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@dave-fulton
06/18/12 04:05:30PM
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Could this be the reason???

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@dave-fulton
06/18/12 04:02:36PM
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Oh, those steel sidewalk skates... scuffed many a pair of shoes with those. We built our own skate boards with those things, too, long before anybody ever heard of nylon, plastic or whatever wheels. Busted my butt on that thing.

Then, at the roller rihnk, I had a wooden wheel break apart and ball bearings scatter all over the skate floor. 'Bout killed all the skaters in the rink, lol!

@dave-fulton
06/18/12 03:39:04PM
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Could this be the reason???

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We know who the queen of wiggling was on Saturday, don't we??!!

We keep saying "too much grip."

Pearson said it again in Daytona in February... "put 'em on some 10-inch bias ply tires and separate the men from the boys." 'Course, he had no way of knowing how quickly the gal would be separated, even with big, wide radials!

@dave-fulton
06/18/12 03:14:07PM
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June 18, 1967: RP is King of the Rock

Stock Car Racing History

Also of note.... there were four days of timed qualifying scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday plus a 25-lap Saturday qualifying race to determine the final 14 starters in the 44-car lineup.

Here's an interesting article link with photos:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19670615&id=yydhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T3QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4517,2497824

@dave-fulton
06/18/12 02:57:26PM
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June 18, 1967: RP is King of the Rock

Stock Car Racing History

I was there that day. It was hot and humid as all get out. Got a horrible sunburn.

The article fails to mention that this was the rescheduled rain date of what was supposed to be a March race. My buddy, Frank and I again took the race train down from Richmond in March 1967, just as we did for the March 1966 Peach Blossom 500.

By the time that Seaboard train (we called it the Seaboard "Square Wheel Special" 'cause the track bed was so rough between Raleigh & the division end in Hamlet) got to Southern Pines/Aberdeen around 9:00 a.m. on that Sunday morning in March 1967, it was raining cats & dogs. The track owners had called the race before we even made it to the track because they were afraid of a poor gate.

Our group (which had been picked up at stops in DC, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg & Raleigh) wouldn't be picked up again until 6:00 p.m. that Sunday evening by the Seaboard train heading north to New York from Florida.

Faced with the dilemma of what to do with a train load of drunk race fans, the Rockingham track owners arranged for the owner of the only movie theater in Hamlet to open its doors. We were shuttled on a siding from the Rockingham track to Hamlet by a work engine. The film was Haley Mills' "Polyanna." I'm sure you can picture what that must of been like.

To add insult to injury, when we exited the movie theater around 2:00 p.m., the sun was shining brightly on a beautiful early spring Carolina afternoon. It was a grumpy crowd on the return ride to Richmond, having traded Richard Petty for Walt Disney.

Frank & I left Richmond again on Saturday, June 17, 1967 with me behind the wheel of dad's brand new 1967 Chevy 327 Caprice. That car turned out to be the biggest pile of crap ever produced by General Motors, 'though PattyKay Lilley will argue in favor of her 1965 Chevy.

After spending the night in Lumberton, we drove to the Rockingham track bright and early Sunday morning, June 18 to watch the King get one of those 27 1967 wins. Even with the sunburn and long drive back to Richmond it was a good day.

It took us three trips, two by train, from Richmond to Rockingham to see our first two Rockingham races in 1966 and 1967. Ya reckon that is some sort of record?

@dave-fulton
06/18/12 08:48:38AM
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