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    Tuesday October 21 2008, 8:30 PM
    This past Saturday (10/18/2008) was the 20th annual NASCAR Day in Randleman, NC. This event was birthed out of the old yearly Richard Petty Fan Appreciation Day that he held at his shop. It grew too large for the shop and 20 years ago, it morphed...
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    Monday October 20 2008, 11:17 PM
    At Darlington's '69 Southern 500, Richard Brickhouse was asked to join a hastily cobbled-together group that were calling themselves the "Professional Drivers Association". It was a new spin on an old issue: the Grand National drivers were not...
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    Sunday October 19 2008, 4:00 PM
    Dub Clewis, purchased one of the Petty Plymouths in 1968; Richard Brickhouse would be his driver. The fledgling Grand National team painted their new racer bright red, emblazoned it with "03" and "Burnswick Motor Sales", and entered Rockingham's...
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    Saturday October 18 2008, 9:00 PM
    In 1968 Southport, North Carolina was hardly the focus of the NASCAR world; forty years later, not much has changed. The quaint little town at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, where palm trees naturally grow, has a rich and colorful past, rum...
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    Friday October 17 2008, 1:00 PM
    Well Ive been debating on where I would attend a race at next year (Atlanta, 'Dega, Chicagoland) but recieved mail from MIS last month asking if I would like to renew my seat from this year it was a good seat so I have been going back and forth...
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    Friday October 17 2008, 12:13 PM
    Okay, let's go back in the day............................as Rocky and Bullwinkle's, Mr. Peabody, would say..........."set the way-back machine for September 1969, Sherman........................ (remember?)" In classic fashion, Big Bill France,...
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    Tuesday October 14 2008, 10:06 AM
    Hi everybody. Glad you have joined us. This Sunday we have a backwards nonpoints race at MRP on Sunday October 19th. Hope to see some of you there.[ Draft ]
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    Monday October 13 2008, 10:47 PM
    Racing economics, an oxymoron if there ever was one! Back in the days of 'The King' Richard Petty always maintained that it cost two dollars for ever one dollar that he won, and that his mom 'Miss Elizabeth' (in addition to swinging a loaded...
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    Monday October 13 2008, 7:35 AM
    There was a building frenzy of small dirt tracks in the South. Anyone with 20 acres of land and road grader could and did build a stock car racing track. Most lasted a year or two. Then a new form of promotion took place. A promoter would lease...
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    Sunday October 12 2008, 5:00 PM
    I read NA$CAR's propaganda release about this being the Golden Age of NA$CAR. What a crock. This is more like the "Fall of the Roman Empire". It didn't happen all at once, it didn't happen overnight, but over a period of time. And that's what...
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    Sunday October 12 2008, 4:00 AM
    Old school racing tour said the video of the Nashville race was on here. WHERE IS IT???????
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