Here's "Flash" Gordon at Bristol in 1980, after he moved from Horseshoe, NC to South Hill, Virginia. That's the same South Hill, Virginia where Dale Earnhardt's one-time father-in-law and race car fabricator supreme - Robert Gee - was living when Rick Hendrick first met him and later hired him to supervise the building of cars for Rick. Sandwiched between "No Neck" (Cale Yarborough) in Junior Johnson's #11 and "Flash" in the #24 is not the "King" - but Joe Millikan wheeling the #43 in relief for Richard Petty.

Like his father Jabe Thomas (pictured in the Alex FL Racing Fan post above) - 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, Ronnie Thomas wheeled the #25 early in his career and resided in Christiansburg, Virginia like his father, Jabe as well as racing neighbor, Clyde Lynn - whose number won't come up for 5 days, when we reach 20 days to go.

This is the photo, Dennis... is it not showing up above?

Ferrum, Virginia's Paul Radford behind the wheel of the famed Clarence's Steak House #26 NASCAR modified coach:

As posted at JalopyJournal

Darel Dieringer in the #26 Bill Stroppe Mercury at Darlington's Labor Day 1963 Southern 500 to the outside of Joe Weatherly in Bud Moore's #8 :

Now, that is one cool photo!

You'll have to clarify, Dennis. Don't understand. Thanks.

RR member, Ray Lamm captured this photo of Junior Johnson taking the checkers in his #26 Holly Farms Ford to win the 1965 Richmond 250 on the old Strawberry Hill half-mile dirt layout. It was the first national telecast of a race from the Commonwealth of Virginia, airing as a tape delayed segment on ABC's Wide World of Sports with Bill Fleming and Chris Economaki announcing.

A Walt Wimer photo of NASCAR's 1965 Most Popular Modified Driver, Al Grinnan 's #27 fuel injected beast owned by fellow competitor, Sonny Hutchins who was driving the #90 Ford for Junie Donlavey at the time. The following year the car number was changed to #99 as seen in a recent 1967 newspaper photo posted here by Dennis Garrett.