MONTGOMERY 200 6-25-1968
Stock Car Racing History
Donnie Allison and car owner Jerri Huggins
Smokey Yunick Camaro
Forum Activity for @dennis-andrews
Stock Car Racing History
MONTGOMERY 200 6-25-1968
Stock Car Racing History
MONTGOMERY 200
Montgomery, Ala. June 25, 1968
The 8th Grand Touring race of 1968 was held in Montgomery Alabama and was 200 laps on the 1/2 mile paved oval. When qualifying was rained out Al Straub got the pole in a random draw. The Tuesday night race began with only 12 cars and became a two car battle between Donnie Allison in a Mustang and Bunkie Blackburn in a Smokey Yunick Camaro. Allison took an early lead until Blackburn went out front on lap 24. The race was red flagged after 82 laps for more than an hour because of heavy rain. When the race resumed Blackburn held the lead until Allison got by on lap 110. The race was stopped on lap 148 for the third shower of the evening. The last segment of the race was under less than ideal conditions as Blackburn had trouble on a slippery track unfamiliar to him while Allison had little difficulty on a track he had been a regular on. This allowed Allison to claim his second Grand Touring win of 1968. The win made it 3 out of 3 for Donnie as he had won the Carolina 500 Grand National race and the Grand Touring race at Richmond. Buck Baker maintained his point lead with a third place finish.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 27 Donnie Allison 68 Mustang 148 Running
2 13 Bunkie Blackburn 68 Camaro Running
3 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro
4 Marty Robbins
5 1 74 Al Staub 68 Mustang
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
SOUTH BOSTON GT 100 6-21-1969
Stock Car Racing History
Dennis, The race in Milton Vermont was actually held on Aug. 21, 1969. Part of the 1969 Northern Tour.
SOUTH BOSTON GT 100 6-21-1969
Stock Car Racing History
Don't have a clue what happened to DW but here's a picture of Al Straub's Mustangs. Al drove the '69 model in this race so DW must have been scheduled to drive the '68 model.
SOUTH BOSTON GT 100 6-21-1969
Stock Car Racing History
SOUTH BOSTON GT 100
South Boston, Va. June 21, 1969
The 12th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at South Boston Speedway one day after the Norris Friel Memorial at Beltsville and was 267 laps on the 3/8 mile paved oval.
Pete Hamilton qualified on the pole with a time of 15.68 seconds and led the first 11 laps until Ray Hendrick took over the lead thru lap 123. Hamilton went back in front on the 124 th lap and led the rest of the way to capture his fourth win of 1969 by a 1 lap margin over Hendrick. There were only 2 cautions for 8 laps. The win made it three in a row for Hamilton after wins at Hickory and Beltsville.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 1 25 Pete Hamilton 68 Camaro 267 Running
2 3 67 Ray Hendrick 69 Camaro 266 Running
3 5 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 266 Running
4 2 88 T.C. Hunt 68 Camaro 265 Running
5 4 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 262 Running
6 7 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro 261 Running
7 9 10 Charlie Blanton 68 Camaro 261 Running
8 6 2 Randy Hutchinson 68 Camaro 260 Running
9 12 04 C.B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 258 Running
10 8 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro 257 Running
11 16 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang 251 Running
12 11 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 249 Running
13 17 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 247 Running
14 13 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 240 Running
15 19 48 Tiny Lund 68 Camaro 216 Running
16 21 7 Jimmy Vaughn 68 Camaro 189 Running
17 20 31 Earl Canavan 68 Javelin 124 Wrecked
18 15 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 47 Head Gasket
19 10 0 Martin Sharpe 68 Camaro 45 Bln. Eng.
20 22 71 Amos Johnson 68 Camaro 37 Bln. Eng.
21 18 41 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 29 Bln. Eng.
22 14 72 Lennie Pond 68 Camaro 7 Clutch
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Anyone know what track this was in Salisbury, NC? **SOLVED** - "Salisbury Sports Arena"
Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks
Robert,
Here are some articles I found on what they call the Salisbury Super Speedway and High Point's Tri-City Raceway.
From The Dispatch on July 31,1959
From The Dispatch on July 9,1959. Notice note of sanction by Rockingham Speedway.
From The Dispatch on July 9,1959.
From The Dispatch on July 18,1959.
NORRIS FRIEL MEMORIAL 300 6-20-1969
Stock Car Racing History
NORRIS FRIEL MEMORIAL 300
Beltsville, Md. June 20, 1969
The 11th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at Beltsville Speedway and was 300 laps on the 1/2 mile paved oval. The event was the inaugural Memorial race in memory of Norris Friel. Norris was NASCAR Chief Technical Inspector from 1956 until his death in 1966. Originally scheduled for the 16 th it was postponed due to rain and ran on the 20 th before 8,854 fans.
T.C. Hunt qualified on the pole with a time of 22.10 seconds and led the first 5 laps until Pete Hamilton took over the lead thru lap 16. Hunt went back out front until he was passed by Hamilton on the 54 th lap and led the rest of the way to capture his third win of 1969 by a 3 lap margin over Wayne Andrews who held a 3 lap advantage over third place finisher Buck Baker. There were only 3 cautions for 22 laps.
Fourth place finisher Tiny Lund made his first appearance for his new sponsor PEPSI-COLA. It was the same car he had been driving but now sported a new 1969 Cougar body and new paint scheme.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 4 25 Pete Hamilton 68 Camaro 300 Running
2 3 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 297 Running
3 9 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro 294 Running
4 2 16 Tiny Lund 69 Cougar 293 Running
5 10 11 Charlie Blanton 69 Cougar 293 Running
6 6 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 292 Running
7 8 04 C.B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 290 Running
8 5 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro 178 Running
9 17 41 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 172 Running
10 18 17 Ernie Shaw '68 Mustang 160 Running
11 16 3 Jim Vandiver 68 Camaro 145 Bln. Eng.
12 12 2 Randy Hutchinson 68 Camaro 135 Running
13 1 88 T.C. Hunt 68 Camaro 132 Bln. Eng.
14 13 69 Bob Wilcher 68 Camaro 119 Running
15 19 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 114 Running
16 15 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 86 Transm.
17 20 39 Barry Boggero 68 Camaro 82 Overheat.
18 11 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang 68 Running
19 14 7 Jimmy Vaughn 68 Camaro 57 Running
20 7 94 Bob Tullius 69 Javelin 33 Bln. Eng.
21 21 4 Jim Hailey 68 Camaro 18 Bln. Eng.
22 22 31 Earl Canavan 68 Javelin 18 Overheat.
23 23 72 Lennie Pond 68 Mustang 18 Oil Leak
Pete Hamilton
Tinys new colors and 69 body on the ex Bud Moore Cougar
Tiger Tom Pistone, Elmo and Tiny
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
RICHMOND GT200 6/19/1968
Stock Car Racing History
You are probably right Dave. As I recall there were several times in the GT/GA era that they were the first to run on a newly paved surface or the last to run on dirt.
RICHMOND GT200 6/19/1968
Stock Car Racing History
GT 200
Richmond, Va. June 19, 1968
The 7 th Grand Touring race of 1968 was held at Richmond International Raceway and was 200 laps on the 1/2 mile dirt oval. Buck Baker put his Camaro on the pole but lost and engine and did not finish the race but maintained his point lead. Donnie Allison got his first Grand Touring win driving his Warren Prout prepared Mustang to a one lap victory over Jim Vandiver in a Camaro. Little Bud Moore lost an engine in his Cougar and did not finish.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 27 Donnie Allison 68 Mustang 200 Running
2 3 Jim Vandiver 68 Camaro 199 Running
3 74 Al Straub 68 Mustang
4 2 Randy Hutchinson 68 Camaro
5 36 Jack Ryan 67 Porsche
6 16 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar
7 4 4 John Sears 66 Dart
8
9 63 Larry Newton Mini Cooper
Donnie Allison
Larry Newton in a Mini & John Sears in a Dart at Darlington
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM