1986 Richmond. Hmm, do we know this guy?
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Cody, I had left Wrangler before the ad Chocolate talks about was shot.
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1986 Richmond. Hmm, do we know this guy?
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I plead guilty to being in in the black & white photo with my (then) annual winter mustache. There was also a photo in that sequence of me being hugged & kissed by Kyle Petty that was published in Grand National Scene newspaper. Maybe you won't be able find it!!
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Randy, this is the photo of the very first Dale Earnhardt fan club, taken in the Nashville infield in 1981 by the late Beverly Hamer of Nashville and posted with permission of Russ Thompson from his personal collection:
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Randy, if you'd ever have the opportunity to scan and post the tribute to Beverly that was in the 2013 Nashville program, I'd sure be interested to see it.
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Randy, that suggestion won't work. Just discovered Beverly's obituary from February of this year in The Tennessean. R.I.P. to another racing photographer and old friend.
Beverly HAMER
HAMER, Beverly Age 65. Passed away February 4, 2013. She was the owner of Cross Stitch Corner for 33 years. An extremely talented woman, she was a photographer for racing and had a love for NASCAR. She designed beautiful cross stitch pictures. She was a framer. She loved animals and gave to the Nashville Humane Association. She was an advocate to save our Tennessee Fair Grounds and the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway . Best of all she was a wonderful friend. Preceded in death by her father, Leslie B. Hamer, Jr.; brother, David Hamer. Survived by mother, Ruth Hamer; niece, Kalli Litchfield (Michael); nephew, Jason Hamer; beloved friend, Jack Doles. Graveside service will be 1 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2013 at Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Nashville Humane Society, 213 Oceola Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at WEST HARPETH FUNERAL HOME, 6962 Charlotte Pike, (615) 352-9400
www.afamilylegacy.com
Published in The Tennessean on February 6, 2013
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By the way, Randy...
When I made my first visit to the Nashville Fairgrounds representing Wrangler for the first of the two 1981 Cup races there, I met the local Nashville chapter of the Dale Earnhardt fan club... easily the best organized and most active Earnhardt fan club anywhere at that time. They even had a blue & yellow Wrangler/Earnhardt Jeep that appeared in the parade laps at Nashville, Bristol, Charlotte, Rockingham, Atlanta and Richmond.
Through the Nashville chapter of the Dale Earnhardt fan club, I was introduced to an amateur photographer at Nashville Fairgrounds named Beverly Hamer. You may know her or have some of her photos. She owned a Nashville business named Cross Stitch Corner and later started traveling the NASCAR Cup circuit, shooting for Harry Hyde's Hendrick teams, as well as having NASCAR and the trade papers use her photos. Ironically, she had a cousin or sister-in-law who worked as a secretary for Richard Childress around 1982-1983.
Don't know if Beverly is still around Nashville, but if so I would think she'd have lots of Fairgrounds Speedway stuff from the 80s.
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Randy, I'm glad you brought up the subject of photos. I'm a real stickler (I hope) for always trying to recognize the source of photos... if you'll check the opening copy in my original post, here's what I said:
Thanks to the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway blogs and photos of Russ Thompson, we have a good picture of Ray's Nashville visit in his unusual white car. For starters, Ray qualified the car on the front row next to Nashville star Darrell Waltrip. However, trying to get back by Ray later in the race would prove DW's undoing. He wound up in the wall.
When all was said and done, Ray finished second to Richard Orton that day on his first Music City visit. The photos below are all by Russ Thompson. Look at that lineup of cars at the finish. Quite a field!
I'm happy to hear about your Facebook site on Nashville. If it'll let a non-Facebook member view, I'd love to see it. I don't "do" Facebook - but sometimes I notice I can view photos posted there.
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Randy, the photos were in a Russ Thompson Nashville Speedway blog.
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1976 version of Bud Elliott's #77 at Wilson by Tim Hamm:
Besides Sam Ard, Monk Tate , Harold Fountain & Wayne Andrews, Many Forget This Thomas Bros. Country Ham Car
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J.E. Beard's #22 at Martinsville when it won "Best Appearing Car" award:
This is another Tim Hamm photo.