Savannah 200 - October 11, 1970

Dennis Andrews
@dennis-andrews
9 years ago
835 posts

The 34th race of 1970 for the Grand American Challenge Series was to have been at Savannah Speedway on Oct. 11th but the 100 mile event was canceled without explanation as reported by AP.

The cancellation leaves two events remaining on the schedule. The Henry County 100 at Martinsville on the 17th and the Grand American 100 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway on Oct. 24th.


updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Johnny Mallonee
@johnny-mallonee
9 years ago
3,259 posts

This may give you insight on why the race was not run--------You see Tim Leeming ran down in Savannah onoccasion and Nascar didnt want him to maybe run one ofRichard Pettys Grand American cars and proceed toplayhavoc on the dirt and may even win the race. You see Tim was quite a wheelman around that time as I found out the hard way, and he was always a front runner on the dirt tracks we raced on. So dont cut him short on any thing along that line,especially on dirt. 

Dennis Andrews
@dennis-andrews
9 years ago
835 posts

Hey Johnny, You might be right so I went back and looked at the results for the GA race at Savannah in April of that year and I did not see Tim's name. Do you think it is possible that Tim did not tell them he was in the field? It did happen once that a guy from Ga. was in a GA race and nobody would have known if he had not won the race!

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
9 years ago
9,137 posts

I'm pretty sure I recognize Johnny & Tim co-driving in one of these Savannah races:




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