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Robinwood & Wadesboro Speedways

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Anybody know the specific locations of these two old tracks. Robinwood was somewhere in or around Gastonia. There were two tracks in Wadesboro, one back in the 1930's wason hwy 52south.The one I'mreally looking for was a different one, ran in the 1950's.

updated by @bobby-williamson: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Jr SUCKS!

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There's really nothing (more) that can be said of this situation. It's been analyzed more than the Grassy Knoll. It is, what it is. If Rick Hendrick, NASCAR, GM, Budwieser, Pepsico, and the National Guard, can't change it.........Maybe the step-mom knew more than folks thought.

You Mighta been at a Goat Rodeo

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LOL, Guys!! ya'll got the hang of it!

You Mighta been at a Goat Rodeo

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Goats........gotta luv um......they just never do what ya think they gonna do.....So, there'sa new term, "sweeping the nation": GOAT RODEO........ it's practicallythe new "you might be a redneck". It's the two word, blue-collar, one-size-fits-all description of an apparent sophisticated well-laid endeavor that became a blaringly obviouscomical screw-up.......due to it's own ineptness. Here's a few examples, feel free to contribute

If you wuz at the Daytona 500 and a pot-hole "developed".......you mighta been at a Goat Rodeo

If you wuz at the Daytona 500 and witnessed the repair of the pot-hole......you mighta been at a Goat Rodeo

If you wuzat Daytona and Junior won in the "wrangler #3 car" ..........you mighta been at a Goat Rodeo (incidentally this really is the LAST TIME THAT THE NUMER 3 WILL BE RACED BY JUNIOR) (SO BUY THOSE LITTLE MODEL CARS!!!)

If you wuz on the committe that ignored David Pearson AND Raymond Parks for the inaugural NASCAR HOF class...........you mighta been at a GOAT RODEO

If you've ever heard Larry Mac announce a race (Dale JUNIOR intheEIGHTY EIGHT just passed Jeff Gordon in that TWENTY FOUR car)........you've heard a Goat Rodeo

updated by @bobby-williamson: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Crowd at Indy

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It's all of the above and none of the above. NASCAR has RUNN-OFT their traditional fan. And those fans, if they still are interested in racing, have found other venues. Indy's attendence was an illustration of this phenomenon. Them same stands were just about full for some of the earlier Brickyard races.

Who'd a Thunk?

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Charlotte: "The famed No. 3 car Dale Earnhardt, Jr.drove to victory in this month's Nationwide race at Daytona was added as a temporary display at the new NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday..........." BUT, that's NOT ALL.............according to Kelly Earnhardt: "Wheather they're Dale Earnhardt fans or not, they love the history of this sport........This is the history of the sport and this helps validate what we're all about."**

I'd sayus RacingRunion-ers area bunch of racing history lovin', picture postin', ghost track chacin'NASCAR expatriates,so........when y'all going to the HoF to see THE history? Maybe we could charter an old school bus.........that's historical too!

**Mike Cranston, Associated Press

updated by @bobby-williamson: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Famous Slim Shady

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Go Slim, you da MAN!

Where were the fans

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N-CAR has just about killed the golden goose, the cash cow, the big kahoona. The "weak economy" is always thrown out as the sole reason for the empty seats, but that don't explain the steadily declining TV ratings. This past season, the NFL's TV numbers were in the stratosphere. Same economy.More and more the phrase around the water cooler is "I don't even watch it anymore.........." and it's the old-time loyalists taking this position. The grand gamble backfired. Big time. The marketer-based decision to woo the 18-34 (yuppie) year old crowd, at the expense of the traditional fan, was a move that had no safety-net. If the "new" fan's appeal was of the flash-in-the-pan variety, and the old fan was TICKED OFF, well, there was no way back. The bridge was burned.N-CAR, essentially, knows they've blown it They dangle mess like "boys have at it......." but, the problem is NOBODY cares anymore. It's all so hyped and controlled and reeks of political correctedness, that it's exactly like the society and culture at large, and who wants more of THAT for a pastime? Apparently, not many.So go N-CAR. Go to "Chicagoland" and "California", and somewhere in Canada and Mexico City and maybe back to Japan. Maybe you can buy some more time. Don't know if your product can be fixed. The passion of the traditional blue-collar middle-class American is gone. We begged and pleaded, for our sport back.......but "Chicagoland" was calling. In the old days, grandstand seats were not painted alternating colors, to LOOK like fans, the fans WERE there. They'd saved and skimped and slept on the hoods of cars and in make-shift school busses. And they LOVED it. But no more. Sad, a'int it?

Last Tuesday Night

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It was great listening to you, Jim! Those stories are what RacersReunion is all about. Hope you can be on again.

the number "3" in victory lane---------- AGAIN

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Wow. the "3" car in a Nationwide/Daytona victory lane...........what an original idea, what promotional genius! N-CAR has about out-hyped this whole deal.