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That was a nice recognition.
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The Rock
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NASCAR taking Trucks back to Rockingham
By Jim Utter - jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012
NASCARs return to Rockingham Speedway appeared from all sides a rousing success.
Wednesday, the track made official that it will get an encore performance in 2013.
Rockingham again will host a Truck Series race in April next year, again on the same weekend the Sprint Cup Series will be at Texas Motor Speedway. The Cup race will be Saturday, April 13, with the Truck race at Rockingham on April 14.
We got our report card from NASCAR, and it looks like we got an A-plus, track owner Andy Hillenburg said of this seasons race, which was the first NASCAR national series event at the track since 2004.
Fans, drivers, teams; everyone embraced our 2012 event, said Hillenburg.
Cup series star Kasey Kahne, fresh off the race the night before at Texas, arrived on race day, started from the back of the field, and won the Truck series inaugural visit to the track 90 miles southeast of Charlotte.
Its been a long road back since we bought this race track in 2007, said Hillenburg. There were a few times along the way where I wasnt sure we were going to make it. But when I looked up in the grandstands during driver introductions in April, it made me extremely proud.
That was a very important day in the history of Rockingham Speedway, but it was just one step on the road.
Inaugural events tend to get bigger turnouts, more media and pique the curiosity of fans. Rockingham had the kind of Truck race weekend many in NASCAR hoped it would.
The future of NASCAR at The Rock likely will depend more upon what transpires next April.
The track took a gigantic, successful step back into the limelight this season. Only fans will determine whether it remains there.
Read more here: http://www.thatsracin.com/2012/09/26/95066/nascar-taking-truck-series-back.html#storylink=cpy
I am OUT....but still IN!!
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Good luck, Patsy. Headed that way sooner or later, too. can hardly drive at night anymore. We'll all be thinking of you (whether you can read this or not).
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I just read an article on T.A. - forgot he was sentenced on a murder conviction in the 90s. Must of been another relation - he was Thaddeus Allvin Toomes, Jr.
This link to a story may work:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19960128&id=OItOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ERUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632,4496192
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What a neat piece, Laverne. Wonder if Arnold Toomes of Randleman was T.A. Toomes or a relation?
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Some really great promotions here. Maybe it's time to bring some of these back.
Sponsors: From This To That
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This will be a really good head scratching exercise. After this we can list the racetracks who've had competing sponsors.
No Loyalty to Old Sponsors for Dale's Son
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Oh, yeah... I was there when he was trying both... concert on Sat. night and race on Sunday. He is a very talented singer and has/had a heck of a guitar collection.