Was That Johnny Mallonee & His Truck? - Or, Maybe Leon Phillips?
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Wonder if this is Johnny or Leon's backyard?
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Was That Johnny Mallonee & His Truck? - Or, Maybe Leon Phillips?
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I could be wrong. Maybe the truck driver is RR, member Leon Phillips!
Was That Johnny Mallonee & His Truck? - Or, Maybe Leon Phillips?
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Each year the little town of Urbanna, Virginia (pop. 541) holds the world famous Urbanna Oyster Festival www.urbannaoysterfestival.com - a weekend where all the goodies plucked from the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay are cooked and served to perfection.
Urbanna is located on the banks of the beautiful Urbanna Creek and Rappahannock River, just 12 minutes from Bill Sawyer's Virginia Motor Speedway, south of Tappahannock on U.S. 17.
The 57th edition of the Urbanna Oyster Festival is scheduled for the weekend of November 7-8. One of the highlights is a parade.
There are many videos online of past festivals and one in particular caught my eye from a past year's parade. Can anybody tell me if that is RR member Johnny Mallonee and his 18 wheeler in the video below?
If that is Johnny Mallonee and his truck, for some reason it appears a bunch of mad NASCAR Cup drivers are chasing him!
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
A RACE FROM WAY BACK FROM BEVERLY HILLS CA. Maybe 1920
Stock Car Racing History
Here's a link to an interesting post about board tracks made on our RR site by member Jon Clifton in 2008:
http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/forum/topics/1981311:Topic:91620
A RACE FROM WAY BACK FROM BEVERLY HILLS CA. Maybe 1920
Stock Car Racing History
In 1924, future driving star, Buddy Shuman's father contracted to haul the lumber from the rail yard to the construction site for the board track known as Charlotte Speedway, built in Pineville, NC.
Construction cost for the original Charlotte Speedway in 1924 was $38,000.
A RACE FROM WAY BACK FROM BEVERLY HILLS CA. Maybe 1920
Stock Car Racing History
Here's a 1927 postcard of the 1-mile (some records say 1.25-mi.) Charlotte Speedway board track mentioned by Perry in Pineville, NC. The track opened in 1924 with an Indy car type event. It had been built of "green" yellow pine 2 x 4s with the theory that they would shrink leaving gaps for ventilation. The last event was held in 1927 when the wood had seriously deteriorated and some boards were sticking straight up, according to the UNC-Chapel Hill Library archives.
UNC-Chapel Hill Library Archives
Charlotte Speedway - Pineville, NC on 10/19/1924 - 6 days before opening
Posted at Jalopy Journal site by member The37kid
A RACE FROM WAY BACK FROM BEVERLY HILLS CA. Maybe 1920
Stock Car Racing History
Can you imagine the bonfire if one of those board tracks caught fire?
Joe Laquerre jr.
Stock Car Racing History
I was just sadly reading of the death of Joey Laquerre in a recent ATV accident.
October 27, 1974 - Young and Old win Cardinal 500
Stock Car Racing History
7th place finisher in the LMS race was winner, Ray Hendrick's son, Roy Hendrick , who drove the the red & blue #33 STPish looking Chevelle fielded by "Blue" Burton of Mechanicsville, Virginia pictured in one of the photos above.
2nd place LMS finisher was the same Reds Kagle of Maryland who lost a leg in the 1961 World 600 crash below:
