Richard was always good at arm twsting... i.e. twisting Plymouth/Chrysler's arm with his 1969 one season move to Ford. For the life of me, I don't know or recall the origin of the Wrangler patch on Richard's collar.
And speaking of Johnny Unitas - Number 19 - at Bristol on March 19
And I still prefer Bristol asphalt to Bristol concrete - daytime - night time - ANY time! And it wouldn't hurt my feelings to bring back the original banking, too.
I always think of jolly Irishman, Tim Sullivan when St. Patrick's Day rolls around. Tim started out flagging (out on the track) at Richmond's Royall (Southside) Speedway in the late 40's and went on to a stellar motorsports career.. including founding Motor Racing Network, bringing live race telecasts to theaters and arenas via Teleprompter (no coincidence they also sponsored Richmond's Junie Donlavey and Bill Dennis at Daytona) and founding the automotive studies program at Daytona Beach Community College, all the while repping for Valvoline to the press corps. Tim never parted a group without invoking the Irish Blessing. In his "spare" time he always came back to Richmond and helped in our credentials office on race weekends.
Hope you're wearing your green!
Landover, Maryland's Elmo Langley sported sponsorship from nearby Beltsville (Md.) Speedway on his green '68 Ford Galaxie at the 1969 Daytona 500 to advertise the upcoming May 16, 1969 Beltsville 300.
Sorry to hear of John's passing. Prayers to family and friends.
Bubba Tatum , starting on the South Boston Speedway pole in the '66 Chevelle featured in the television commercial, leads Sonny Hutchins in the Emanuel Zervakis #01 Chevelle in this Kenny Lang photo:
