Billy Wood & His Hexes at the NASCAR Tracks
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Sounds like a nice collection, Danny. Sure wish I had saved mine.
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Billy Wood & His Hexes at the NASCAR Tracks
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And here's a 1977 shot of Billy Wood in the Langley Field Speedway pits in Hampton, Virginia with the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman car of Billy Smith.
The Confederate Flag and NASCAR
Current NASCAR
It doesn't get much more Confederate than Hanover County's Lee-Davis High School in Mechancsville, Virginia, whose Confederates celebrate Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
http://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/ldhs/
That school is not far from Richmond (International) Raceway.
Frankly, I was surprised that it never became an issue that Hillary Clinton's Democrat VP runnng mate, Jim Gilmore lives on Richmond's Confederate Avenue. I surely expected a huge outcry from the Democratic faithful when that became known, but the campaign managed to keep that away from the national media.
updated by @dave-fulton: 07/29/17 11:21:28AM
New Website Help - Questions, Answers, and Tips
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FYI Chase & Jeff..
I AM ABLE to search member names using an Android tablet.
Also able to search galleries on Android tablet, after first selecting "Galleries" from the 3 options on the drop down photo menu.
Engine builder Tommy Turner
Stock Car Racing History
The quote below regarding David Pearson's 1976 Daytona 500 win over Richard Petty came from a February 2017 Wood Brothers web site posting:
"Tommy Turner, using an improved Ford block manufactured in Australia, built the short block while Leonard Wood crafted the cylinder heads."
updated by @dave-fulton: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
Engine builder Tommy Turner
Stock Car Racing History
When Kyle Petty began driving for the Wood Brothers with our 7-Eleven sponsorship in 1985, Tommy Turner was building the engines and Leonard Wood was tuning them. Tommy Turner built the motor that took Kyle to his first Cup win at Richmond in 1986.
updated by @dave-fulton: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
July 21, 1963 - Ray Platte Dies after South Boston Crash
Stock Car Racing History
My thought exactly, Chase. NASCAR seat and seat belt failure continued into the next century.
July 21, 1963 - Ray Platte Dies after South Boston Crash
Stock Car Racing History
Standout Virginia modified driver, Ray Platte of Norfolk, Virginia died on July 21, 1963 at Duke University Medical Center after sustaining massive injuries the previous night in a NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Virginia's South Boston Speedway. After hitting the concrete wall, the seat was ripped from the Ken Rush-owned modified and the seat belt failed. It was a terrible shock to Virginia race fans. To this day the South Boston Speedway annually conducts the Ray Platte Memorial race in remembrance of the popular and talented Old Dominion racer. News accounts below are from the South Boston Gazette-Virginian and Associated Press as carried by the Petersburg (Va.) Progress -Index .
