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  • Blog
    bristol back in the day
    Sunday May 31 2009, 6:39 PM
    how would you like to line up for a 400 lap race with these 3 cars lined up behind you---- your choices are few but it was a heck of a show ------------memories
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    speedy speirs
    Sunday May 31 2009, 12:32 AM
    someone asked me if i knew a guy in jax fla by the name of speedy speirs . you got me curous so i went to looking--- and by george there he is,he worked for john schooler who was the grandaddy of racing cams for a flathead fords. only noise i...
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    set up today versus back in the day
    Saturday May 30 2009, 12:16 PM
    they whine now over 1/2 lb of air changing that whole car setup----- i can remember dad going to the track,now this car was pulled with a towbar, and getting out and putting the tires on the front to race with---seems to me if i remember correctly...
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    hot summer weekend of southern racing
    Friday May 29 2009, 11:10 PM
    I can remember another of those wild wonderful weekends of racing,this one I especially remember this one because sam was there,and he is a rubbin racing kinda guy. no harm no foul but Sam McQuagg was always a hard charger and ran into him on a...
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    a tale about Harvey Jones as told by himself
    Friday May 29 2009, 8:55 PM
    Harvey Jones estimates that dirt-track racing is "60-percent dishonest." He says, "I try to build a car that's legal." Among drivers, accusations of cheatingfor building too powerful an engine for the class or using an aluminum flywheel or some...
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    Can anyone tell me who drove this car?
    Friday May 29 2009, 1:06 AM
    Looking for some history on this car. It's a 64 Chevelle that was raced in the northern Virginia area sometime in the '70's. Primary sponsor was Rosenthal Chevrolet, associate sponsor was Ron's Speed Shop, in Springfield. Thanks for looking.Robert
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    Satellite Photographs of Tracks
    Wednesday May 27 2009, 4:24 PM
    With a little bit of information a lot of former tracks can be located using Goolge Earth.I have identified several hundred and you can do the same so lets try to expand this "Blog" by posting photographs.Here is one mentioned in the...
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    JACKSONVILLE SPEEDWAY
    Wednesday May 27 2009, 1:30 AM
    It was in the 60's just before they closed the track in town,we had pulled down for a special sat night race and it was packed.---I had just repainted my car Eastern Airlines White which is bright white,now mind you the track is dirt and its...
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    Memorial day race in charlotte
    Wednesday May 27 2009, 12:41 AM
    I have been to one or two races on Memorial Day but I think this Mondays race will stick in my mind for a long long time.---AT 1500 hrs or 3pm sharp---THEY RED FLAGGED THE RACE---now ive never saw it before like this ,but for one minute every...
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    Racing in Vermont this past weekend
    Tuesday May 26 2009, 9:10 PM
    I spent my Memorial day weekend at the races at Thunder Road !! There was 4 divisions and 164 cars !!!!!! For those that don't know, Thunder Road is a 1/4 mile high bank asphalt track located in Barre ,Vermont. Ken Squier is a co-owner of "the...
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    MEMORIAL DAY RESPECTS
    Sunday May 24 2009, 10:37 PM
    My Friends,Let us not take for granted the day off tomorrow as an excuse for a long weekend and not remember the reason for this day off. You see we are creatures who seem to love to take long weekends off and rest or spend time at the beach,...
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    One of the worst wrecks I was ever in.
    Saturday May 23 2009, 10:17 AM
    Go to Main Page.Links.www.raceplace.zoomshare.comPhotosPits5 News ClippingsPage 8Fayetteville 4/13/195511 Lap
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