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September 12, 1976 - Cale Conquers Richmond
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Some places have "Throwback Thursday." RacersReunion has "Chicken Weekend!"
September 12, 1976 - Cale Conquers Richmond
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This was the 2nd time a Junior Johnson-owned, Holly Farms-sponsored car had won at Richmond, but there were 11 seasons between wins, with Junior himself wheeling the first Holly Farms winner - a Ford - on the dirt, at the 1965 Richmond 250, as seen in the Ray Lamm photo below:
September 12, 1976 - Cale Conquers Richmond
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Seeing Cale & Junior with their chicken bucket reminded me that my family made numerous trips to the Holly Farms Fried Chicken establishment back then located at the corner of West Broad St. and Libbie Ave. in Richmond's West End. They had awesome seasoned potato wedges.
13 Years Ago Today
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Johnny... a side note here:
I made my very first trip to New York City over Easter weekend 1960 by train from Richmond with my Boy Scout Troop. Our leaders had made arrangements with the Navy and we stayed in barracks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I still remember the milk served at breakfast in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as the best and coldest I ever drank.
Directly across the road from our barracks, they were constructing the aircraft carrier USS Constellation and we were given a tour while the ship was being constructed.
To my horror, while still under construction, that ship burned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on December 19, 1960, killing 50 workers, just 7 1/2 months after we were aboard.
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A number of prominent individuals, including the News Editor for CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite perished on the flight from Charleston, SC to Charlotte 40 years ago today:
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Exactly 40 years ago on this date (9/11/1974) we had a tragedy here in Charlotte involving an aircraft. 69 souls lost their lives in the crash of an Eastern Airlines flight coming into Charlotte-Douglas Airport. The now defunct Eastern and the flight crew were cited for gross negligence and numerous safety violations. Future NASCAR Winston Cup Series Director, Dick Beaty had worked for Eastern and was Assistant Manager of the Charlotte airport at the time of the crash.
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It was a tragic day that resulted in numerous heroic acts. It's forever etched in my memory bank of "where were you when it happened?" dates, i.e. 7th grade shop class when Alan Shepard lifted off, 10th grade World History when JFK was shot, on a Friday night Trailways bus home from college when MLK was shot, in bed with the TV beside it just before starting my senior year of college when men walked on the moon.
I'm certain that no American who has memory of 9/11/2001 will ever forget where they were and what they were doing when the awful news reports started.