BELTSVILLE 100 April 26, 1970
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In 1979, The St. Petersburg Times carried a story about Harvey flying from Maryland to Florida to throw a surprise 60th Anniversary party for his parents.
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BELTSVILLE 100 April 26, 1970
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Harvey was still running Late Model Sportsman at Old Dominion in the 1970 and 1971 seasons:
BELTSVILLE 100 April 26, 1970
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Ha... I didn't recall the Phillips 66 pole sign at Beltsville. That must have provided some real political fodder with NASCAR.
BELTSVILLE 100 April 26, 1970
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Beltsville was one of my all-time favorite places to see a race. I see ole Sonny started on the front row, but didn't finish.
short track race at Kingsport Speedway
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Hilarious, Johnny. Those kids were not to be denied!
1968 Petty Plymouth - but where and with whom?
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Maybe Dale Inman got in the car to check out something Richard was complaining about.
R.I.P. Robert "Boobie" Harrington
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Robert Louis (Boobie) Harrington , age 72, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015 at his home.
He was born November 19, 1942 in Union County, NC, son of the late Robert Lee Harrington and Mary Cooper Harrington.
In earlier years, Boobie was a body man for the former Beasley-Cross Chevrolet Company and raced the local dirt tracks at that time. Later, he entered NASCAR racing with K & K Insurance, then J.D. Stacy Racing, and had also served as a crew chief for various drivers over the years. In the 1990s he became a car owner and started a wheel service business for many NASCAR teams. Boobie was also a member of Canaan Baptist Church, Salisbury, NC and was active in setting up several local Gospel singings.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a brother, William Thomas Harrington.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Homestead Baptist Church, Kannapolis, NC officiated by Rev. Bruce Graham and Rev. Johnny (Buck) Canup.
Entombment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park Plaza Mausoleum, Kannapolis, NC. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Whitleys Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife of fifty years, Carolyn Aycock Harrington; one daughter, Crystal H. Barringer of China Grove, NC; two grandchildren, Chase Barringer and Kody Barringer of China Grove, NC; one brother, Charles Harrington & wife, Gail of Kannapolis, NC; and three sisters, Barbara Durham and Nancy Clark, both of Kannapolis, NC; and Dee Bost & husband, Dan of China Grove, NC.
Memorials may be made to Canaan Baptist Church, 785 Barringer Street, Salisbury, NC 28146.
On-line condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com .
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/16/16 07:54:05AM
Pit Crews/Pit Stops - Then & Now
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If you'd like to have ten minutes of fun and memories, below is a brief clip from the late Bud Lindemann featuring racing pit crews. The footage was shot in the 60s-70s and features Grand National/Cup, NASCAR Modified and Indianapolis.
You'll see the crew men still clinching lug nuts on a wire between their teeth before they caught onto the Wood Brothers gluing the lugs on the wheels. Jack men still slung jacks from arm to arm as they crossed the nose of the car... a no-no today. Richard Petty's 38 second pit stop will be praised as lightning fast.
BUT, what really got my adrenaline pumping was when the film suddenly shifted to a 1960s Martinsville modified race I attended. There are pit stops of Junie Donlavey fueling the blue Sonny Hutchins #90 modified and Jack Tant and Clayton Mitchell servicing Rapid Ray Hendrick in the unbeatable cherry red "Flying 11" coupe.
Max Berrier's gold #12 mod is also seen getting service. The Berrier family is a cottage industry supplying shop talent the past 30 years for Richard Childress Racing. Also seen is Eddie Royster getting service in the candy apple red #21 Ford coupe originally built by the Wood Brothers for Sonny Hutchins. The car was purchased by Frank Edwards for Royster to drive and later completely destroyed in this same race. Royster would later have his arm severely injured at Richmond Fairgrounds and Edwards would go on to run fabrication operations for Rick Hendrick for many years.
This piece really stirred my memories.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/16/16 07:54:05AM