to those who know, which was better the paved or the dirt? thought the track was going to come back a couple of years ago as a racing park with a hotel, restaurants and other assets but the economy went south and the new owner balked. I worked as...
in 60 the Nashville race came up. at first we weren't going then we decided to.we were at southern pines where we kept the olds. The owner owned a junk yard there and he had bought the olds from Lee Petty. me and Roy drove from his home in red...
I was ther when Tommy Irwin went into the lake coming off turn two. I could see it coming as he was next to the guard rail all the way through the turn and as the high grove dissapears starting the back stretch I knew he had nowhere to go. so...
some of the names I remember from the 50s at robinwood and other tracks around Charlotte, does any one remember them? Bud Maynor Harold Dunnaway, Glen Dunnaway, Briant Wallace,DAVID PEARSON (won a bunch in his 40 ford) Blackwelders from up around...
during the 60s when both firestone and Goodyear furnished tires, there were times that the Firestone crew would throw a few of their tires on the Goodyear truck and just ride with them to the next dirt track race, very few used Firestones, I think...
anybody remember Herman Beam? 60s If it took two hundred miles an hr. to Qualify, herman was in but as soon as the flag dropped, he fell to the bottom and rode the race out. always finished. had tears in his eyes at daytona when he had to replace...
the night befor an Atlanta race in 1960, me Roy tyner, the car owners son and another indian friend of Roys stopped at a truck stop near the speedway. Roys Mohawk hair cut often got us in some local situations, Roy had a temper and didn't take...
another night at gaffney, we were running our convertables. the race had just got underway when going down the straightaway,my car Quit running. I coasted through the first turn and starting down the backstretch, I noticed I was coming up on a gas...
one night we were running our limited sportsman convertables at hickory. it got so dusty you couldn't see the track. you had to follow the floodlights . I was following a white car which I could barely make out figguring I would follow him through...
there were 66 cars in the first 600 started three abreast. we were told to go to town and get some metal to put accross the hood in front of the windsheild as the asphault was going to be flying. Buck Brigance A former motorcycle racer worked for...
as for the 59 olds petty drove to victory, the next year 1960, Roy Tyner of Red Springs NC. drove the car which then belonged to Ray Mc donald of Southern Pines NC. I lived with Roy at his home and we raced the car. some trivia, the car was the...
if nascar cup races are to make rule changes that work, get rid of the cookie cutter cars that match the templates . open it up and let the guys go back to their (talents) and see who builds the best cars. give the drivers a set of overalls and a...
I would like to express an opinion and its just my opinion. I think there are so many pioneers of the sport that shoul be selected and I mean real pioneers that should come befor the newer group. too many from one family too early. they may...
