Honolulu Stadium stock car races
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I don't think Jim would be the original image owner, but perhaps he can recall where he obtained it, whether online or in some of the packs of racing photo prints he purchased.
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Winston Cup Museum
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Yep, I remember "discovering" and posting about the Winston Cup Museum four years ago, back in 2012.
Members Jimmy Johnson and NB Arnold had been there.
Should I tell you the name of a "famous" person who wears a big cowboy hat and responded to my post on January 25, 2012? Nah... it's Mother's Day and I'm trying to be extra nice, lol!
DIAMOND STATE 250 May 2, 1971
Stock Car Racing History
Thank, Chase, for crediting my buddy, Frank Buhrman's first hand account of witnessing this unusual Grand American reace.
Driver Moves
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Can your driver match these moves? Probably not Tiny or Curtis. Mark rowed and Jimmie is a triathlete, but Danica has the moves...
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
An update on the Coupe
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Johnny, sure pray your wife is well on the recovery road.
THE HUGE POPULARITY OF CURRENT NASCAR
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It is truly sad what has happened to the coverage.
Tim, I knew every single one of those great writers you name personally and, of course, once employed Whitlock. Chase, I had some memorable meals (and after meals) with Larry and Joe. They were like twins on the road. We lost Joe way too soon.
Not only did our Richmond morning and afternoon papers each have award winning motorsports beat writers Jerry Lindquist, Harold Pearson, Randy Hallman and Ben Blake, they also staffed all Friday night races at our weekly Southside Speedway and both morning and afternoon paper always had photos from the modified and Sportsman races.
Some papers had great writers like Birmingham's Clyde Bolton, who only went to Talladega, Nashville, Atlanta and Daytona.
Spartanburg had a plethora of great writers over many years. Jim Foster went on to hear Dodge Division public relations before being hired by Bill France. Gene Granger was his own man and had more contacts than you can imagine. I've sat in his basement while he called Harry Ranier's wife on her private line to ask if Harry was selling to Robert Yates.
Many cities had many great racing writers. A few like Tom Higgins in Charlotte and Gerald Martin in Raleigh covered every single race. Others hit 5-10 per year, but they knew their racing and it's characters. Fayetteville's Thomas Pope has been terrific for decades and Sandy McKee in Baltimore was outstanding, as was Beth Tuschak in Detroit and later for USA Today. Add Bill Fleischman to the list, also and Shav Glick in L.A. Outstanding racing writers each.
We also had great Associated Press Motorsports editors like Bloys Britt and Mike Harris. Before it's near demise, UPI was blessed to have Deb Williams.
Now I see little evidence that those reporting on racing have a clue.
I had no idea that Tim was famous so long before I knew him. I want to see that full page color spread posted from the Columbia paper... no ands, ifs or but(t)s!
And Devin, about 4 months ago I cancelled my suubscription to the Charlotte paper. It's the first time in 67 years I have not had a newspaper in my house. But the content had shrunk to nothing and the price spiraled out of control. I haven't cut the cable, but I did cut the paper.
Does NASCAR have a next generation of fans?
Current NASCAR
My two grandsons have no interest in racing. They have both been to events at Charlotte, as well as a local asphalt and dirt track. One even accompanied me twice to Occoneechee.
Now, one is in high school band and one is entering middle school. They love to play basketball and football... not so much baseball as I did.
One grandson's father owns a flooring business and used to provide carpet and tile installation crews for Lowe's. When he was in the early school grades and before, that grandson naturally pulled for Jimmie Johnson since he'd been to CMS on the expense account of Lowe's.
The high school grandson is busy with band, his multiple girlfriends and driving every chance he gets on his learner's permit. With laptop, school laptop and smart phone, and videro games, he pays no attention to racing.
There was one bright spot Sunday. Tommy was over helping with some chores I can't perform. He came in the den during the Richmond race. Then he opined that Denny wouldn't win because he was driving the wrong FedEx color car that day... not the winning FedEx color combo. Then he left to text his girlfriend.
Before I got my driver's license, I was under the hood of Dad's car changing points, plugs and condenser, air filter and setting timing. I was telling the grandsons about going to Sears when I got my driver's license and buying seat belts for my '57 Chevy and drilling through the floorboard to install them. I also told them about going to the junkyard to get an AM radio and to Pep Boys to get a spring loaded radio antenna and mounting it on the front fender.
When asked how I knew what to do, I had to say I really didn't - I just figured I could. Mom really hated when I bought ramps and a creeper and started changing oi and oil filter out in the street curbside in front of the house. That was way too tacky for her. My grandsons' mothers need not worry. They won't be changing oil or buying race tickets. Sad.
Racing History Minute - April 27, 1958
Stock Car Racing History
Interesting in the Hillsboro newspaper ad to see the race that never ran billed as "Battle of the Chevrolets and Fords." Also interesting in the ad to see children under 12 encouraged to bring "escorts!" For years we used to pass by a "gentlemen's" establishment near the he fringe of Durham not far fro Hillsboro on highway 70 named "Tomcats." That was probably the nearest place for the children under 12 to get their escort!
At Richmond, we always advertised free admission for children under 12 accompanied by a paid adult. No escorts needed!