Yep, NASCAR times have sure changed from no women allowed in the garage or pits to no sleeveless tops, shorts, high heels or open toed shoes to this.
As RJR's Richmond competitor, Philip Morris used to flaunt in ads for one of its cigarette brands, Virginia Slims - "You've come a long way baby!"
Daytona 500 Grand Marshal Kate Upton On Cover Of SI Swimsuit Issue
Kate Upton is the first Daytona 500 grand marshal to be featured on SIs swimsuit issue cover...
Media Release | Posted February 14, 2012 Daytona Beach, FL
For Kate Upton fans around the world, Valentines Day came a little early late last night when the Daytona 500 Grand Marshal and Melbourne, Fla., native was unveiled as the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Upton and her Three Stooges co-star, Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Lynch, will deliver the four most famous words in motorsports Drivers, start your engines prior to the start of the 54th annual Great American Race on Feb. 26, 2012 (FOX, 1 p.m. ET).
SIs Swimsuit Issue is the most anticipated sports publication each year to have one of our wonderful Grand Marshals on the cover is exhilarating, said Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III.
Kate will have hearts racing around the world before she and Jane give the command to bring 43 stock cars roaring to life. There is a lot to love about this years Daytona 500.
Jane Lynch is best known for her role as the sarcastic villain on FOXs hit show "Glee", for which she has earned an Emmy and Golden Globe. Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Will Sasso -- starring as Larry, Moe & Curly in the all new "The Three Stooges" movie from Twentieth Century Fox, will start the action by delivering the green flag at the Daytona 500, NASCARs most prestigious race.
Mike,
Here's best I can figure:
HARRISON WILLIAMS - Only other info I could find was that he won the NASCAR South Carolina State Hobby Division Championship in 1960, I year after David Pearson and was living in Woodruff, SC at the time.
FRIDAY HASSLER - Killed in 1972 Daytona 500 qualifying race.
RAY HENDRICK (Mr. Modified) - Died of cancer in Richmond, VA in 1990.
JOHNNY ROBERTS - Final win for the Maryland star was opening 1965 race at Beltsville, MD. Killed in heat race at Lincoln (PA) Speedway July 24, 1965 in a super-modified subbing for Bobby Ballentine until his own car was completed.
BILL WIMBLE - The 2-time NASCAR National Sportsman Champion and New York dairy farmer retired from racing at age 36 and lives in Varico, Florida.
LLOYD DANE - Resides in Concord, NC
FRED HARB - Resides in High Point, NC
Hope one of our members can come forth with more information of this award and the NASCAR competitors who earned it.
In this 1973 Daytona newspaper article Bill Tuthill tells how the first NASCAR insurance deal was made with Naughton:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19730211&id=eE4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pNEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2135,3222734
Did you know that NASCAR used to annually present a "Sportsmanship " award to one of its competitors? For all I know, maybe they still do and it just doesn't receive press coverage. I have had a difficult time gathering any meaningful information. From various newspaper clips I note that the presentation used to be made at the big yearly awards banquet.
Perhaps a list exists of all the award winners and perhaps you have a copy you can share with us. Here is what I have been able in a brief time to find buried in various stories:
NASCAR JOHN NAUGHTON MEMORIAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
1953 - HARRISON WILLIAM S of Greenwood, SC
Rescued E.C. Ramsey of Greenville, SC from a burning stock car at Greenville and was severely burned himself while performing the rescue.
1958 - FRED HARB of High Point, NC
At Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway a young Bill Morton of Bluff City, TN rolled his convertible and lay injured and pinned in the car unconscious. Harb stopped his car and backed across the track blocking Morton's car from oncoming traffic.
1960 - FRIDAY HASSLER of Chattanoogna, TN.
I have been unable to find the reason for Friday's award.
1961 - RAY HENDRICK of Richmond, VA
While leading the race at Richmond's Virginia State Fairgrounds, Hendrick purposely spun his Modified in front of Emanuel ( The Golden Greek ) Zervakis' overturned Modified to shield it from oncoming cars.
1962 - JOHNNY ROBERTS of Phoenix, MD
During a horrible backstretch crash that burned four NASCAR Modifieds at the Richmond Fairgrounds, Ralph Rose of Norfolk, VA was unable to release his safety belt. Risking death, a severely injured Roberts evacuated his burning car and extricated Rose from his burning Modified. Roberts required 72 stitches and a cast on his broken arm following his heroics.
1963 - BILL WIMBLE of Lisbon, NY
For taking the lead in rescuing Marvin Panch from his overturned and burning sports car, along with Tiny Lund and several others during a Daytona Speedweeks race. Wimble was also presented the Carnegie Medal for this rescue as were Lund and several others involved in saving Panch.
1964 - LLOYD DANE of Buena Park, CA
Ron Hornaday, Sr. was in a torrid battle with Bill Amick for the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Championship in October when he destroyed his car during a qualifying wreck at Sacremento, CA. Lloyd Dane withdrew from the event and provided his car for Hornaday to drive.
I wish I had more information on this award and all the competitors who have earned it. I don't know when it started or when it stopped - if it has. To me, this is something worth highlighting. These competitors were selfless in their actions toward their fellow competitors.
If you have information on the NASCAR John Naughton Memorial Sportsmanship Award, please share it with us. All of these folks displayed something deep down much more important than being able to race for a championship.
What do you think?
By the way, many folks are very familiar with K&K Insurance from the time it came into NASCAR in the 60s. The John Naughton named in the NASCAR award title started his insurance business in 1947, became a very close fried of Bill France, SR. and provided liability coverage to NASCAR, its tracks and competitors.
http://www.naughtoninsurance.com/serv_motorsport.html
I was first introduced to the Naughtons in 1981 by Jim Foster of NASCAR. Foster and I had devised a Million Dollar award to present a driver who won 3 major superspeedway events. Naughton, through the Lloyds of London independent insurance consortium agreed to insure AGAINST the probability of such a payout. Our Wrangler Jeans CEO was unwilling to pay that premium and the program was then pitched to RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and became the highly successful Winston Million.
Because of being introduced to the Naughtons, I was able to put outlandish sums of bonus money into future car owner and driver contracts for various accomplishments, all of which were insured against for pennies on the dollar by Naughton. This was/is another company and family which played a huge, often unacknowledged, part in the growth of NASCAR and its tracks.
Big Bill France had a knack for finding just the right people with whom to form close associations, like the Pure Oil folks, the Pepsi folks, etc. John Naughton and his family were on that list.
BUSINESS: John Naughton passes
John Naughton, 70, president of Naughton Insurance of East Providence and a longtime friend and business associate of NASCAR's founding France family, passed...
By Dave Rodman PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Aug. 15, 2000)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Aug. 15, 2000) John Naughton, 70, president of Naughton Insurance of East Providence and a longtime friend and business associate of NASCAR's founding France family, passed away Tuesday morning at Rhode Island Hospital following a brief illness. Bill and Jim France, the president and executive vice president, respectively, for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing were particularly touched by Naughton's passing.
Naughton, a native of New York City, had continued as the head of the agency that was one of America's largest and oldest specialists for the motorsports industry until his illness, which resulted in his hospitalization last Friday. He was an early supporter and friend of NASCAR founder William H.G. France and his wife, Anne and maintained a relationship with the family from the earliest days of NASCAR to the present.
"We are saddened to hear today's news regarding John Naughton," the France brothers said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. "John was a very close and dear friend of our father and that relationship continued with the two of us throughout the years.
"NASCAR and American motorsports have lost one of their pioneers as John and his family were among the original developers of insurance programs for American motorsports. We extend our heart and prayers to the entire Naughton family as we all feel this terrible loss."
Naughton is survived by his wife, Barbara (Jones) Naughton; sons John F. Naughton Jr. of Kennebunk, Maine, Michael C. Naughton of Montclair, N.J. and Kevin J. Naughton of Barrington, R.I.; stepsons Kevin J. Vanier and John P. Vanier Jr. of Barrington; stepdaughters Karen J. King of Middletown, R.I. and Marcie Williams of Portsmouth, R.I.; and 15 grandchildren.
His first wife, Mary E. (Delahunt) Naughton, predeceased Naughton. He was born on March 4, 1930 and was the son of the late John and Gladys (Lennon) Naughton.
"John was a very nice gentleman, who was a very close to both Bill and Anne," said Bill France Sr.'s longtime assistant, Bob Mauk. "That relationship had continued with the rest of the family and I never heard anything but nice words about him."
Naughton, who served as president of Naughton Insurance for 43 years, was a pioneer in developing specialty insurance programs for the motorsports and amusement park industries. He had earned national recognition as a leader in both those fields and was well respected in both the domestic and foreign insurance markets.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean conflict, earning the Korean service medal with two bronze stars. Naughton was past president of the New England Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions and had served on the Presidents Council of Providence College.
Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at the Hambly Funeral Home; "Brick House;" 30 Red Cross Ave.; Newport, R.I. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. from the Hambly Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church on Spring St. in Newport.
Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven, Wampanoag Trail, East Providence.
Memorial donations may be made in Naughton's memory to the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center; 550 North Broadway; Suite 801; Baltimore, MD 21205-2009.
-nascar.com-
August 15, 2000 at 11:45pm
Robert, I immediately thought of you a few moments ago.
I found a couple of old issues of Stock Car Racing magazine from 1968 & 1969 in a box in the attic. The June 1969 issue has an absolutely delightful, multi-page spread with photos of Perk Brown (John B. Thomasson) by Bill Weekes.
The lengthy article is titled: Visored, Venerable, Veteran: PERK BROWN From the garden spot of Eden, North Carolina, has come an easy going, expert, veteran of 21 racing seasons with one of the winningest records in Modified history -
On page 34 of this great piece, the following is recounted:
Perk recalled a weekend at Peace Haven that proved anything but peaceful. When his own car broke down, a stranger asked Perk if he'd care to drive the stranger's '36 coupe. Perk agreed. In the qualifying race, L. J. Powell's car lost a battery, stalling in Perk's path. Perk smacked it and then flipped several times.
"The impact threw the engine clean out of the car," related Perk. "I crawled out of the thing, and, man, I see it's totaled. After the race, I go see this guy, and while we're talking, his wife and four kids come up, and she really lays it on him. Here, I find I've been driving this guy's family car, and now he and his family have no way of getting home. I just took the $15 prize money and handed it over to him and told him to take it all."
Forgive me if you've read this Peace Haven story previously.
Can you imagine what kind of scoundrel it took to sabotage the car of genial Virginia gentleman, Junie Donlavey? And how about NASCAR inspecting helmets for safety for the first time following Friday Hassler's death in one of the Twin qualifiers for the Daytona 500?
Hard to believe that it's been 50 years (as of 2022) since two of my hometown Richmond, Virginia heroes, owner, Junie Donlavey and driver, Bill Dennis won the first of three consecutive Permatex 300 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman races in those beautiful #90 Truxmore-sponsored mounts over the best of the best.
They first won the event on February 19, 1972 and came back the next two years to repeat. The 3 in a row record stood until two fellows named Earnhardt came to Daytona.
Permatex 300
NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race
Daytona International Speedway ,Daytona Beach,FL
February 19, 1972
120laps on 2.5 mile paved oval;300 miles
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | BillDennis | 90 | 1968 Mercury | 120 | 8,450 | running | 66 | |
| 2 | 36 | GrantAdcox | 42 | 1968 Chevrolet | 118 | 4,175 | |||
| 3 | 11 | JoeThurman | 29 | 1966 Chevrolet | 118 | 2,400 | running | ||
| 4 | 26 | DaveMarcis | 11 | 1967 Dodge | 118 | 1,550 | |||
| 5 | 13 | JerryCook | 38 | Chevrolet | 118 | 1,150 | |||
| 6 | 6 | JackIngram | 45 | 1968 Ford | 117 | 1,050 | engine | ||
| 7 | 39 | AltonJones | 51 | Ford | 117 | 950 | |||
| 8 | 10 | JeffHawkins | 50 | Ford | 116 | 850 | |||
| 9 | 31 | JoeyHolley | 32 | Chevrolet | 116 | 750 | |||
| 10 | 40 | BobBurcham | 7 | Ford | 115 | 675 | |||
| 11 | 8 | L.D.Ottinger | 2 | Chevrolet | 114 | 625 | |||
| 12 | 23 | RayWulfenstein | 72 | Dodge | 113 | 575 | |||
| 13 | 12 | TonyBettenhausen Jr. | 03 | Chevrolet | 113 | 525 | |||
| 14 | 37 | FredDesarro | 08 | Chevrolet | 113 | 500 | |||
| 15 | 22 | ReneCharland | 10 | Ford | 111 | 475 | |||
| 16 | 15 | BuddyHoward | 24 | Ford | 109 | 450 | |||
| 17 | RobertWales | 63 | Dodge | 109 | 440 | ||||
| 18 | MaynardForrette | 99 | Ford | 109 | 435 | ||||
| 19 | 34 | BlackieWangerin | 39 | Ford | 104 | 430 | |||
| 20 | 16 | GeorgeEsau | 05 | Chevrolet | 99 | 425 | |||
| 21 | 14 | LouLazzaro | 70 | Chevrolet | 99 | 420 | |||
| 22 | 2 | JackieRogers | 98 | Chevrolet | 83 | 415 | |||
| 23 | 18 | IvanBaldwin | 07 | Chevrolet | 73 | 410 | |||
| 24 | 20 | RedFarmer | 92 | Ford | 72 | 405 | |||
| 25 | 19 | GlenMcDuffie | 79 | Mercury | 72 | 400 | |||
| 26 | 4 | JuniorSpencer | 37 | Ford | 68 | 395 | |||
| 27 | 32 | SamSommers | 27 | Ford | 57 | 390 | |||
| 28 | 35 | JamesBuford | 04 | Chevrolet | 47 | 385 | |||
| 29 | 9 | LeeOsborne | 81 | Ford | 42 | 380 | |||
| 30 | 7 | JamesHam | 22 | Chevrolet | 39 | 375 | |||
| 31 | 28 | TommyBostick | 33 | Mercury | 37 | 370 | |||
| 32 | 29 | BuddyYoung | 19 | Chevrolet | 36 | 365 | |||
| 33 | 33 | DarrellBrown | 21 | Chevrolet | 36 | 360 | |||
| 34 | 27 | BobbyAllison | 12 | Dodge | 25 | 355 | valve | 4 | |
| 35 | 17 | PhilWendt | 52 | Chevrolet | 19 | 450 | |||
| 36 | 30 | TomUsry | 77 | Ford | 12 | 345 | |||
| 37 | 25 | DarrellWaltrip | 48 | HM Mario 67/1969 Mercury | 11 | 340 | accident | ||
| 38 | 3 | BenArnold | 76 | Ford | 9 | 335 | |||
| 39 | 21 | Jimmy LeeCapps | 91 | Chevrolet | 8 | 330 | |||
| 40 | 5 | RonEulenfeld | 53 | Ford | 6 | 325 |
Notes: Roy Mulligan was scheduled to start 24th in a Dodge.
Joy Fair was scheduled to start 38th in an Oldsmobile.
Time of race: 02:12:43
Average Speed: 135.627 MPH
Pole Speed: 51.467 seconds
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