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Quote of the Day
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So as not to spoil it for any others who want to guess, the answers and the quote can be found at this link:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1083727/index.htm
Take your best guess and then see if you nailed it.
Quote of the Day
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I thought my quote was too easy, but I am stumping RR experts!
Quote of the Day
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OK... things are a little slow. Let's play "Quote of the Day."
Who said it?
What year?
Here's today's quote:
"All I want out of racing is to stay with the Pettys until I retire and then move to Randleman and raise a family."
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Fire Up Heater, Snuggle, Watch Marty & Tiny
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What a great memory of your Dad... and right here at Father's Day time.
Fire Up Heater, Snuggle, Watch Marty & Tiny
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I see where our RR member TMC Chase is finally back home in Nashville / Franklin after an extended stay on the road.
Thinking of Chase's road trip made me recall the opening theme by Dave Dudley of the famed not-to-be-found anywhere movie, "Tiny Lund Hard Charger." The movie opening, as highway signs to varied racing venues passed by on the silver screen was Dudley's "Six Days on the Road."
Naturally, I did a quick Google News Archive search to see if something I had missed previously might be found to lead to a print/VHS/DVD or any other such copy of that now lost film. No luck, of course.
But I did find that if I had resided in Spartanburg, South Carolina on December 2, 1967, I could have caught a doublebill at Spartanburg's famed Starlite Drive-In featuring not only the Tiny Lund movie, but Marty Robbins' "Hell on Wheels." I saw both movies in 1967 and as much as I love the music of Marty Robbins, his movie, featuring scenes with the 777 runing at Nashville Fairgrounds was one of the worst movies of any genre I ever saw.
Anyhow, I checked the weather archives and the low temperature in Spartanburg was 31 degrees on December 2, 1967 - very cozy weather for the drive-in, requiring plenty of snuggling to stay warm. Here's the ad from the December 2, 1967 Spartanburg Herald-Journal and welcome home, TMC Chase!
The Legend should enjoy seeing all those different big taifinned Chrysler products racing at Nashville in the mid-60s!
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Racing History Minute - June 14, 1953
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And Pensacola's 5 Flags Speedway is still going strong, 60 years after opening in 1953. Probably best known as the home of the annual Snowball Derby.
Photo from www.5FlagsSpeedway.com