GOATS, FIREWORKS, AND WANDERING MAYANS
Administrative
Happy New Year! from TMCinTN on Vimeo .
Forum Activity for @tmc-chase
Story of the Week at StockCar-News.de Germany
Stock Car Racing History
Go to http://translate.google.com . Choose German > English. Paste in the link from Thomas post, and you should be able to read in English.
Interview? with Archie Smith
Stock Car Racing History
The first NASCAR Strictly Stock race was held in 1949 at the old Charlotte Speedway. Jim Roper won the race after Glenn Dunnaway was disqualified. But little known Archie Smith finished 6th in the race. He ran one more NASCAR SS/GN race - at Martinsville later that year.
I found a 15 minute pseudo-interview with Archie tonight. Its pretty interesting to hear some of his memories from so far back plus his races at Bowman-Gray, visit to Occoneechee, and a Daytona road trip with a friend. There is a bit of rambling at times - but I think it adds to the character of the video clip.
updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
When Men Were Men & Morgan Shepherd Climbed Fences Before Tony Stewart
Stock Car Racing History
Good stuff. But heck, Ol' Morgan didn't mean no harm. He was just going to baptize those 2 fellers.
R.I.P. Salt Walther
General
In revisiting the video of that awful wreck, its a miracle how things COULD have unfolded. A single catch fence post - ONE - likely prevented Salt's car from piercing the fence and heading into the first few rows of fans. It was awful for him - but that fence post likely saved many lives AND the sport. Its hard to believe that some 14 years later NASCAR had its own brush with "holy cow, what if..." when Bobby Allison tore down the fence at Talladega - and then again just a couple of years ago with Carl Edwards.
The years following Salt's accident weren't great ones to be sure. Sounds like the man had a lot of demons that possessed him following that moment of fire and sliding on his head. But I have to wonder how the lives unfolded in the stands whose lives were spared even though they were sprayed with fuel and shrapnel.
R.I.P. Salt Walther
General
Would've thought the same PKL. But he was only in his 20s in the 73 Indy 500 - the youngest driver in the field. And to be honest, I didn't realize he was even still alive. Not trying to be callous - just unaware of what had happened to him in recent years. Sounds like it was not a pleasant life for him with all the downstream issues resulting from that horrific wreck.
Are Y'all Familiar With These Parts?
Trivia
Good gracious no. Chattanooga by-cracky Tennessee is the home of the Moon Pie. Chattanooga Baking. I lived there 9 years. Its also the home McKee Foods - makers of Little Debbies. (Technically, McKee is in Collegedale TN - but just a skip outside the city limits.)
And each June, Bell Buckle TN here in middle Tennessee hosts the Annual RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RC-MOON-PIE-FESTIVAL/107875522576493
Are Y'all Familiar With These Parts?
Trivia
Lordy mercy, 8 pages - EIGHT - of comments on pig parts? And counting? Wow. C'mmmmonnnn Speedweeks. Ha ha
Are Y'all Familiar With These Parts?
Trivia
Fascinated me too! I took a group of boy scouts and adults to The Pit on the way to the Outer Banks for a week of sea kayaking about 3 years ago. Our table put a hurtin' on a serious amount of pulled pork, ribs, fixins, and "sway tay".
Are Y'all Familiar With These Parts?
Trivia
Pork rinds fried trackside by one of the 'gypsy' souvenir vendors at Bristol & thrown in a paper bag. Yes, now THAT was some good eatin!