters saw a lot of these:

Racing History Minute - July 31, 1955

Stock Car Racing History

And.......

Racing History Minute - July 31, 1955

Stock Car Racing History

Not cars, but a moving and poignant video made by a horse owner and fan when the San Mateo Bay Meadows facility closed and just before it was torn down to build condos. Now a "ghost track" - but those grandstands stood for 75 years! Trying to picture Tim Flock broadsliding through those beautiful dirt turns.

Racing History Minute - July 31, 1955

Stock Car Racing History

Wow... what a GREAT story! A wonderful suggestion, Chase, for one of Tim Leeming's History Minutes.

Worthy of note: A 25 year old Ed Negre of Kelso, Washington drove to a top-10 finish (9th) in his first ever NASCAR Grand National / Cup start in the 1955 San Mateo event. By the time a 49 year old Negre hung up his helmet for good in 1979, he had started 338 NASCAR Grand National / Cup events.

Negre's 9th place finish at San Mateo in his initial NASCAR GN/Cup outing was 13 positions better than another driver who made his very first Cup start in 1975 at Charlotte driving an entry fielded by Negre. That 24 year old driver would go on to score 7 NASCAR Winston Cup Championships. His name was Dale Earnhardt and it could be argued that Earnhardt's Cup dynasty can be traced back to a one-mile dirt track in San Mateo, California where the fellow who gave him his first Cup ride began his own big time NASCAR career.

1967 Moonshine Bust at Middle Georgia Raceway News Coverage

Stock Car Racing History

kinda like a journey for the chosen few to the promised land....

1967 Moonshine Bust at Middle Georgia Raceway News Coverage

Stock Car Racing History

LOL!