"Back in the Day" drivers had jobs (most of them) and would leave home right after a days hard work, and make their way to Columbia Speedway every Thursday night. There was no such thing as stopping to eat, as it took all the time one could get, in order to reach the track in time for a few "hot laps". Many did as the Scott family and ate on the road after making a banana sandwich for each one. Kool Aid was the drink (not of choice but of need) taken to the track back then.

Pete Keller, Nascar's chief Steward of the Late Model Diivision, knew what the Scotts had to eat and made the kids feel good by telling them to include him in the banana sandwich menu. This made the children like them better, and every week Pete would be on the gate and ask for his sandwich.

Marion and Nina Cox, along with their five children would come to the track with almost a "five course" meal, which Nina had cooked and had all packed to go. One night Pete asked Nina what they were having to eat and was shown a big baked "turkey". Not having the time to stop at that point to eat, he asked Nina to save him a sandwich. Not only Pete, but seems a lot of people waited for Nina to get to the track. Soon after parking the truck, it looked like a swarm of bees on honey converge on the Cox meal.

In the meantime, a very hungry Pete was in the pits all during the night checking all the cars, to make sure they were legal,

prior to the race. Just as soon as the last flag of the night fell, Pete made his way (almost in a run) to the Cox truck to get his sandwich. When he got there he saw the turkey platter with all the skin from the turkey on it. Nina got busy making a sandwich for Pete. At the end of the story, Pete asked, "Have any of you ever eaten a turkey skin sandwich? I did, but don't intend to add it to my list of foods".

While talking about Nina we must also tell this story. The great Tiny Lund was superstitious of the color green. He was a terror at Columbia and if starting on the pole, one could almost forget a win for the night. The Cox family were very close friends with Tiny and would kid around with each other. The Scotts driving for Marion and Nina, didn't know all these stories. On one occasion, Barbara saw Nina chasing Tiny through the infield (a restroom visit) and trying to brush up against him. After inquiring why she was doing this, we were told Nina wears green pants and /or shirt everywhere Tiny runs with them. When he draws the pole, as he had done that night, Nina would make sure she was going to make him touch green and would mess up during the race, giving car # 50 a chance to win. Just picture a giant such as Tiny Lund running through the infield trying to miss Nina's touch. She would tell him " you may be superstitious of something boy but not green, cause I ain't never seen you turn down any green stuff called money".

If you like you can pull up Nina Cox on RR and see an almost angelic person, never once thinking she kept the infield in laughter every night for four nights each week.

God bless you Nina for all your contributions to the racing families of "back in the day".