July 10 - Uncle Dave and Winning Red
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July 10 - Uncle Dave and Winning Red
Stock Car Racing History
I may have stolen Tim Leeming's racing history minute momentum a bit with this extra blog post today. Its focus is the July 10th, 1949 Daytona Beach and Road course race won by Red Byron. Dawson County, Georgia's Gober Sosebee won the pole - but cigar-chomping Byron took home the victory's trophy.
The event was the first B&R race sanctioned by NASCAR for its new strictly stock car series, and it was the second overall race for the series. Byron of course is a legend of the sport who deserves his spot in the NASCAR Hall of Fame for his early contributions, his 1949 Strictly Stock championship, his modified wins, and his creation of the name that was adopted by Bill France's new racing organization.
I also wanted to tie in the race to the birthday of Schaefer Hall of Famer entrant no. 5, Uncle Dave (formerly of the Cleveland OH chapter, now of the south Florida chapter).
Read on for more.
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-10-uncle-dave-and-winning-red.html
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
July 10, 1960 - Pettys Pull A Heidelberg Heist
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Starting from the pole position, Lee Petty dusted the field to win the final NASCAR Grand National race at Heidelberg Raceway near Pittsburgh, PA. Lee finished three laps ahead of second place, son Richard Petty.
It was Lee's 53rd and next-to-last career win. It was also the 2nd time a father-son finished 1-2 in a GN race - the first being at Lakewood Speedway a year earlier when Lee protested his way to the win over 2nd place Richard. The pop-son, 1-2 finish wouldn't happen again until 1988 when Bobby and Davey finished that way in the Daytona 500.
Read on for more:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-10-1960-pettys-pull-heidelberg.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 07/09/17 10:14:57PM
Racing History Minute - July 10, 1953
Stock Car Racing History
Aye yae yae. Nearly 4,300 miles (numerology pun intended) of just driving - far more than the racing mileage I'm sure. I mapped it without highways knowing the interstate system wasn't built back then.
Part 2 of 10 - Gene Granger interviews Richard Petty
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Link: Robesonian Part 2
Background to series and link to: Robesonian Part 1
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Part 1 of 10 - Gene Granger interviews Richard Petty
Stock Car Racing History
In July 1981, The Robesonian newspaper of Lumberton, NC published the 1st of a 10-part series. Veteran racing writer Gene Granger interviewed the King several times from 1976 through 1980. The paper distilled those interviews into a 10-part series. I think I'm behind a couple of days on the actual anniversary date of the article - but I see the first one started on a Tuesday. So I'm aligned there!
The resolution of the articles as I'll embed here will probably not be very good. But click them & a better version should be legible. I'll also try to remember to include a link to the original article as you may be able to zoom in better there as well.
To keep some comments flowing and not blow up the forum with 10 consecutive Petty posts, I'll stick to the 10 day pattern.
Link: Robesonian Part 1
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Marshall Teague - The Racing Fatalist
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Buried in same cemetery as Fireball Roberts and Bill France, Jr.
Marshall Teague - The Racing Fatalist
Stock Car Racing History
Found this article published in the Daytona Beach Morning Journal on July 9, 1955 - the same day referenced in Tim Leeming's Racing History Minute.
Some insightful - yet brutally candid - comments from Teague. His remarks and attitude about the dangers of racing were also eerily prescient because he ended up being the first driver to be killed at Daytona soon after it opened in 1959 - less than 4 years after this article.
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Racing History Minute - July 9, 1955
Stock Car Racing History
A couple of 1955 photos of Paschal's car.
