Racing History Minute - November 2, 1969
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Brief AP wire report on the race. Found the same text in several papers.
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November 1, 1964: Dieringer Aces Augusta
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I think the last really good, genuine nickname racing had was Buckshot Jones. His career kind of flamed out - but I did like the name. I particularly found it funny when Randy LaJoie intentionally poked at him by calling him by his real name, Roy.
Darrell Wallace Jr.'s nickname is Bubba. Hardly original but I suppose it's his. Yet because of the connotations of "Bubba", I'm sure NASCAR, Toyota and Gibbs are trying to scrub his use of it.
updated by @tmc-chase: 08/20/18 01:36:34PM
November 1, 1964: Dieringer Aces Augusta
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"After the death of his second driver in just 4 months, Red Robinson ended his two season NASCAR venture." - Hard to blame him. Amazes me how Bud Moore kept things going after losing 2 drivers in about 12 months.
November 1, 1964: Dieringer Aces Augusta
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The next-to-last 1964 Grand National season race was the 300-lap, 150-mile Jaycee 300 at Augusta Speedway in Georgia. Richard Petty had locked up his first GN title and was coming off a win a week earlier at Harris Speedway in NC.
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-25-this-day-in-petty-history.html
As he did at Harris, Petty raced car number 41. It was the 22nd and final time for him in his career to race the number. From Tim Leeming pic in Team SC Midlands collection
Ned Jarrett won the pole in his Ford, and Petty qualified the 41 Plymouth 2nd. David Pearson and Billy Wade comprised row 2. Darel Dieringer and Larry Thomas qualified 5th and 6th. From Tim Leeming pic in Team SC Midlands collection
The Augusta race was the final one for Billy Wade. He did not race in the 1964 season finale at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, FL a week later on November 8, 1964. And he was killed during a tire testing session on January 5, 1965 before the teams returned to Riverside for the Motor Trend 500 on January 17th.
One of the more interesting names in racing - Bubba Into - made his GN debut. He qualified 29th and finished 22nd. He raced just once more in NASCAR's Grand National division - a week later at Jacksonville where he finished 25th.
Pearson and Wade led a few laps early. From there though, the lead was swapped every couple of dozen laps by by Jarrett and Dieringer until about the 2/3 mark. But with fewer than 75 laps to go, the engine broke in Jarrett's Bondy Long-prepared Ford while leading. The pole winner parked it and had to settle for 19th in the 30-car field.
After starting 2nd, Petty had a rough go of it. He didn't lead any laps, and he popped the fence about 1/3 of the way into the event. The soon-to-be-crowned 1964 champion finished 25th after winning just a week earlier - presumably in the same Plymouth.
With Jarrett out of the race, Dieringer's Bud Moore Mercury was left unchallenged. He led the final 73 laps and 201 overall. From Harvey Tollison collection.
Race report from Harvey Tollison collection
Notes column from the race. From Harvey Tollison collection
| Fin | Driver | Sponsor / Owner | Car |
| 1 | Darel Dieringer | Bud Moore | '64 Mercury |
| 2 | Bobby Isaac | Cotton Owens | '64 Dodge |
| 3 | Larry Thomas | Burton-Robinson | '64 Plymouth |
| 4 | Billy Wade | Bud Moore | '64 Mercury |
| 5 | Doug Cooper | Bob Cooper | '64 Ford |
| 6 | J.T. Putney | Walt Hunter | '62 Chevrolet |
| 7 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | '64 Ford |
| 8 | Tiny Lund | Lyle Stelter | '64 Ford |
| 9 | Buddy Baker | Bernard Alvarez | '64 Ford |
| 10 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker | '62 Chrysler |
| 11 | Doug Moore | Doug Moore | '64 Chevrolet |
| 12 | Pete Stewart | Pete Stewart | '63 Ford |
| 13 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | '64 Chevrolet |
| 14 | Buddy Arrington | Buddy Arrington | '63 Dodge |
| 15 | Buck Baker | David Walker | '64 Plymouth |
| 16 | Frank Graham | Jack Anderson | '62 Ford |
| 17 | Frank Brantley | '62 Plymouth | |
| 18 | Cotton Farmer | Paul Clayton | '62 Pontiac |
| 19 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long | '64 Ford |
| 20 | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | '64 Ford |
| 21 | Earl Brooks | Wendell Scott | '62 Chevrolet |
| 22 | Bubba Into | '62 Plymouth | |
| 23 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Louis Weathersbee | '63 Plymouth |
| 24 | Sam McQuagg | J.L. Thomas | '63 Ford |
| 25 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | '64 Plymouth |
| 26 | Darrell Bryant | Curtis Crider | '63 Mercury |
| 27 | Wendell Scott | Wendell Scott | '63 Ford |
| 28 | Possum Jones | Tom Spell | '63 Ford |
| 29 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens | '64 Dodge |
| 30 | Jack Anderson | Jack Anderson | '64 Ford |
updated by @tmc-chase: 08/20/18 01:40:05PM
November 1, 1980 - Dean Combs Takes Atlanta's Busch Beer 150 and 4th International Sedan Series Title Over Larry Hoophaugh
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Saw that in your original post and laughed. Didn't mention - but yes, you are probably right. Always looking for an opportunity for random 43 references out there.
November 1, 1980 - Dean Combs Takes Atlanta's Busch Beer 150 and 4th International Sedan Series Title Over Larry Hoophaugh
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4th place finisher Lanny Hester was once a mini-stock driver at Nashville's fairgrounds speedway. He and Gary Baker later teamed to take over the lease at Nashville as well as buy Bristol. Baker and Hester owned the track when the Cup cars first ran under the lights in the summer of 1978. When Warner Hodgdon joined the two of them though, the whole thing unraveled.
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November 1, 1980 - Dean Combs Takes Atlanta's Busch Beer 150 and 4th International Sedan Series Title Over Larry Hoophaugh
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Former Driver Combs Charged With Maufacturing Moonshine
Source: HardcoreRaceFans.com
According to the Wilkes JournalPatriot, former NASCAR driver Dean Combs was arrested at his North Carolina home last Friday, February 27, 2009, and charged with manufacturing non-tax paid liquor, along with one count each of possessing, possessing ingredients to manufacture and possessing equipment to manufacture non-tax paid liquor.
The 57 year old Combs, of Speedway Road in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was operating a moonshine still in the back of a shop building behind a go kart track near the North Wilkesboro Speedway, according to N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE)Agent Shon Tally, who along with other agents found the still.
Tally said the still had a capacity of 300 gallons per run and was warm due to a run on Thursday.
The operation had a primary and secondary condenser for efficiency and quality, and about 180 feet of copper tubing. The ALE also seized 200 gallons of corn liquor and 3,000 pounds of sugar.
It was a very professional, clean operation all stainless steel, Tally told the Wilkes Journal Patriot.
Too large to haul away, the Wilkes Sheriff's Department's "bomb squad" was requested to eradicate the still. The still was pulled approximately 200 yards away and destroyed with two explosive charges.
Agents were tipped off by an anonymous caller who complained liquor was being produced on the property.
Combs had a successful career in the now defunct NASCAR Goody's Dash Series before joining the Cup Series in 1981. Combs made a total of 24 Cup starts from 1981 through 1984.
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/01/17 12:02:23PM
Racing History Minute - November 1, 1953
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From Getty Images
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/01/18 03:27:33PM
Racing History Minute - November 1, 1953
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Brief race report from Sarasota Herald-Tribune
October 31, 1957: Weatherly Weathers Columbia
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The 1957 Grand National season ended on October 27, 1957 in Greensboro NC. Buck Baker won the race AND claimed the championship.
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/28256/racing-history-minute-october-27-1957
The 1958 season began a week later on November 3, 1957 at Champion Speedway in Fayetteville. NASCAR's 1957 convertible season was scheduled to wrap-up a week before the Grand National drivers with a October 20th race in Wilson, NC.
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/28039/october-20-1957-billy-myers-and-bob-welborn-are-winners
Because of a rain-out about a month earlier, however, a 100-mile race at Columbia Speedway was rescheduled for Halloween on October 31st to conclude the season.
Rain spoiled a lot of racing in the Carolinas the weekend of September 26-28. Many of the events were re-scheduled the following week. Included amongst the events was the 1st attempt to run the 200-lap convertible race at Columbia.
Source: Spartanburg Herald
Qualifying was held on Thursday afternoon. Possum Jones didn't play dead on the road, and he nabbed the pole. Future NASCAR HOFer Glen Wood qualified 2nd to join the Possum on the front row. Bob Welborn - who had already wrapped up the 1957 championship - timed 3rd. And he was joined on the second row by Billy Myers in the Petty Engineering Olds. Little Joe Weatherly started 6th, and Gwyn Staley started 7th in Julian Petty's Chevrolet.
The green flag dropped as scheduled, but... then the rain returned. The race was stopped after 25 laps with pole-winner Possum out front. The original plan was to resume the race on Saturday night; however, rains continued to pelt the area for yet another full weekend.
Source: Spartanburg Herald
Realizing Mother Nature disapproved of racing in late September and early October, the race was rescheduled for Thursday October 31 - Halloween - the same day of the week as 2013. Source: Spartanburg Herald
Fortunately, the third time was the charm for Columbia. The race resumed at lap 26, and the full distance was completed. Joe Weatherly won and Billy Myers was second - the only two cars to finish on the lead lap. Staley finished 3rd in Julian's car, and the 57 champ Welborn was 4th. The big loser over the 4 week span to run the race was Glen Wood. After starting second , he broke an idler arm, exited after 52 laps (about 25 laps per night), and finished SECOND to last.
As of tonight, I don't have a race report from the newspaper. Unfortunately, the November 1st edition of the Spartanburg paper isn't on Google News Archive - and I can't find a mention in several other papers I checked. Because the race was on a Thursday night, it may have finished too late to make the deadline for most Friday morning papers. Also, I don't know the lap leaders for the race other than Possum leading at lap 25 and Weatherly at lap 200.
I have put out a couple of feelers for more info. If I get additional info, I'll edit the post or add it as a comment.
| Fin | Driver | Sponsor / Owner | Car |
| 1 | Joe Weatherly | Holman-Moody | '57 Ford |
| 2 | Billy Myers | Petty Engineering | '57 Oldsmobile |
| 3 | Gwyn Staley | J. H. Petty | '57 Chevrolet |
| 4 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | '57 Chevrolet |
| 5 | Larry Frank | Lonnie Fish | '57 Chevrolet |
| 6 | Possum Jones | Bob Welborn | '57 Chevrolet |
| 7 | Clarence DeZalia | Clarence DeZalia | '56 Mercury |
| 8 | Bill Martin | '57 Ford | |
| 9 | Bill Poor | Bill Poor | '56 Chevrolet |
| 10 | Lee Petty | Petty Engineering | '57 Oldsmobile |
| 11 | Bill Morgan | '56 Ford | |
| 12 | Banjo Matthews | Slim Rominger | '57 Ford |
| 13 | Jim Russell | Jim Russell | '56 Ford |
| 14 | Roger Baldwin | Roger Baldwin | '56 Ford |
| 15 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers | '57 Ford |
| 16 | Ken Rush | Frank Hayworth | '56 Mercury |
updated by @tmc-chase: 10/30/17 03:49:47PM