Keeper of the Darlington Stripe
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"You got to smell the thinner and feel the brush."
Now that 's a great line.
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Piedmont Airlines Documentary Airs Thursday - Official Airline of NASCAR and Sponsor of Rudd, Labonte, Childress, Hagan
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Best airline ever. Always picked Piedmont. Logged many a mile on the Pacemakers.
Junior Flagman
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Thanks Jerry, That is most likely who I saw on the video. The late models were there the same night as the vintage cars. Next time you see Master Willard encourage him to keep it up, people notice, and he is GOOD.
Junior Flagman
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I just looked at old videos that Sherman Garris told me about taken at Dillon back around 1965. While there I watched a video from Dillon of the Carolina Vintage Stock Cars and noticed young person in the stands behind the flagstand that was flagging the race. This reminded me that I watched a young person do the same thing at Rockingham on Saturday for the late model, street stock races and truck qualifying. Both had their own set of flags and had the same style of flag movements.
Does anyone know the name of this young person? Are both videos of the same person or are they different people?
I enjoyed watching him/her at Rockingham. During qualifying the flagman spends a lot of time waving the flags and it looked from a distance like this youth would change from left hand to right hand as he switched from one flag to the next so he would not wear one arm out to quickly. He/she was just as good with one hand as the other.
I've seen children waving flags in the stands before but not like this kid. If the person on the flagstand was waving a flag, so was this kid. Had a uniform and a complete set of full size flags. Did a very good job.
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Inaugural Vintage Championship Series Report Historic Cleveland County Fairgrounds Speedway
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The white with blue trim coupe #00 with the flat head engine and stock but re-enforced frame was driven by Harold Dunaway. Does anyone know if this is the same Harold Dunaway that ran some GN in mid-sixties and Grand Touring in '68 and was the son of Glenn Dunaway, the winner of the first Nascar race at Charlotte?
Junie Donlavey / Bill Dennis 3rd Consecutive Daytona Permatex 300 Win - Feb. 16, 1974
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Great picture Chase, I have not seen this one before. That is actually row two with Jack 3rd and dad 4th. The front row of Donnie Allison and L.D. Ottinger have already past the camera.
Junie Donlavey / Bill Dennis 3rd Consecutive Daytona Permatex 300 Win - Feb. 16, 1974
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No problems here Dave, I have always counted it a privilege and an honor to be associated with Winding Wayne in any way.
You must have one of those old post cards with the wrong birthday. The first time they went to Daytona in 1969 for the 300 when they came around getting driver info dad was so busy with the race car he did not want to take the time to talk with them so a crew member, R.D. Dorsett drew the short straw and talked with them. He remembered wrong and that date showed up for years after that. I think I got that story close to right. His birthday is August 17,1937.
Thanks for posting this Dave, I have not seen this in years. Dad was not able to challenge for the win because a crack was spreading threatening to put the windshield in his lap. He had to slow down to get to the finish.
What I'm doing is getting ready to come to Cayce for the big reunion
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Gates opened at 9:00 this morning.
Ned Jarrett - The Early Years
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Robert, I can't help you with the info on Ned but Thank You for posting this. I enjoy reading the names of the drivers. In research on the Bennett Speedway I found some of the same people. I have documented that Ken Rush and Buck Hall (known in these parts as Bill Hall) raced there and Sandy Lynch helped promote races there in 1956. J.G. Smith lived just a few miles up the road from my house and many more names that are familiar when you see results from that time.
Official Wiener Is NOT One of the Busch Brothers!
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Dave, you have written about my favorite breakfast. Makes a great sandwich too. Almost as good as a J J hot dog. If it aint' red it aint' a HOT DOG!