Racing History Minute - March 12, 1972
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Here's Jackie Oliver (above) wheeling Junie Donlavey's Richmond based Truxmore Ford (below) in the 1972 Firecracker 400 at Daytona on July 4, 1972.
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Racing History Minute - March 12, 1972
Stock Car Racing History
The starting lineup confirms my memory of the NASCAR Cup fields of that era lining up the two fastest non-qualifiers behind the starting field on pit road on race day morning as 1st Alternate and 2nd Alternate. If a starter didn't fire (which happened quite often back in the day) or had any other problem, the alternate(s) (J.D. McDuffie and Roy Mayne at Rockingham) got the nod to start at the rear of the field:
This was also the first of 7 Cup starts in 1972 for English Formula One driver, Jackie Oliver in Richmond car owner, Junie Donlavey's #90 Ford "Rent-A-Racer." NASCAR czar, Bill France was behind and financed putting the 10th qualifying Oliver in the Donlavey car in an attempt to add "international flavor" to the series.
After Rockingham, Oliver would also run Donlavey's #90 Truxmore Ford at Darlington, Talladega, Charlotte, Dover, and College Station.
Oliver returned to England in 1973 and started 13 Formula One events, including a podium finish in the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix behind cosmetics heir, Peter Revson and Emerson Fittapaldi.
Proposed Richmond NASCAR Hall of Fame Site Sold for $5.69 Million
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Dennis, Fred Agostino and other Henrico County officials were counting the $$$ when they supported the NASCAR HOF. I don't know a single individual in that group that knew anything about weekly racing or the history of racing in Virginia.
Proposed Richmond NASCAR Hall of Fame Site Sold for $5.69 Million
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Definitely not a rosy "fly to" locale. The pitch was the huge north/south volume of traffic passing by on adjacent I-95 from Maine to Florida.
Proposed Richmond NASCAR Hall of Fame Site Sold for $5.69 Million
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Noted in passing:
As the Charlotte, NC location of the NASCAR Hall of Fame struggles to attract visitors, the Richmond, Virginia paper reports today that a portion of the site Richmond proposed to NASCAR for the HOF a decade ago has sold for $5.69 Million. Unlike the Charlotte site, the Richmond site has hundreds of thousands of vehicles passing by each day on I-95 and I-295. Oh, well.
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 10:30 pm
By CAROL HAZARD Richmond Times-Dispatch
Scott Farm, a 99-acre property at one of the busiest and most high-profile interchanges in Virginia, was purchased this month by Riverstone Properties, a Richmond development company, for $5.69 million.
Scott Farm, at 500 Scott Road, is located in the southeast quadrant of Interstates 95 and 295. It has been owned by the Scott family for generations.
The adjoining Cobb Farm was sold to Dominion Virginia Power, which is building an $80 million operations center on the property. The 110,000-square-foot facility will replace a nearly 30-year-old facility in the Innsbrook Corporate Center.
The new buyer did not disclose plans for the Scott Farm site, said Joe Buhrman with Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC, who along with Bill Barnett represented the seller.
Representatives with Riverstone Properties, a privately held company with several real estate holdings, could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
Gary McLaren, executive director for the Henrico Economic Development Authority, said Scott Farm has been a high-potential development area for a long time.
Its an important commercial corridor for us, McLaren said, adding that he was not surprised that someone finally picked it up.
He said the land has been permitted for a number of uses. Its a large parcel at the intersection of two interstates a well-located piece of property.
Buhrman said the property has been on the market for more than 10 years and has been under contract over the years to several local developers who considered it for several purposes.
The site was part of a larger tract of land that had been a finalist a decade ago for the NASCAR Hall of Fame museum, which ended up in Charlotte, N.C.
chazard@timesdispatch.com
updated by @dave-fulton: 01/29/17 05:56:57AM
Johnny Mallonee & Bill McPeek Headed Back to Daytona with Heart Pills?
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Yep, Bill... the spies are everywhere and tell me everything! By the way, I've owned a 2003 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition purchased new and nobody is getting it away from me.
Johnny Mallonee & Bill McPeek Headed Back to Daytona with Heart Pills?
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Now that Johnny Mallonnee and Bill McPeek have both returned to Georgia from Daytona, they may want to grab their heart pills and go back for Bike Week and check out the bike washes. I bet you could train these gals to wash trucks, too!
Bike Week washes bring in money for area businesses
Women wave signs to lure bikers to have their motorcycles washed Tuesday along U.S. Highway 1 in Ormond Beach. The women usually split the money with the business that hosts the bike wash. Some say they can make up to $350 a day, including tips.
News-Journal/JIM TILLER
By Dustin Wyatt
dustin.wyatt@news-jrnl.com
Published: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 12:33 p.m.
With sun-burnt skin, wearing a black-and-pink, two-piece bikini, Lacie Ervin moves her hips and proudly holds the invitation above her head: Bike Wash.
Shes standing in front of a convenience store on U.S. Highway 1 on the north side of Ormond Beach near Iron Horse Saloon a popular destination for Bike Week. Many of the passing bikers honk horns or offer a wave, smile, even a wink, but her wardrobe and dancing are designed to garner more than just friendly attention.
We are out here looking like this, shaking our bodies, sweet-talking. We work a lot for the tips, said Ervin, 23. Come on now, what old man doesnt want to see a half-naked girl?
Energetic bikini-clad women holding up signs, scrubbing, rubbing and spraying the chrome of a motorcycle are a common sight during Bike Week, raking in cash for themselves and the businesses where they work.
At All Class Autos in Holly Hill, up to seven women all of whom are friends or relatives of the stores owners and managers work from early morning until sundown. Cecelia Degnan even goes from scrubbing motorcycles to rubbing backs. Underneath a nearby tent, the licensed massage therapist charges bikers for back massages.
This goes hand-in-hand during Bike Week, she said of her alternating tasks.
On a good day, the women washing bikes can make up to $350, including tips, they say.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Victim of CMS 2000 Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Passes
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One of the fans severely injured in the 2000 pedestrian bridge collapse at Charlotte Motor Speedway has passed.
From today's Charlotte Observer:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article13183295.html
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
Kurt Busch Reinstated
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No NASCAR officials available for further comment. All are busy cleaning their proverbial soiled mess kit.
Last Night's Radio Discussion- In Color
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You are correct about Sportsman, Woody.