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Occoneechee/Old Orange County Speedway threatened

Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

Occoneechee and later called Orange County Speedway, Hillsborough, N.C., one of only three historical sites for racing in America is threatened with development in the name of progress. Read this story in the Raleigh News and Observer to get the whole story. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/256295.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=9068#Comments_Container Friends, this threatens not only Occoneechee but also threatens what we are doing; preserving stock car racing history, educating the public, and creating a family friendly environment for generations to enjoy and follow. If our friends at the Occoneechee Historical Society can preserve the right to keep the track and surrounding land from be dozed under they will make a statement and carry the banner for not only stock car racing history but historical places altogether. Let's hope they can rally enough support to put a stop to DOT and big government. There is one public official supporting the Occoneechee group, this official is worth re-electing.
updated by @jim-wilmore: 12/05/16 04:08:38PM

It's fun reading all the posts by "young people" about being old.

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Jim,I've heard the comment "I might be 80 but my mind is still 20" and in my opinion that's what keeps us going. I know I'll feel the same way as you do when I'm 81. You have my respect.

S.T.A.R.S. Radio December 3rd

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Looking forward to tuning in

Sad News

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From all of us at Cape Fear-CARS to the Beck family and the Old Timers Racing Club, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

of 'coon dogs and race cars

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Well put but it would take a racing 101 course to get the word out that racing should not be done for profit. I will always remember Raymond Parks quote that went something like "If you want to go racing you start out with a pile of money and when your done it's gone." Spoken way back in probably 1949 or thereabouts. I didn't quote that accurate word for word but the point is racing ain't cheap and it doesn't pay unless you win and you don't win unless you spend, spend, spend and in an instant the car can get wrecked and your money is gone.Case in point; this past summer I bought a $1200 UCAR, put about $600 more into it, raced 6 times and it was nearly destroyed in the last race. I have nearly $1800 into the car and will probably lose most all of it but those 6 races were worth every penny.

Coastal Plains 1st Annual Thanksgiving Classic This Coming Saturday November 28,2009

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Thanks for the post Mike. I've never been to the track but have looked at the website and it looks like a First Class facility. I won't make this event but post your next event on the events column on the right hand side of the main page, keep us informed and have a great time tonight.

Inspired by the Legend's "This and That"...have you ever just sat and wondered...?

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1.In the old world poor folks built their roofs out of straw and grass...when it rained the grass would become moldy, rotten and slick. Cats that crawled up on the roof would slip and fall through the rotten grass hence" It's raining cats and dogs.2. During this period folks used a big bath tub and all the family would bath in the same water, starting with the men, the boys, girls, mother and finally the babies. By the time the baby was washed the water would be so dirty that the baby would be the color of the water hence: Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.3. Folks would get so drunk drinking ale out of lead based cups that the alcohol would disolve enough lead that it would poison the person and put the person in a drunken coma. The towns folk would pick them up and deliver the body to the family where they would lie on the kitchen table for 3 days to see if the person awoke: Hence the word "Wake" as in modern day viewing of the body.Sometimes the person was presumed dead and would be buried alive. In times of floods coffins would occasionally wash out and when the coffin was opened there would be scratch marks on the inside where the person was buried alive. To solve the problem of burying someone alive the grave digger would attach a a bell on a pole above the buried coffin. On the bell a string was attached and was inserted into the coffin, if the presumed dead awoke they could pull the string and ring the bell where the person on watch would dig them up, hence "Saved by the bell" and "Graveyard shift". If the person was in fact dead the bell would not ring, hence "Dead ringer"These are true facts and now you know the rest of the story

a song about our hannah

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That's really creative Johnny, I could almost hear the tune reading it.

Brand Loyalty Car Makes

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Pete Banchoff said:

I'd love to see the day again when you could identify a Cup car by its shape, grill and engine size on the hood. Real Stock Cars! Now it's sticker headlights, tail lights, grill and corp logo. What a joke!
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I agree Pete, seems they are pretty look alike now, no variety. I miss the sixties Fords; Galaxie, Fairlane, and Torino plus the Mercury equivalents. Also the 72-76 Gran Torino.

is Jimmy Johnson as good as Dale Earnhardt?

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Heck no, Jimmie Johnson don't take many risks, he lays back most the time until the last 20 laps then he moves up. He's more like David Pearson than Dale Earnhardt. If anyone IMO, is like Dale is Kyle Busch except his whining attitude.