Thank you City of Shelby; Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Michael W. Smith, Jeff Gilder and Racers Reunion, and all the support personell that made it possible but mostly, thank you to the fans in the grandstand that came out to share our enthusiasm, you were the best group of fans I've seen anywhere, at any track. Had a fantastic day today...simply, in a word, Thanks!
I wonder if Jenna Fryer is any relation to Freddie Fryer that ran Cup races in the 1970's?
I was a Dew drinker in the 70's and always like the Mountain Dew logo so will have to go with Tim's favorite all-time hero's Dew Crew Buick. However, my hero, Junior Johnson - owner
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Talking Rockingham at work, sounds like a lot of my co-workers, family and friends are going. I think the Sandhills of NC have been patient long enough. Thanks Andy and all that support the track in bringing the Trucks to The Rock!
Well now at least they can say the proper "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!" instead of "Lady and Gentlemen..." which I always thought to sound a little silly.
I pulled this photo from Dr. John Craft's "Stock Cars" book. I wonder what museum this Fritz Wilson car is in? Haven't never heard of anyone talk about it. 
This is all so amazing though the story here is probably not finished. I just want to say that it brings me back to the main theme of this post and the reason I posted it, is that if you look beyond the subject in a photo there is a whole wealth of stories beyond the main subject.
One more note, and one that has so far not been mentioned, other than it was his inaugural rookie season - Richard Petty. What is interesting here is that Richard finished dead last and his father Lee won the race. No big deal but, it is kind of ironic.
I once saw the original negatives of those historic images of Lee and Johnny Beauchamp listed on ebay with certificate of authenticity and all copy rights. I actually bid on the negatives and lost by only a few dollars. I should have went big or stayed home. They sold for $76...that's right, a mere 76 bones. I still kick myself for letting that one get away.
Here's one more link to some interesting history, but I doubt I'll bid on this one... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&item=180835509696&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT
Terrific investigation Dave, this has turned up a lot of history from a single photo. From Harkey, a Indianapolis driver, a NASCAR driver, and eventually a Indy historian, to Boris "Bob" Said, and the father of the "Wooley Bugger". Great stuff!
