In Charlotte, what to do, what to do?
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Memory Lane Museum is a must and the NC Motorsports Museum.
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Memory Lane Museum is a must and the NC Motorsports Museum.
Coldest Pepsi on 64
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Don't remember "Spud" selling those Robbie or the Cheese on Cheese kind.
Coldest Pepsi on 64
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Dave, The nabs I referred to were actually the Lance brand package of six but we still called them nabs. Now that you mention it I do remember the four packs though. He carried the Cheese crackers, Toasty crackers, Chocolate and Vanilla cookies, Peanut bars (like thick rectangles of peanut brittle) and Oatmeal cookies (the soft kind with the cream filling). Today we buy them in a box of eight packs of six at Wal-Mart and I'm not sure about the cost. My wife likes me to push the cart but she don't like me seeing the prices, she says I complain to much about the cost of groceries.
My grandfather was given the nickname "Spud" by coworkers when he worked at the chair factory, it's real name was Boling Chair Company, but I can't tell you why. I don't think it was a very common nickname. At least I never knew many.
Coldest Pepsi on 64
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Growing up my grandfather James Clyde "Spud" Andrews (Spud, that is what we had to call him, he wouldn't let us call him grandpa) owned and operated a service station with an attached garage. Hecalled it"Spudnik" and it waslocated 4 miles West of Siler City on US Hwy. 64. He had two gas pumps that had the small handle that you had to crank to clear the previous purchase and then turn a switch that turned on the pump. It was full service which meant you did not have to pump the gas and he would check your oil and clean your windshield. He did all kinds of auto repair work from oil changes to engine overhauls. Dad says that he was especially good at grinding valves on flat heads. He also sold soft drinks, nabs, candy and gum. He was famous for his cold soft drinks (some of you folks may call them sodas or pop). Back then you lifted or slid the lid and reached in and grabbed your drink (in glass bottles) right out of the cooler and he would set the thermostat so that, if you lightly shook the bottle right before opening it, ice would form at the top of the beverage. That first swallow included a burst of ice cold slush. He had a free standing sign painted that said "Coldest Pepsi on 64". Each letter was capped in snow and had ice cycles hanging from them. Because of this, soft drink ads catch my attention. I don't have a picture of Spud's sign but my next favorite Pepsi ad is attached.
updated by @dennis-andrews: 01/10/17 03:28:04PM
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Well Jeff, since you asked for it here's my two cents worth. But be warned it is probably worth far less than that.
1. Is it really the technology or the content that has caused publications to fail? My guess would be the content. I think it is more about the demographics and I have no clue as to the size of a group that would be interested in a special interest or themed publication like this. My guess is that it is always changing, people leaving and new ones coming in. I'll use myself as an example, when I was racing I wanted to have the most current racing magazine that might could help me so I kept a subscription of Circle Track. When I was no longer racing I dropped it because my subscription budge was spent on other interest. Now, I would subscribe to this publication because it is my current interest. Obviously production cost can only be handled with a large enough volume of sales so demographics are key. But I suspect that you know all this already and are thinking that the numbers just might be there or you would not still be considering it.
2. I like Billy Biscoe's idea about covering the B&B Vintage Racing and would suggest that not only sharing content from online RR but dedicate one issue to the RR/Memory Lane Hall of Fame each year so then I would think it would need to be quarterly.
3. I'm the wrong one to ask about the price of admission. I tend to go by what's in my pocket at the time.
4. Racing Thru History. Rats that's be taken, well anything with RacersReunion in it will be good with me.
Sometimes it is not about how good the idea is but it's about the man putting the idea into practice. Does the fact that I'm posting this on RacersReunion tell you anything?
Kermit's World Famous Hot Dogs
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On a recent visit to "The Stadium" we past Kermit's restaurant on the way home. Next time we are going earlier and stopping at Kermit's first. Passing this local icon reminded Dad that Kermit used to help Ernie Shaw some on the #17 Mustang that Ernie drove in the GT/GA series. "World Famous Hot Dogs" painted right on the car. Does anyone remember this and have stories about it. Posting a picture of the car showing sponsorship would be great.
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
The Name Game
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I tend to agree N.B. Lowes is a home improvement store not a race track. It was CMS before Lowes, CMS during Lowes paying the bills and CMS after Lowes.
Forget Carl Edwards at Texas, I Saw a NASCAR Donnie Allison Mustang Win in 1968 -the 1st!
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Correction: I failed to credit Neil "Soapy" Castles with the 1972 Grand National East Championship.
The 1972 GA season did have five events. The first one is the one I had forgotten. It was a combination event with GA and SCCA cars called the "Midnight Challenge 200" held at Daytona Beach Road Course on Feb. 6, 1972. The race was won by Vince Gimondo in a SCCA Camaro followed by Bert Gafford in another SCCA Camaro. Third overall was Wayne Andrews in a GA Mustang making him the first GA finisher.
The next event was the Citrus 250 at Daytona followed by the Bowman-Gray 100, the Paul Revere 250 back at Daytona and finallythe Bama 200 on the Talladega road course. The last GA race was won by Tiny Lund who also won the Sandhill 250 at Rockingham, the first GT race in 1968. Although I would preferred that Dad had won the Talladega 200 it was fitting for Tiny to win the first and the last events in the series. Tiny also won the Championship in '68 followed by Ken Rush in '69 then Tiny won the title again in '70 and '71 with Wayne Andrews winning the last title in 1972.
Forget Carl Edwards at Texas, I Saw a NASCAR Donnie Allison Mustang Win in 1968 -the 1st!
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Dave, Mr. Green's story has something wrong. He stated "In 1972, the first year of NASCARs so-called Modern Era, only four races were staged and no series champion was named." 1972 was the last year for the series and they ran two races at Daytona, one at Talladega, one at Bowman Gray and I thought one more that I can't remember for a total of five. Next week I'll dig up some old news clippings and post on the GA page to confirm the total. The Nascar points Champions that year were Richard Petty (Winston Cup), Ray Elder (Winston West), Jack Ingram (Late Model Sportsman), Jerry Cook (Modified), and Wayne Andrews (Grand American).