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Special Delivery for "The Legend"
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I never cease to be amazed at the reach of The Legend's acquaintances when it comes to providing entertainment.
Remember the opening to ABC Television's Wide World of Sports programming where many of us saw our first (although tape delayed) telecasts of NASCAR races? "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport..."
A dedicated scanner just picked up this unusual feed and wanted The Legend's sought after opinion:
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
September 15, 1967 - Petty Notches Beltsville
Stock Car Racing History
The Fredericksburg, Va. Free Lance Star newspaper carried an Associated Press update of 1967 Grand National money leaders heading into the Friday night, September 15, 1967 Beltsville, Maryland race:
September 15, 1968 - Petty Hauls In Hillsboro
Stock Car Racing History
As the Chris Hussey color photo demonstrates some 46 years later, there's still no car, in all its simplicity, more striking on a racetrack than a solid blue PLYMOUTH by Petty with a white #43 on its door.
Film of Wood Brothers / Sonny Hutchins '37 Ford Coupe Modified Winning at Martinsville - 1967
Stock Car Racing History
Two more shots of the Sonny Hutchins / Wood Brothers modified - Photos posted at lasheefs from Wood Brothers collection
Film of Wood Brothers / Sonny Hutchins '37 Ford Coupe Modified Winning at Martinsville - 1967
Stock Car Racing History
The Sonny Hutchins Martinsville winning modified on the Wood Brothers truck at Martinsville:
Film of Wood Brothers / Sonny Hutchins '37 Ford Coupe Modified Winning at Martinsville - 1967
Stock Car Racing History
Many have seen photos posted on this site of the beautiful #21 candy apple red 1937 Ford coupe modified owned by the Wood Brothers and built for Sonny Hutchins of Richmond to drive in the mid-late 60s.
I was fortunate to see Sonny in the Wood Brothers modified at at both Martinsville, where he won and at Richmond's Southside Speedway where the fuel injected 427 Ford powerplant had Sonny spinning wheels all the way down the straights on the little third-mile oval.
I just stumbled across some black & white news film from the University of Virginia Library collection of Roanoke, Virginia television station WSLS. It shows Sonny winning in the beautiful, potent and sweet Wood brothers ride at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, April 22, 1967 in the NASCAR National Championship Modified event the day prior to the Virginia 500 Grand National race.
The film opens with the race start, showing Sonny on the pole in the Wood Brothers ride, flanked on the outside pole by fellow Richmond competitor, Ray Hendrick - the all-time Martinsville winner with 20 - driving the Jack Tant / Clayton Mitchell "Flying #11" Chevy coupe.
Click on the link below to see the brief rare footage of the bespeckled Richmond restaurant operator driving the Woods' beautiful open wheel ride to victory:
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2218226
Thank you, National Endowment for the Humanitie s for providing the funding to preserve and digitize this rare look at two of Richmond's famed "4-H Boys."
Here's also a brief sportscaster copy sheet:
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
September 13, 1969 - Big Bill and The PDA square off
Stock Car Racing History
Six days after the September 13, 1969 Talladega pullout, the Spartanburg paper carried this Associated Press report datelined Charlotte on September 19:
September 13, 1969 - Big Bill and The PDA square off
Stock Car Racing History
Monday's Daytona paper listed all Talladega entrants who walked out, as well as carrying a story about an "Appearance Bond" to be posted by the boycotters at future NASCAR races.
September 13, 1969 - Big Bill and The PDA square off
Stock Car Racing History
Interesting to note that one of the just 4 Grand National drivers who went on the track after the Saturday GT race was Bobby Isaac, who'd later "hear voices" at the same Talladega track and step out of his Bud Moore ride during an event.