Columbia Area Racer Reunion Members
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At one time when I first joined we used to have diner meetings.
Are they no longer held?
updated by @jim-streeter: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
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updated by @jim-streeter: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
What Bill France Said 57 Years Ago Today - August 3, 1955
Stock Car Racing History
Stock Car Racing was looked down upon by many people in the early 50s.
At the time I was young salesman for a national company and the salesmanager told me I had to quit racing or lose my job (a very good one) , naturaly I quit my job!
Inspired by Johnny Mallonee, My NC Backroads Journey Unearthed a Petty Family Remembrance
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"My back roads journey took me from Dunn past Buie's Creek, NC, home to the "Fighting Camels" of Campbell University and on to Lillington where several roads converged. It was at Lillington that the true back roads journey on 2-lane roads would begin."
During the early 1950s there was a 39 Ford Stock Car parked off the highway between Fayetville and Raleigh.
I never could find to who it belonged.
Inspired by Johnny Mallonee, My NC Backroads Journey Unearthed a Petty Family Remembrance
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I posted some movies of the old Johnson County Racetrack here someplace about 6 months ago.
Inspired by Johnny Mallonee, My NC Backroads Journey Unearthed a Petty Family Remembrance
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My first trip to Wilson County Fairgrounds in 1950 was with an Amature 37 Ford Club Coupe.
There were a few Sportsman, but mostly Modifieds.
Naturaly I got left in the dust.
Joe Weatherly,Bill Champeon, Ray Hendricks, Fonty Flock, Buck Baker,
Lee Petty, and many more.
Inspired by Johnny Mallonee, My NC Backroads Journey Unearthed a Petty Family Remembrance
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You just brought back many memories that I had of the 40s and 50s.
Thanks !
Nude Demonstrators Rioting to Protest Montreal Grand Prix / Don't Look Cody
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Back in the early 50s the most exciting thing was Fony Flock in Bermuda Shorts. LOL
Nude Demonstrators Rioting to Protest Montreal Grand Prix / Don't Look Cody
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Can this "Dirty Old Man Look?
Cotton Owens
Stock Car Racing History
One of the last that used to race at Wilson Fairgrounds in the early 1950s.
That track used get so dusty you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you.
He seem to have a 1/6 sense on where to go.
I would try to follow him, because he was able to make it through the first couple of laps without wrecking.
Of course about 10 or 15 laps later he would be lapping me. LOL