Gordon 'Smitty' Smith
Jonathan Smith
Sunday August 17 2014, 5:30 PM

I WAS SURFING THE WEB LAST NITE TRYING TO FIND SOME PICS OF MY DAD FROM BACK IN THE DAY. HIS FIRST RACE CAR WAS A PINK 51 STUDEBAKER#21. HE RAN SOME JALOPY RACES FOR CAR OWNER HENRY BOZARD WHICH WAS A 56 FORD #6 WHICH HE RAN MOSTLY AT NORTH,SC. HE ALSO RACED FIGURE8 IN EDMOND OR ESTILL NOT SURE OF CORRECT TOWN. HE ALSO DROVE AN OLE 50 MODEL OLDS #54. IN THE LATE 60S AND EARLY 70S HE DROVE FOR SALTY SALZGIVER. HE DROVE THE #63 FORD FAIRLANE IN OUTLAW DIVISION OR LATEMODEL. THE CAR WAS TINY LUND ORANGE WITH A WHITE TOP.

ORANGEBURG WAS OUR HOME TRACK BUT DAD LOVED RACING AT NEWBERRY. WE RACED AT SUMTER,S'VILLE, CHARLESTON, NORTH,FOUNTAIN INN,NEWBERRY, AND I AM SURE WHERE EVER THEIR WAS A PLACE TO PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT FORWARD AND TURN LEFT. THEIR IS A PHOTO ON THIS SITE WITH ARNOLD IN ITIN 1971. THE #63 CAR HAULER IS IN THE BACK GROUND. IF ANYONE HAS ANY PICS OR INFO I WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATIVE.

I HAVE TWO SONS THAT DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GRANDAD OR WHERE THEY GOT THEIR TALENT FROM.WE RACE MOTORCYCLES ON THE ROUND TRACK. I HAVE ONE SON THE OLDEST WHICH IS THE CURRENT SOUTH EAST MOTORCYCLE DIRT TRACK ASSOCIATION POINTS LEADER AND A YOUNGER SON WHO GOT BORED WITH IT FOR A SHORT TIME AND JUST STARTED BACK.bOTH HAVE A COMBINED OVER 150 WINS AND 10 CHAMPION SHIPS IN 5YRS.WE LOVE RACING AND SOME DAY THEY HOPE TO RACE STOCK CAR LIKE THEIR GRANDAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SITE AND HELP AND TAKE CARE.