Legendtorial for May 26, 2015
Six Hundred Memories
Calm down Jeff. I mean memories of some of the World 600s, NOT actually a count of 600 memories. Not going to be that wordy tonight so don't go trying to mute me or otherwise prevent me from...
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Legendtorial for May 19, 2015
Highway Mile Markers
On a hot July afternoon in 1958, three guys, Dale, Red and Richard, left Level Cross, North Carolina towing a 1957 Oldsmobile convertible to a half-mile dirt track in Columbia, South Carolina....
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Members Only
Legendtorial for May 12, 2015
Perhaps some of you will remember when the "Members Only" windbreaker type jackets were popular with the younger set back in the late 80s. Those jackets came in many different colors and were the...
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Legendtorial for April 28, 2015
Buttons
I am probably the least technically minded person involved with this website, or, for that matter, anywhere in the racing world. My understanding of computers and technical instruments barely exceeds...
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Legendtorial for April 14, 2015
Profit and Loss
Anyone who operates their own business is well aware of the "profit and loss" term. When I took bookkeeping in school (and by the way, did you know bookkeeping is the only word in the English...
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Legendtorial for April 7, 2015
One More Time
It's Sunday night. At least it is when I am writing this although it will be Tuesday night when you hear it and, perhaps, even later when you read it. Easter has been a beautiful day in Columbia,...
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Legendtorial for March 31, 2015
Chicken Wars
I'm sure I'm not the only one who detests the television commercials we have to endure to watch any program. I really thought FOX was the worst with their constant interruptions of racing action to...
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Legendtorial for March 24, 2015
Raindrops on Roses
The year of 1965 was the year NASCAR, Big Bill France in particular, decided that the Plymouths and Dodges would not be allowed to run the 426 Cubic Inch Hemi because, flatly stated, the Hemi...
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Legendtorial for March 17, 2015
Philosophically Speaking
In some of the reading I have done lately, I came across a quote from Aristotle that touched a chord in me. Aristotle, as most of you know, was a Greek philosopher, scientist, and...
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Maybe I should have entitled this Legendtorial something like "Come On Perry, Lois and Jimmy, really?” I am referring to the early 1950s television show "Superman" starring George Reeves as the Man of Steel,” a visitor from another planet who...
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