The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks, Perry.
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The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
From 2011:
Reply by toomuchcountry on December 13, 2011 at 11:58pm
Jim Paschal won driving 43 for Petty Enterprises. Twice - back in 1963.
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Permalink Reply by Billy Biscoe (arustyracer) on December 14, 2011 at 6:57am
TMC: there your answer to my past post about "it's just a dam door". J/P was the team driver from that era that door will be showcased in the NASCAR H O F.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks, Bobby.
For those who have never read it, the link below will take you to a recounting of the April Fool's Day 1962 stock car race Curtis Turner promoted at Virginia International Raceway in direct competition with the NASCAR Grand National race the same day up the road in Richmond.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Same person.Bud had passed away in 1983 , and his son, Dave was running the company when it burned. Dave retired to Florida after the fire in 1997.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Bobby, was that the Crawfish Crider group?
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks for contributing to the door discussion, David.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
Interesting stuff, Dennis. I was at that race and filmed this exact crash on color 8mm movie film that was destroyed in 1997 when a fire burned the Dave (Bud) Lindeman warehouse in Ohio where it had been stored to use for NASCAR 1998 50th Anniversary presentations.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
The Belk Library at Boone, North Carolina's Appalachian State University some years ago embarked on a project to accumulate stock car racing periodicals, books, articles and photos. Deb Williams even taught a motorsports history course for them.
Here's the web site for their efforts:
http://collections.library.appstate.edu/stockcar/index.html
One of their collections is the Dick Beaty Collection, donated by his children.
I also see that Raymond Parks' widow donated her collection to this venture.
Stock Car Racing Collection Advisory Committee Members
Grey Abercrombie
Johnny Bruce
Vaughn Christian
Garry Hill
Doug Rice
Jimmy Spencer
Ben Trout
Deb Williams
Chris Economaki, member emeritus
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
How I wish I'd saved my SMJs and SMRs. I envy folks like Dennis Andrews and NB Arnold and other members here when they reference the coverage of a particular race from one of those publications.
I can still picture the 1965 sequence in SMJ, too, of Gene Hobby rolling at Occoneechee/Orange/Hillsborough. What was so great about those publications is that sometimes they'd have as many photos and great coverage from the weekly tracks as they did of the big events.
These days I don't have a clue who the big dogs are at the weekly tracks.
The (almost) return of Curtis Turner
Stock Car Racing History
What a stupendous idea, Chase. A digitized racing periodical project by the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
That sounds like a venture every race fan and historian could/would support.