Don Smyle looking for some info
Stock Car Racing History
Is that an ARCA decal on front fender?
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Don Smyle looking for some info
Stock Car Racing History
This gentleman doesn't seem to have Lloyd's cleft chin that is usually pretty noticeable in most photos.
Don Smyle looking for some info
Stock Car Racing History
I am making an entirely off the cuff, wild guess about the gentleman on the right. Anybody have any 1960s era photos of writer/photographer/broadcaster Don O'Reilly of Speed Age, the NASCAR News Bureau, ABC Television, The Washington Post, Daytona Beach News Journal, et al??
Looking for a CD title: MEET JOE KELLY, A MODERN DAY STORYTELLER
Stock Car Racing History
I'd like to hear that.
Have you seen this picture before? Lexington's Lakeview Speedway 1948
Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks
Sounds like a Randy Hallman project to me.
Have you seen this picture before? Lexington's Lakeview Speedway 1948
Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks
I really wish Google hadn't given up their archive project. I'd love to have access to my two hometown Richmond papers. They used to do a wonderful job of covering weekly races with stories and photos in both morning and evening editions. However, I'm thankful for the Google newspaper archives that do exist.
Have you seen this picture before? Lexington's Lakeview Speedway 1948
Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks
Don't know if he got into that reconstructed fence at the 2nd Lakewood race on June 6, 1948, but Fireball Roberts really tore up his modified that day in this photo from the Roberts family collection as posted at www.fireball-roberts.com :
Have you seen this picture before? Lexington's Lakeview Speedway 1948
Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks
A story in the May 27, 1948 edition of The Dispatch newspaper of Lexington, NC contains several lines referencing improvements made to the fence before the second race would run on June 6, 1948:
I'm excited!
Stock Car Racing History
Andy, I well remember that very first ESPN telecast from Rockingham on March 1, 1981 with Bob Jenkins & Eli Gold in the booth. One of the ESPN pit runners had given me several ESPN decals on Saturday and I had them on the Osterlund/Earnhardt/Wrangler #2 Pontiac hoping to generate a little more television time. However, Dale generated plenty of time on his own with his multiple spins before finally retiring around lap 285.
