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  • Blog
    Racing Copy - Periodicals and Programs
    Tuesday April 28 2015, 8:30 PM
    I used to scan racepapers like 'Gater Racing' and 'Speedsport' (when they were still around) when I was a kid. It waskind of like the Sporting News for baseball with cool photographs, statistics and driver profiles. Adding to the mystique was the...
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    An odd year. Racing in the midst of chaos.
    Saturday April 25 2015, 9:44 AM
    It sounded at first a bit like thunder, the crashing and squealing along Ellistown Road was an ominous warning and like the sound of a high-powered rifle it woke everyone up. Instead of a morning like most others, were a bunch of...
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    My Little Town - Requiem of a Dream. Nazareth Speedway
    Tuesday April 21 2015, 10:30 PM
    My Little Town My little muse, a 17 year old Italian girl sent me a 45 and the song was ' My Little Town '.But everything is NOT the same in my little town and for the people of Nazareth things are not the same there either. My brother...
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    Museums or Monasteries?
    Monday April 20 2015, 11:33 AM
    You pass an old race car lying in a ditch. Lonely and restless it's soulful headlights looking back at you. You notice the grill, and remember that face from an old Chilton's Repair Book circa, the 1960s. Like a mugshot in a police lineup, eyes...
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    Media and Racing
    Saturday April 18 2015, 4:05 PM
    During my time working at then superstation Q-105, we had Scott Shannon of American Top 40, Mason Dixon, Cleveland Wheeler, Bobby Rich, Ronnie Nightrain Lane (voice of the Buccanneers) and Tremonte Watts (who later died of brain tumors).We...
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    Rain - The Four Letter Word
    Wednesday April 15 2015, 1:00 AM
    I love the sound of rain,it's sedative nature when trying to sleep but that ends near and on race day.Nothing is more disappointing than working all week,only to have the rain threaten the night's racing program.With the skies dark and the sound...
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    Music and Racing in the Sixties
    Thursday April 9 2015, 7:30 PM
    I remember the mid to late 60s and during the breaks and Intermission that song by CCR Proud Mary which seem to be a racing song to me.In the pits my drivers would be fixing up their cars with the sights of arc-welding and the sound of impact...
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    Seasons in the Dust - 2015
    Saturday April 4 2015, 2:37 PM
    Racing again naturally to the track!_______________________________________________________________________________ Each season comes and goes as quickly as the night and succeeding day but for now it is not about closing ceremonies and racing...
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    On the way to Grandma's House
    Thursday April 2 2015, 4:00 PM
    Our family would load up the car usually on a Sunday when we did go to see our family in Mansfield, PA. Two parents, five kids and a lot of empty miles.Uphill,downhill over and over again and on a few occasions I had the luck of being carsick.But...
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    Black and White Racing
    Tuesday March 31 2015, 1:00 PM
    We older fans remember the days of black and white where even our programs weremonochromatic in print and pictures. Where cars looked like cars and evinced a personality. We had tail fins and rolling fenders and we had no idea of wraps or rap...
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    Hearing the Thunder
    Monday March 30 2015, 11:26 PM
    The reminders of aging becomes more real around 50 but even more so at 60. So, here I am looking at this site and it's value is immeasurable. How do we light this fire again and get new people? We do not need prizes as such but definitely...
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    David Pearson
    Thursday March 19 2015, 7:19 PM
    Is there a way to send mail to David Pearson
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