Speedway Hotdogs & Goats
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Another corner heard from. I am shocked to know that Chris Myers is not the authority I thought. Another bubble burst!
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Another corner heard from. I am shocked to know that Chris Myers is not the authority I thought. Another bubble burst!
Speedway Hotdogs & Goats
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I will defer to PattyKay in the knowledge that not everybody likes the red dyed nuclear dogs. For those who don't , I'd direct you to Dick's Hot Dog Stand in Wilson, NC, the place we always got the dogs we took to Wilson County Speedway. Dick's is a national treasure, having been featured on the PBS show "Vanishing Americana" and listed by ChoppedOnion as one of the top-10 dog places in the country. In fact, when we sporadically visit Wilson, we have to take several coolers to bring back dogs ordered by folks in Charlotte who know their eastern NC delicacies. We also bring back barbecue.
Photos from Chopped Onion Website
Review of Dick's Hot Dog Stand from "Chopped Onion"
Until recently, I have only known Wilson, North Carolina to be the home of several outstanding Q houses. Now, I know that it's also the hometown of a world class hotdog stand. Dick's Hotdog Stand founded in 1921 by Socrates "Dick" Gliarmis is on the corner of Nash & Pearson Street in Wilson. Dick's is a Wilson institution, but it's also a museum of sorts. Inside, the walls are covered with photos of all the famous swells, celebrities and corkers that have visited Dick's over the years. Celebrities include Stan Musial, Ava Gardner, President Jimmy Carter, Steve Young, Harris Barton, Jerry Rice, Coach Bear Bryant, Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Bob Uecker, Jim Lampley, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster and Burt Reynolds. The photo collection is impressive, but for me, the real stars @ Dick's are the top quality hotdogs; you won't find any nuclear red dogs here. Their dogs are grilled and the buns are steamed. I had three dogs with a side of onion rings. My dogs were topped with mustard, onions and Dick's homemade chili. The dogs were simply outstanding! And my lightly fried rings with their great sweet taste were equally outstanding and also very addictive. The hot-dogs were so outstanding in fact, that they will easily find a spot in my top ten best hot-dogs of the American Realm. The homemade chili that tops those dogs is so good that the Campbell Soup Company tried to buy the recipe without success. Enjoy!
Speedway Hotdogs & Goats
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During the weekly goat rodeo (known to some as "Racing Through History" on RR Radio),
the topic of the now shuttered North Wilkesboro Speedway came up and my friend PKL berated my choice of the red dyed Jesse Jones Hot Dog served up with mustard, onions and chili at Martinsville Speedway in favor of what used to be offered at NWS, a non-descript frank hidden under a dripping layer of cole slaw.
Browsing around today, I came upon a photo blog authored by Steve Sheppard. Some of you may know or remember Steve. He replaced Chris Browning at Martinsville working for the late Dick Thompson (PR man extraordinaire) and succeeded Dick for seven years after Dick retired.
Martinsville's Late Dick Thompson
As fate would have it, included in Steve's blog is a photo of one of those famous Martinsville dogs that I am posting below to share with all of you who have never partaken of one. If PKL is able to find a photo of a North Wilkesboro dog, I welcome her to post it here also. However, I sincerely doubt that anyone ever took a photo of one and if they did the photo was probably ruined by cole slaw splatters on the camera lens. Anyway, the photo of the goat above is by Steve Sheppard as well as the photo below of a Martinsville concession stand and and the upclose shot of the famous dog.
Now my mouth is watering! I am ducking and preparing for a caustic comment or some other form of retribution by PKL that is sure to demean my judgement in hotdogs, lol! Bring it on PattyKay!
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
High Heels on the NASCAR Plaza
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Excuse me if this didn't get my blood too stirred up while waiting for today's Rockingham release, but I guess the NASCAR Media Group is making money since they've expanded ritzy office space:
High heels step over to NASCAR Plaza
By Ely Portillo
elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com
Ely Portillo elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Sep. 07, 2011
Charlotte-based online footwear retailer Heels.com is moving its headquarters to the NASCAR Plaza office building, a major tenant-signing for the building that was foreclosed on last year.
Heels.com was founded in Charlotte by Eric and Linda McCoy. The company had occupied about 10,000 square feet in a building at 801 North Tryon St.
The company's new offices - 12,156 square feet on the 17th floor of the 20-story building - are currently under construction, according to a statement from Trinity Capital Advisors, NASCAR Plaza's co-owners. Heels.com expects to move into the new offices in October.
The shoe-selling company is also moving its inventory and order fulfillment operations to a warehouse in Louisville, Ky.
"Heels.com is a great fit for NASCAR Plaza," said Trinity Capital director of asset management Greg Schild, in a statement. "They are a young, growing company ... and we feel their look fits the image and brand of the building."
Trinity also announced that NASCAR Media Group increased the amount of space it rents in the 393,000-square-foot building by about 11,000 square feet.
The building, next to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, was completed in 2009 and had struggled to attract tenants. In 2011, the building was assessed at a tax value of $77.2 million, up from $56 million the year before. It was about two-thirds unoccupied when Trinity Capital and Rubenstein Partners bought the tower in January for an undisclosed price.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/07/2586323/high-heels-step-over-to-nascar.html#storylink=misearch#ixzz1XHkhH176
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Who, Us?
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goat rodeo
A situation that order cannot be brought to any time.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 at Atlanta as Jeff Gordon Wins 85th
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A longggggggggggggg weekend for all at Atlanta. Finally over with checkers for Jeff Gordon and 2nd to Jimmie Johnson. Don't pull for either, but last 10 laps was great side by side stuff. Those two teammates didn't cut each other any slack. Racing the way it ought to be. It was Gordon's 85th win. Won't get into how many wins Bobby Allison has.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM