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Racing History Minute - May 30, 1951

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Wonder if after that wreck the Bambi Special was renamed The Yearling. Ka-bloom.

Racing History Minute - May 30, 1951

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While the subject of this post is the 1951 race, I'm not sure how often we'll return to the subject of Canfield. So I thought I'd toss in a couple of other photos I found from the 1950 race. Bill Rexford was the pole winner for the 1951 race - but he was the race winner on May 30, 1950. It was his only win in 36 NASCAR Grand National starts.

The field follows the pace car during a NASCAR Cup race at Canfield Speedway. Bill Rexford in the No. 60 Oldsmobile went on to win the race.

Curtis Turner (No. 41) leads the way during a NASCAR Cup race at Canfield Speedway. Turner led the first 120 laps of the event before the engine in his Oldsmobile went sour, handing the lead over to eventual winner Bill Rexford.

Racing History Minute - May 30, 1951

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Found these pics on Getty Images.

This one is captioned - May 30, 1951: A look from turn one at Canfield Speedway as the Por Man's 599 NASCAR Cup race gets underway in front of crowd of 17,000 people. Just five of the 38 cars that started the event were running at the finish. Marshall Teague, driving a Hudson, won the race by three laps over Tim Flock.

This one didn't have a date tied to it - but it looks to be from same era. Captioned: Driving his famed Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Marshall Teague ran just 19 NASCAR Cup races in 1951 and 1952, but won seven of them.

Racing History Minute - May 30, 1951

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Found a website with some history of Canfield Speedway - primarily on its evolution into a staple for the MARC/ARCA series. But it does have a couple of photos from the 1953 Grand National race. Nothing from the 1951 event, but it at least is in the ballpark of that era.

http://diecastcrazy.com/community/collector-chat/207743-canfield-marc-arca-story-good-photos-within.html

Racing History Minute - May 30, 1951

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Whew, that was a tough one to find a news clipping. But I finally did in the May 31, 1951 edition of the Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Your post has more info than this clipping. I believe just about every motorsports oriented media member would have been credentialed at the Indy 500 vs. at this Poor Man's 500 in Canfield OH some 350 miles to the east.

Kyle Petty Pit Board Sign (early 80's)

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Member 77 - Good to see you here. Mike Beam might be a good one to provide some insight. He used to participate from time to time at Randy Ayers Modeling Forum. Might be worth taking a crack at sending him a private message there. And you know, it wouldn't surprise me if that pit board is still on the premises in one of those old buildings. I've wandered through many of them in my 2 visits there. But there is one on the left hand side of the property that stretches back to near the woods that we didn't get to see. I'll bet its full of all kinds of stuff. Who knows - that board could well be in there.

Some tips for tagging photos on RacersReunion

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As just about anyone who has joined RacersReunion knows, one of the premier features here is the photo collection. Its been built by some incredible members who've uploaded some fantastic pictures. More than 60,000 photos are available!

RR has an process for reviewing and approving the pictures before they are viewable by all. I've been asked to help with adding tags to photos without them and editing others for consistency. I assure you I'm a lonnnnng way from plowing through 60,000+ pictures.

What works best is if members will tag their own photos as they're uploaded - or by editing what's already being shared. Here are a few tips / best practices I've tried to follow. If others follow suit, I think it'll help folks with searches - inside of RR and from external search engines such as Google or Bing.

• Use all lower case letters when tagging (e.g. digard, wrangler, superbird). Regular capitalization is fine with captions and descriptions. But believe it or not, a mix of Upper and lower case lettering in tags can yield different search returns. Using lower case consistently will generally help with all search engines. For example, searching for Richard Petty has been known to return different results than richard petty.
• Choose keywords carefully tag with something that will help ID the pic in a search. Driver, track, year, sponsor, owner, etc.
• Avoid generic words that won't help narrow a search such as speedway, track, raceway, 500, etc.
• Include full names of drivers or teams in quotes (e.g. richard petty vs. richard, petty; "junior johnson","bud moore")
• I have confess I have a few exceptions: earnhardt, yarborough, waltrip, pearson
• ID unique year if possible in the tag. If unknown, at least add the decade with an "s" (e.g. 1960s). Dont use apostrophe or comma after the year as itll mess up searches.
• I encourage one word/location where possible for tracks (richmond, daytona, rockingham, pocono). If two words, put in quotes (bowman gray, watkins glen). Avoid spelling out full names such as Daytona International Speedway or using acronyms like MIS or IMS.
• The one exception I think I've made for capitalization is acronyms for sanctioning bodies. ARCA and NASCAR are fine.
• I have not been tagging photos with specific race names - just year and track. I figure the name of the race can be put in the description. But if you choose to use a tag like "southern 500", "daytona 500", etc., make it all lower case and in quotes.

These tips are not RR policy or TMC gospel by any measure. But I think by applying some consistency in tags, we can all benefit when we try to narrow our search for various photos.

Would appreciate hearing more tips or questions about the subject.

updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

May 29, 1960 - Pettys story of the day at Hillsboro

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At the track with many names - Hillsboro, Orange Speedway, Occoneechee - Lee and Richard were the story of the day. Richard won his first of 127 career pole positions, and Papa Lee flanked him on the front row. When the green flag fell, Lee took off and led all 110 laps for a 2-lap victory over Ned Jarrett. Richard faded to a sixth place finish, 3 laps down to his dad.

Read on for more about this yawner of a race:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-29-1960-lee-petty-hauls-in-hillsboro.html

updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Racing History Minute - May 29, 1955

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Yes, Lee's win in 1955 in Winston-Salem was the focus of one of my blog posts today. You tee'd up the intro nicely Tim. However, Lee's win on a small NC track was hardly the major motorsports story of the day. Going for his unprecedented third consecutive win in the Indy 500, Bill Vukovich wrecked violently with a commanding lead and was killed. Here is the link to the post.

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-29-1955-indys-loss-overshadows.html

May 28, 1972 - Buddy Baker wins his 2nd World 600

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May 28, 1972: A Petty Enterprises car takes the checkers in Charlotte's World 600. And for the third time, Richard Petty isn't the winner. After wins by Jim Paschal in 1964 and Marvin Panch in 1966, Buddy Baker becomes the third driver to pilot a Petty prepared car to victory in the series' longest race.

Thanks to RR's Gerald Medford, Jerry Bushmire and Don Smyle for the assist on photos and articles.

Read on for more:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-28-1972-buddy-nabs-world-600.html

updated by @tmc-chase: 05/27/18 05:10:49PM