Bank requests ‘immediate and exclusive custody’ of Rockingham Speedway

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Better days at Rockingham:

Bank requests ‘immediate and exclusive custody’ of Rockingham Speedway

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Here's the lady Jeff Gilder can call after next Friday to pay off the Rockingham Speedway debt and take it over for the pleasure of RR members:

Earl Ross has passed away

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Earl Ross has passed away

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Delaware Speedway

CANADIAN RACING LEGEND EARL ROSS HAS PASSED AWAY

September 18, 2014
Delaware Speedway PR

Canadian Motorsports Legend, Earl Ross of Ailsa Craig, has passed away. Delaware Speedway staff confirmed early on Thursday afternoon that Ross had passed away at the age of 73.

At Delaware Speedway, Ross is a winner of the most historic event at the track, the Great Canadian Race. He took the victory in the first McKerlie Millen event in 1982. For many at the track he is considered a hero for his accomplishments not just at the local level, but on the NASCAR stage when, in 1974, he earned rookie of the year honours in the series that would become todays NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. During that season Ross also became the first international driver to win a Cup event when he won at Martinsville speedway on September 29, 1974. Ross was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000.

In his later years Earl Ross quietly continued to view the races from the spectator side of the fence close to home at Delaware Speedway, favouring a viewing area in turn four. Many spectators would have been completely unaware they were rubbing elbows with one of the greatest drivers in Canadian racing history.

Ross continued to stay connected with Thompson Motorsports, mentoring driver Shawn Thompson over the years. Shawns crew chief and uncle, Jerry Thompson, was himself a former crew chief for Earl Ross.

The 34th running of the Great Canadian Race, of which Ross is a winner, is scheduled for Saturday. The track will honour Earl Rosss racing legacy during the pre-race ceremonies.

Earl Ross has passed away

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R.I.P. Earl - Listen to live MRN Radio broadcast of Earl's only Cup win at Martinsville on September 29, 1974 at the link below:

http://www.mrn.com/Media-Center/MRN-Show-Archives/Classic-Races.aspx?id=a841b251dfa24af7a66ef75f5fa67946

September 18, 1965 Richmond Non-Anniversary of the Origination of the Billy Biscoe/Petty Door as Chrysler Returns from Boycott & David Wins

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I thought the same things as you, Dennis. I don't have any other photos.

September 18, 1965 Richmond Non-Anniversary of the Origination of the Billy Biscoe/Petty Door as Chrysler Returns from Boycott & David Wins

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Well, Dennis, your eyes are much sharper than mine! But no damage like the door NASCAR HOF displayed. Is that a driver's side door or a passenger side door, anyway?

September 18, 1965 Richmond Non-Anniversary of the Origination of the Billy Biscoe/Petty Door as Chrysler Returns from Boycott & David Wins

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But we keep trying to quash the NASCAR HOF story, right??!! If we could just get Billy Biscoe to say to them, "Hey Buz, you are WRONG." And, I somehow missed finding your post from one year ago. Sorry. Mea culpa.

September 18, 1965 Richmond Non-Anniversary of the Origination of the Billy Biscoe/Petty Door as Chrysler Returns from Boycott & David Wins

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Today is the anniversary of the September 18, 1965 Capital City 300 race at Richmond. It's the race claimed by the NASCAR Hall of Fame to have been the source of the Richard Petty door possessed by Billy Biscoe. Of course, we proved that theory wrong a number of years ago when I located a photo of LeeRoy Yarbrough hitting the Richmond light pole that supposedly had damaged the door according, erroneously, to Buz McKim.

Anyhow, I remember David Pearson smoking them again on the Richmond dirt 49 years ago tonight in the Cotton Owens #6 Dodge, recently returned after the Chrysler boycott.

Richmond modified stars, Red Foote and Sonny Hutchins both made the GN field. Recently returned Curtis Turner drove a second Junior Johnson entry.

Winner, Pearson's brakes were gone and his throttle was hanging. According to newspaper accounts, Pearson was shoving in the clutch and then throwing the car broadside in the corners.

1965 Capital City 300

NASCAR Grand National race number 49 of 55
Saturday, September 18, 1965 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond
300 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:27:35
Average Speed: 60.983 mph
Pole Speed: 67.34 mph Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 14,000
Lead changes: 10

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 2 6 David Pearson Southeastern Dodge Dealers (Cotton Owens) '65 Dodge 300 2,300 running 122
2 10 15 Darel Dieringer Bud Moore '64 Mercury 299 1,525 running 72
3 7 26 Junior Johnson Junior Johnson '65 Ford 298 1,200 running 1
4 19 19 J.T. Putney Herman Beam '65 Chevrolet 298 875 running 0
5 26 89 Neil Castles Buck Baker '65 Oldsmobile 278 710 running 0
6 13 00 Bert Robbins Emory Gilliam '64 Ford 276 525 running 0
7 23 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '63 Ford 274 400 running 0
8 31 52 E.J. Trivette Jess Potter '63 Chevrolet 263 300 running 0
9 36 57 Lionel Johnson Clay Eastridge '64 Ford 252 250 running 0
10 35 68 Bob Derrington Bob Derrington '63 Ford 250 250 running 0
11 20 20 Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '64 Ford 248 225 running 0
12 14 64 Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '64 Ford 246 225 running 0
13 37 99 Gene Hobby Gene Hobby '64 Dodge 238 225 running 0
14 33 97 Henley Gray Gene Cline '64 Ford 237 225 running 0
15 25 1 Paul Lewis Paul Lewis '64 Ford 221 200 engine 0
16 6 86 Buddy Baker Buck Baker '64 Dodge 220 200 differential 0
17 22 53 Jimmy Helms David Warren '63 Ford 219 200 engine 0
18 21 02 Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '65 Chevrolet 210 175 sway bar 0
19 3 11 Ned Jarrett Bondy Long '65 Ford 208 175 engine 58
20 8 41 Jim Paschal Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) '65 Chevrolet 193 175 timing 0
21 12 46 Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '65 Chevrolet 187 175 differential 0
22 24 62 Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '64 Dodge 179 150 lug bolt 0
23 11 49 G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '64 Ford 178 150 a frame 0
24 15 87 Buck Baker Buck Baker '65 Chevrolet 170 170 oil leak 0
25 1 29 Dick Hutcherson Holman-Moody '65 Ford 162 150 crash 47
26 34 75 Gene Black C.L. Crawford '64 Ford 154 150 crash 0
27 28 66 Red Foote Larry Manning '64 Chevrolet 149 150 wheel 0
28 16 90 Sonny Hutchins Junie Donlavey '64 Ford 139 150 overheating 0
29 27 18 Stick Elliott Toy Bolton '65 Chevrolet 118 150 radiator 0
30 30 9 Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '65 Chevrolet 107 150 driveshaft 0
31 32 80 Worth McMillion Allen McMillion '64 Pontiac 103 150 oil pan 0
32 29 38 Wayne Smith Archie Smith '65 Chevrolet 88 150 overheating 0
33 9 55 Tiny Lund Lyle Stelter '64 Ford 85 150 crash 0
34 18 43 LeeRoy Yarbrough Petty Enterprises '65 Plymouth 81 150 crash 0
35 5 59 Tom Pistone Glen Sweet '64 Ford 80 150 crash 0
36 4 2 Curtis Turner Junior Johnson '65 Ford 66 150 overheating 0
37 17 96 Cale Yarborough Kenny Myler '64 Ford 28 150 overheating 0

LeeRoy Yarbrough drove the #43 for Petty at Richmond, since Richard had a previous drag racing commitment. He and Tiny Lund hit the same light pole exiting the muddy Richmond pits. Note the damage to the #43 is to the front end, not the door.

Southern MotorSports Journal

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Early in the Richmond race week, the sad news came out of Florence, SC that driver Buren Skeen had succumbed to the injuries he'd received in a Labor Day crash at Darlington:

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

September 17, 1967 - Foyt triumphs in Milwaukee

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Milwaukee wasn't the only locality to have a Tony Bettenhausen trophy. The Illinois Farmers' Review carried this story on May 24, 1961: