Racing History Minute - May 17, 1959
Stock Car Racing History
Terrific clips, Chase. Thanks.
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Racing History Minute - May 17, 1959
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks, Tim. The big modified races at Trenton were broadcast live and we always listened back in Richmond because so many of our local guys ran well in those events.
I know virtually nothing about Pedro Rodriquez and would like to learn more.
UPDATE ON SAM ARD
General
So sorry to hear of Sam's seizure and fall. Sam is so lucky to have you as one of his guardian angels.
Mike Harmon Arrested; Charged in Theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb's Hauler
Current NASCAR
And... Chase, Tim, Richard, Robbie... any of you Petty Enterprises experts... I note that in 1985, when Kyle had left Petty Enterprises for Wood Brothers and Richard was at Mike Curb's... Dick Brooks is listed in the 1985 Daytona 500 in a Pearah / Bernstein (Petty Enterprises) Ford.
I'm guessing that the Pearah must be Moose Pearah who I was talking about above, teamed with drag racer Kenny Bernstein on the sponsorship.
This was a Maurice Petty fielded car. I remember Maurice also showing up at Atlanta in 1985 with a former Kyle T-bird painted white for Brooks, as well as at Rockingham. Morgan Shepherd drove it at the spring 1985 Darlington race, its fourth and final outing. Didn't finish any of those races and I recall Dick having a heck of a time trying to get it up to speed at Atlanta. Started 41st, finished 38th.
I believe it was RR's TMC/Chase who posted the above photo of the Pearah/Bernstein sponsored Maurice Petty fielded Dick Brooks T-Bird from 1985 above.
Mike Harmon Arrested; Charged in Theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb's Hauler
Current NASCAR
The subject of repo reminds me of my visit from Dallas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1984 to negotiate the sponsorship of the 1985 7-Eleven Cajun Nationals NHRA drag racing event.
The then promoter of Baton Rouge's State Capital Dragway was Norman "Moose" Pearah, a big fellow who favored low cut shirts and many "Mr. T." style gold chains. Moose took me sowewhere out in the bayou country that night to eat spicy, spicy, extra spicy crawfish, which of necessity had to be washed down with numerous pitchers of draft beer - don't believe it was Shaefer, though, Chase.
Earlier in the day, Moose had taken me by his latest Baton Rouge business venture, a Rent-to-Own auto lot. On the corner of the lot, Moose also had an auto insurance agency where he peddled the state required policies to his rent-to-own customers.
The beauty of his operation, explained Moose, was that most of his rent-to-own customers soon missed a payment and state law allowed him to simply call the parish sheriff who immediately located the vehicle and brought it back to Moose's lot, to be rented to be owned once again, perhaps to the same customer with a hefty upfront fee and a new auto insurance policy.
The relatively new rent-to-own automobile business in Louisiana was proving very lucrative to Moose in 1984 due to the ease of repossession by the local sheriff for the lot owner.
Mike Harmon Arrested; Charged in Theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb's Hauler
Current NASCAR
So, regardless of who is right or wrong or who bedded who, Mike Harmon is a "Liar, liar, pants on fire."
Mike Harmon Arrested; Charged in Theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb's Hauler
Current NASCAR
Definitely just got to be a Paul Harvey-type rest of the story to this one for sure.
Mike Harmon Arrested; Charged in Theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb's Hauler
Current NASCAR
Now JJC is on the news saying he shouldn't be allowed to race Friday night... that she doesn't feel safe with him on the track.