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Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/19/15 11:07:34AM
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Pit Crews/Pit Stops - Then & Now


Stock Car Racing History

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
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/16/15 09:07:42PM
9,138 posts

Paul Lewis & Brownie King Talk Good Ole Days


Stock Car Racing History

Paul Lewis, Brownie King and Travis Tiller were at Bristol's open house last week discussing how it used to be.

Here's the story link:

http://www.tricities.com/sports/the-independent-drivers-of-yore-remember-a-simpler-time-in/article_7dd85d18-e3f6-11e4-8c25-db3311a7ac93.html


updated by @dave-fulton: 12/16/16 07:54:05AM
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/16/15 05:23:32PM
9,138 posts

Ed Blanton


Stock Car Racing History

Thanks for posting, Dennis. R.I.P. Mr. Blanton

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
08/12/15 11:39:47AM
9,138 posts

1970 CAMP DOGWOOD 250


Stock Car Racing History

Turns out that the North Carolina Lions' Camp Dogwood is still partnering with the racing community today as evidenced in this story by Deb Williams that appeared in Charlotte area papers in the past week:

NC Racing Hall of Fame and Museum gives tour for visually-impaired

The North Carolina Lions operate Camp Dogwood for the blind and visually impaired

North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum gives weekly tours for campers

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/14/15 04:29:31PM
9,138 posts

1970 CAMP DOGWOOD 250


Stock Car Racing History

Here's a couple of race preview stories from the Spartanburg paper:

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/14/15 03:11:58PM
9,138 posts

1970 CAMP DOGWOOD 250


Stock Car Racing History

Camp Dogwood continues to operate on the shores of Lake Norman, north of Charlotte:

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/14/15 03:09:27PM
9,138 posts

1970 CAMP DOGWOOD 250


Stock Car Racing History

Johnny Divers, owner of the 2nd place Sonny Hutchins #48 Beltsville Speedway Camaro is the same Johnny Divers from Northern Virginia who fielded the #44 Burton and Robinson Concrete Construction Late Model Sportsman Oldsmobiles for Lennie Pond and Bill Dennis in the mid - late 70s.

Mac Burton Collection

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
04/14/15 09:39:48AM
9,138 posts

1970 CAMP DOGWOOD 250


Stock Car Racing History

I never knew that 2nd place finisher Sonny Hutchins, the Richmond restaurateur, ever drove a Grand American race. His Beltsville Speedway sponsorship was certainly appropriate since he won numerous Modified and Late Model Sportsman races at that Maryland venue. Dennis, do you know if this was a one and done for Sonny or whether he drove any other Grand American/GT races?

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