Who remembers Easter Monday Races
Stock Car Racing History
Though SCHEDULED for April 2nd, the 1956 Easter Monday race at Peace Haven was apparently rained out - just as it was in 1955. From April 5, 1956 Spartanburg Herald.
Though SCHEDULED for April 2nd, the 1956 Easter Monday race at Peace Haven was apparently rained out - just as it was in 1955. From April 5, 1956 Spartanburg Herald.
1969 Bowman Gray - Perk Brown wins 200-lap modified race
1966 Bowman Gray - Pearson wins - his 4th straight win in 8 days in Cotton Owens' Dodge.
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/22438/a-racing-history-minute-april-11-1966
April 3, 1961 Bowman Gray - Rex White wins
1967 at Bowman Gray - Bobby Allison wins GN race
Newspaper ad for 1956 Peace Haven race from March 31, 1956, The Dispatch
1962 at Bowman Gray - GN race won by Rex White
Post by ... well, ME.
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/31956/april-23-1962-good-fortune-rains-down-on-rex-white
This race wrapped up a ridiculously busy multi-day schedule for the teams. They raced on Maundy Thursday at Greenville-Pickens, had Good Friday off, ran again at Rambi Speedway on Saturday, hoofed it up to Martinsville for a rescheduled race on Easter Sunday, and wrapped up the grind with the Easter Monday race at Bowman Gray.
1957 at Bowman Gray - Curtis Turner wins convertible race.
1963 at Bowman Gray - Jim Paschal wins. My blog post:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-15-1963-jim-paschal-bags-bowman.html