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You nailed it, Chase.

Beware Race Driving School - Better Business Bureau Cites Randy Baker's SpeedTech

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Excerpted from The Charlotte Observer - Monday July 21, 2014

Charlotte firms make BBBs Dirty Half-Dozen list for unanswered complaints
By Rachel Adams-Heard and Megan Cassella
radamsheard@charlotteobserver.com mcassella@charlotteobserver.com
Monday, Jul. 21, 2014

Six Charlotte-area companies have been named to the Better Business Bureaus Dirty Half-Dozen list, an annual compilation of businesses with the most unanswered customer complaints for the first half of the year.

Consumers have filed 6,320 complaints with the bureau so far this year, according to the organizations news release. Here are the companies that made the list:

SpeedTech Auto Racing Schools . Randy Baker , son of NASCAR legend Buck Baker, owns the Concord-based business that offers driving lessons at NASCAR tracks. Six customers complained that SpeedTech sold them a lesson that they never received. When the Observer tried to reach the firm Monday, its number had been disconnected.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/07/21/5058287/charlotte-firms-make-bbbs-dirty.html#storylink=cpy

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Brown VS Myers Behind the scenes

Local and Regional Short Track Racing

Something that is really bothersome is that when the Winston-Salem Journal conducted an on-line poll this week of whether readers thought the penalties levied against Brown and Myers by NASCAR officials were fair or unfair, nearly 58% selected the "I Don't Care" option.

Brown VS Myers Behind the scenes

Local and Regional Short Track Racing

I am "assuming" that what you've written refers to comments made by fans following the pro rasslin' style entertainment put on by Brown & Myers at Bowman-Gray the other Saturday night?

~Another Family Member within The Bell & Bell Vintage Modified Racing Series® passes away~

Vintage Oval and Road Course Racing

Condolences to all.

R.I.P. ESPN "THUNDER" Broadcaster Gary Lee

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If you ever watched any of the ESPN Thursday Night Thunder or Saturday Night Thunder USAC telecasts, you were familiar with broadcaster, Gary Lee. The Indianapolis paper reported his passing in this past Monday's July 14 edition. R.I.P. Gary.

Racing broadcaster Gary Lee, 63, found dead at his home

Longtime motor sports broadcaster Gary Lee, 63, was found dead in his Indianapolis home today, likely the result of a heart attack, friends said.

Lee, who lived on the citys Eastside, was synonymous with ESPNs early events. He teamed with former driver Larry Rice to broadcast the Thunder short-track series that featured drivers such as a young Jeff Gordon at what was then Indianapolis Raceway Park in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Larry and Gary were Thunder, said fellow broadcaster Bob Jenkins, who helped start the weekly traveling motor sports show along with Larry Nuber. They got along so well.

They were like brothers, said veteran broadcaster Howdy Bell, who met Lee as an 18-year-old broadcasting hopeful.

Born Gary Hill, Lee attended Howe High School in Indianapolis and Vincennes University. He also worked at WTTV-4.

Lee worked on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network through the 1990s and owned Whiteland Raceway Park for a time.

Here are a few excerpts from the very first ESPN Thursday Night Thunder telecast with Gary Lee at IRP in 1988. This clip opens with AJ Foyt on the dirt at IRP in 1961. Cool footage.

updated by @dave-fulton: 01/30/21 06:58:12AM

How Long Did PDA Last? It Was Involved in 1972 Richard Petty Night in Greensboro

Stock Car Racing History

Here's a photo posted previously by TMC-Chase showing basketball player, Larry Miller in 1970 standing between David Pearson and Richard Petty:

How Long Did PDA Last? It Was Involved in 1972 Richard Petty Night in Greensboro

Stock Car Racing History

By the way, Richard Petty Night is mentioned in the Scott Fowler's book, North Carolina Tar Heels: Where Have You Gone? On Richard Petty night, Larry Miller set the single game scoring record for the both the Carolina Cougars and American basketball Association.

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - March 21, 1972

How Long Did PDA Last? It Was Involved in 1972 Richard Petty Night in Greensboro

Stock Car Racing History

I had "assumed" that the PDA - Professional Drivers Association - was dead and gone by the end of 1969.

This morning while researching something different, I came across a March 4, 1972 article in The Dispatch of Lexington, NC stating that the Professional Drivers Association and its acting director, John Green was involved in the planning of Richard Petty Night at a Carolina Cougars basketball game in Greensboro, NC.

Heck, maybe the PDA still exists. Who knows?

updated by @dave-fulton: 11/28/18 06:49:30PM

What is the first Nascar race you attended

Stock Car Racing History

Harlow, You brought Glen Wood some pretty good luck at Martinsville in 1955, considering he blew up on lap 17 and was credited with a last place finish, but got in teammate Jimmy Massey's car and brought it home in 2nd place! Hope y'all had a good birthday celebration for Glen this past Friday.

Old Dominion 500

NASCAR Convertible race
Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
August 11, 1957
500 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 250 miles

Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
1 1 Bill Amick 97 Bill Amick 1957 Ford Convertible 500 3,150 running 274
2 3 Jimmy Massey 11 Wood Brothers 1956 Ford Convertible 499 1,925 running 144
3 29 Dick Beaty 39 Dick Beaty 1956 Ford Convertible 498 1,250 running 0
4 31 Lee Petty 42 Petty Engineering 1957 Oldsmobile Convertible 498 975 running 0
5 28 Jack Smith 46 Jack Smith 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 497 600 running 0
6 9 Curtis Turner 26 Holman Moody 1957 Ford Convertible 497 450 running 0
7 13 Possum Jones 48 Bob Welborn 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 495 400 running 0
8 27 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 1957 Ford Convertible 494 350 running 0
9 6 Ken Rush 75 Frank Hayworth 1956 Mercury Convertible 487 300 running 0
10 14 Larry Frank 76 Lonnie Fish 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 486 300 running 0
11 12 Paul Goldsmith 3 Slim Rominger 1957 Ford Convertible 486 250 running 0
12 16 Don Gray 77 Lonnie Fish 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 467 250 running 0
13 4 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 465 350 running 0
14 15 Roger Baldwin 10 Roger Baldwin 1956 Ford Convertible 454 225 running 0
15 23 Shep Langdon 78 Lonnie Fish 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 445 225 running 0
16 30 Billy Rafter 41 C.M. Julian 1956 Dodge Convertible 440 225 running 0
17 20 Bill Poor 4 Art Binkley 1956 Plymouth Convertible 440 225 running 0
18 10 Ray Hendrick 90 J.S. Rice 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 438 200 running 0
19 19 Dave Terrell 9 Dave Terrell 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 436 200 running 0
20 22 Neil Castles 55 Neil Castles 1956 Ford Convertible 425 200 running 0
21 18 E.J. Brewer 2 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 366 200 running 0
22 21 Raymond Carter 32 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 349 200 radiator hose 0
23 34 Ted Chamberlain 93 Ted Chamberlain 1956 Plymouth Convertible 340 200 running 0
24 35 Cannonball Brown 56 Cannonball Brown 1956 Chrysler Convertible 334 150 running 0
25 8 Fireball Roberts 22 Fireball Roberts 1957 Ford Convertible 332 150 rear end 0
26 11 Gwyn Staley 38 Julian Petty 1957 Chevrolet Convertible 302 100 engine 0
27 5 Joe Weatherly 12 Holman Moody 1957 Ford Convertible 284 100 engine 65
28 7 Billy Myers 14 Billy Myers 1957 Mercury Convertible 252 100 rear end 0
29 32 Jim Paschal 17 Jim Paschal 1957 Mercury Convertible 249 100 engine 0
30 33 James Jones 19 James Jones 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 223 100 accident 0
31 24 Whitey Norman 1A Whitey Norman 1956 Ford Convertible 222 oil leak 0
32 25 Sherman Utsman 8 1956 Ford Convertible 187 tire 0
33 26 Brownie King 31 Jess Potter 1956 Chevrolet Convertible 136 oil leak 0
34 17 Tiny Lund 5 1957 Pontiac Convertible 18 engine 0
35 2 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 1957 Ford Convertible 17 engine 17

Notes: Paul Goldsmith and Curtis Turner switched cars in the middle of the race.
They are listed here in the cars in which they started the race.
Bill Myers relieved Dick Beaty.
Glen Wood relieved Jim Massey.
Time of race: 04:00:54
Average Speed: 62.267 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.11 seconds
4 cautions
Attendance: 10,000

Source: Ultimate Racing History