Grand American 100 - October 24, 1970
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Got my Shaws discombobulated!
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Grand American 100 - October 24, 1970
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A very stout number of cars were running at the finish. Do you have any insight into the Reid Shaw reason out being listed as Technical?
Lund Is Still Seeking Speed Record For Mile
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There was a lot of ballyhoo going on between Rockingham and Dover in the 1970s about the 1-mile record. Earlier in 1970, Ray Hendrick of Richmond had run 134.028 at Dover with no special modifications qualifying for a NASCAR modified race, a mark that stood at Dover until broken by Geoff Bodine in 1977 in a Mustang. Bodine set what were claimed to be two closed course mile records that day, one on Grand National tires and a faster lap of 143.170 on wider tires.
Who was telling the truth... Rockingham or Dover??? I should note that in the story above about Tiny Lund and Bobby Allison at Rockingham by Herman Hickman, Herman just happened to be the PR guy at Rockingham!!!
Here's the accounts about Dover and the 1-mile record from the Wilmington, NC paper: 
Racing History Minute - October 14, 1956
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Make us an offer we can't refuse, Chase. Perhaps Bill was poor because Don was into him. And Larry was probably afraid to be frank around him, fearing the consequences. And if Whitey messed with him, he might find himself in a pickle.
Racing History Minute - October 9, 1955
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Alex, I had no idea that longtime USAC stock car standout, Norm Nelson had ventured south to Arkansas in 1955, making the first of his 5 career NASCAR Grand National starts. 3 races later, at Las Vegas, he'd become a NASCAR Grand National winner. He wouldn't start a NASCAR GN event again until 1966, racing once that year and one time in 1967 and 1968.
Norm Nelson photo from Midwestracingarchives.com
Thanks for the history lesson, Alex. That's a good photo Chase has posted of Nelson racing winner, Speedy Thompson.
Savannah 200 - October 11, 1970
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I'm pretty sure I recognize Johnny & Tim co-driving in one of these Savannah races:
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Devin, I am so relieved to hear that you are ok. Have certainly been thinking of and praying for you and Tim and Ann in Columbia.
Racing History Minute - October 1, 1950
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Jocko the Elder from vintagemodifieds.com:
Racing History Minute - September 23, 1973
Stock Car Racing History
There was a heated battle going on at North Wilkesboro between Darrell Waltrip and Lennie Pond for 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, with Waltrip taking multiple opportunities to bad mouth Pond.
Waltrip, driving out of Franklin, TN via Owensboro, KY, had recently driven into a huge fire at Richmond, incurring the everlasting wrath of his recent factory Ford car owner, Bud Moore.
Pond, of Ettrick, Virginia, was driving Ronnie Elder's beautiful independent Master Chevrolet #54 out of Petersburg, Virginia.
When the dust settled on the fall Wilkesboro go, Pond had driven to a 6th place finish, while Waltrip would finish dead last with engine failure in the Sta-Power #15 ride out of Spartanburg,
At season's end, Moore fired Waltrip while NASCAR named Pond its 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year.
BELOW : 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Lennie Pond (R) stands beside 1973 Wilkes 400 winner, Bobby Allison (L) in the showroom of Chester, Virginia's Heritage Chevrolet dealership:
