July 9, 1964 - Runt Spins, Moss Wins at Langley Field
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Thanks a million, Jack. Your resources are simply outstanding! I've changed the headline on my post to reflect the Earl Moss win.
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July 9, 1964 - Runt Spins, Moss Wins at Langley Field
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On the night of July 9, 1964 the NASCAR Modifieds were racing at Hampton, Virginia's Langley Field Speedway. I had no information on this race, but Jack Walker has furnished it in a post below. Getty Images has an ISC Archives photo of cigar chomping Eddie Crouse of Glen Allen, Virginia - 1962 & 1963 NASCAR National Modified Champion - ready for action.
Crouse is not in his old #1va Bud Walmsley / Shirley Construction ride that took him to his two NASCAR Championships, but in a car #55 that I don't recognize.
Anybody know whose car this was? Little Bud Moore drove a #55 Modified at Langley in the October 1964 Ray Platte Memorial race, while Crouse drove a #31 - a number normally driven art Langley by Gene Lovelace . Doug Yates drove the old Crouse 1va Modified in that race, before it was turned over to Lennie Pond .
And... check this wonderful photo of Eddie Crouse on stage in Daytona in January 1963 at the NASCAR Awards Banquet celebrating 1962 champions with a few other faces you'll recognize. This photo is also from the ISC Archives via Getty Images. The other cigar chomper, besides Crouse, is the late Rene Charland ! They've got Little Joe Weatherly and Robert Arthur Allison surrounded!
updated by @dave-fulton: 07/07/17 12:21:50PM
GENE BLACK
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The Harris Speedway car is listed as a 1964 Ford owned by C.L. Crawford - started 1965 Harris race in 16th, finished 13th - running at finish.
GENE BLACK
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ebay posting of Gene Black and his #75
Gene Black in #75 at Harris Speedway as posted on this site by Randy Gilbert
" Wild Goose " racecar # 61
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The photo link I gave above is from The Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers photo site
" Wild Goose " racecar # 61
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I don't know if this site has anything to do with the one named by Johnny, but here is a link to many Alabama racing photos:
The New 9-Team NASCAR Race Team Alliance
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Just heard about this on my 6:00pm news:
NASCAR's most powerful teams form Race Team Alliance
Nate Ryan
USA TODAY
2:59 p.m. EDT July 7, 2014
NASCAR's nine most powerful teams have formed the Race Team Alliance, a business association intended to increase revenues and budget efficiency for Sprint Cup organizations.
The RTA is comprised of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing and Team Penske. It intends to open its membership to all teams in NASCAR's premier series.
A release said the organization "creates for the first time a single entity to engage with stakeholders on creative ways to market and experience the power of the sport's teams and drivers. As part of its focus, the RTA also plans to explore innovative ways to harness the combined purchasing power and scale of the teams' operations to drive efficiencies in costs."
NASCAR Q&A: Rob Kauffman on new Race Team Alliance
Rob Kauffman, the co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, has been elected the RTA's chairman.
"With the encouragement of NASCAR and the manufacturers, the teams have met in various forms and forums over the years to explore areas of common interest," Kauffman said in a release. "This simply formalizes what was an informal group. The key word is 'collaboration'. We all have vested interests in the success and popularity of stock car racing.
"By working together and speaking with a single voice, it should be a simpler and smoother process to work with current and potential groups involved with the sport. Whether it be looking for industry-wide travel partners or collaborating on technical issues the idea is to work together to increase revenue, spend more efficiently, and deliver more value to our partners."
In a statement, NASCAR vice president and chief communications officer Brett Jewkes said: "We are aware of the alliance concept the team owners have announced, but have very few specifics on its structure or purpose. It is apparently still in development and we're still learning about the details so it would be inappropriate to comment right now. NASCAR's mission, as it has always been, is to create a fair playing field where anyone can come and compete. Our job is to support and strengthen all of the teams, large and small, across all of our series and we'll continue to do that. NASCAR is a unique community with hundreds of stakeholders. They all have a voice and always will."
Brian France says 2015 schedule merits 'robust' talks
NASCAR will begin new 10-year TV deals next year with Fox and NBC that run through 2025 and are worth more than $8 billion. Under the current structure, NASCAR teams receive roughly 25% of the revenue from TV, with 65% to tracks and 10% to NASCAR.
In a state-of-the-sport address last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, chairman Brian France said NASCAR was "rethinking that a little bit. That'll be something that we will consider and we will look at to make sure that the appropriate values are where they need to be."
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
Rain, Plates and the 4th of July
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I also watched F-1 at Silverstone, IndyCar at Pocono and ARCA at Winchester. Best race of the weekend hands down was ARCA at Winchester with ole Ken Schrader leading so much and the last lap lean on the leader, 8 wheels are better than 4 pass by the 17 year old Georgia boy for the win in his first ARCA start. Now, that was some real racing!
Jeremy Mayfield on STARS Radio Monday July 7th
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My opinion of Jeremy Mayfield has nothing to do with NASCAR. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I live in an area where Mayfield's off track exploits have been chronicled daily in extreme detail on all of our television news programs and daily newspapers. None of that has anything to do with NASCAR. However, each to their own. I think if Jeremy could have ever learned to keep his mouth shut, he wouldn't have been fired by Penske, Evernham and Bill Davis. But that has nothing to do with his criminal activities.
Jeremy Mayfield on STARS Radio Monday July 7th
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Pesonally, I think he belongs in jail.