I was there the night Gene suffered his heart attack. Gene was an exellent driver and was building a great fan base. He had just won his 1st Late Model Feature the week before at South Boston Speedway. Had it not been for his untimely death I think Gene was on his way to winning a lot of races. I think he had finally got the car handling like he wanted it. He was in a serious battle with Sonny Hutchins and another car I can't remember when he had his attack. If I could I would go back to that era and never come back. Southside Speedway, South Boston, Langley, Manassass, Richmond Fairgrounds, Martinsville. I was so lucky to have grown up watching all my heroes at these tracks.

Looking for some photo archive assistance for a few tracks.  One in particular is Middle Georgia Raceway.  We are in production for a new tv show that Dale Jr. and I are doing about Lost Speedways.  Email me at matthewdillner@me.com if you want to help us out. Thank you kindly 

Tim Thornton currently owns the track and saved it from commercial development after the first Middle Georgia RacersReunion in 2011. Mike Bell and Cody Dinsmore are two great Georgia Racing Historians....both members here. Also Brandon Reed of GeorgiaRacingHistory.com is a great resource for this. 

This was my Dad, Bud Reeder's car. Good memories!