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Randleman, NC NASCAR Day Festival Registration Deadline Today, August 31

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NASCAR Day Festival Registration Deadline: August 31
Posted by Randleman Chamber on Jul 18, 2011

The Randleman Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 23rd Anniversary Celebration of the charity event NASCAR Day Festival on Saturday, October 29.

Now consolidated into a one-day super event, the event starts at 9 a.m. and continues until 7 p.m. The festival will still be held in conjunction with the Richard Petty Fan Club Convention the same weekend and the nearby Martinsville Sprint Cup Race will be held the day after the festival, bringing extra visitors to the area.

This years event will once again showcase the 12,000 square foot Richard Petty Museum, located in downtown Randleman. Public tours will also be available for those wishing to tour the Victory Junction Gang Camp, which is celebrating its 7th anniversary this year.

The event continues to offer handmade crafts, food booths, live bands and entertainment, NASCAR Show cars, Drag cars, vintage antique automobiles, custom cars, official NASCAR souvenir vendors and games and amusements for kids. The Winston Cup Old Timers Club will also be in attendance with a display of vintage race cars.

Applications are now being accepted for handmade craft, food, commercial vendors, and business displays as well as car displays.

Deadline for registration of new vendors is August 31.

Applications are available at the Randleman Chamber office by calling (336) 495-1100 or by e-mail info@randlemanchamber.com.

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Getting Waltrips to Their Old Kentucky Home

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Pete, I didn't know the gentleman you name. I was living in Charlotte working as a ghost writer and at track repfor the late Dave Jarrard, head of Olds SVO during 1988. In fact, Lake Speed won the race I was on the way to in an Olds, his only win. Harry didn't start in the Olds until the next year, 1989when Richard & Leo jackson took over the former Hal Needham Skoal Chevy deal. I did, however, work with Richard, Leo and Harry in 1989 representing their associate sponsor Detroit Gasket.

Getting Waltrips to Their Old Kentucky Home

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Got stopped by one of SC's finest once in the 80s just over the NC/SC line on my way to Darlington on I-95. That little pipsqueak in his Gomer Pyler hat stood about shoulder height to me. About like dressing Cale in trooper garb. I was doing press release ghost writing for Oldsmobile at the time and driving a new Olds owned car, with special dealer tags and all the ownership papers and registration under the license plate, as is standard with those vehicles and the troopers are supposed to know that. That little shrimp couldn't understand that to save himself. We about had a go-round. I've had great relationships with NC, and Virginia troopers and especially the Alabama troopers stationed at Talladega. Not sure whether the SC shrimp trooper qualified for a best dressed award, but he certainly was in the running for a stupidity award. There's always got to be one, I know. There used to be a really nice SC trooper who drove Spartanburg's Joe Littlejohn all over, even out of state. He was a really good guy.

You can see where Cale would hit me if I stood up straight. I assumed SC had no height requirements for Troopers, or it had been waived to accomodate racial parity.

Getting Waltrips to Their Old Kentucky Home

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For what it's worth... Bruton's latest missive on Kentucky Speedway traffic mess:

Kentucky Speedway: Steps in works to prevent traffic jams
By Jim Utter - jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011


Kentucky Speedway unveiled plans Tuesday in an attempt to avoid a repeat of what happened last month for its first Sprint Cup Series race.

The speedway's inaugural Sprint Cup race July9 was a logistical nightmare that backed up roads for hours and prevented thousands of fans from even entering the track.

Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns Kentucky Speedway, recently acquired a 143-acre parcel of land, which will expand parking areas by 35percent.

In addition, a company with experience managing parking for NASCAR tracks such as Daytona (Fla.) and Pocono (Pa.), will begin working with Kentucky in October. The speedway also will retain a traffic engineering company that will employ sophisticated modeling techniques to create the best possible traffic management plan.

SMI will invest an estimated $7.5million in its service and parking improvements. The company has begun engineering the newly acquired land.

"We didn't do things as well as we had hoped on race day," speedway general manager Mark Simendinger said. "Now you can see the commitment that we have to make sure that this never happens again."

The state of Kentucky also will assist with an estimated $3.6million in road improvements aimed at aiding traffic flow.

The improvements will include a pedestrian tunnel beneath - and the widening of - the state highway adjacent to the speedway and the widening a southbound ramp shoulder off nearby Interstate 71.

In a statement, NASCAR President Mike Helton said he was pleased with the plans.

"We believe improvements like these are necessary in order to ensure that our fans have the opportunity for an enjoyable race experience. We appreciate these efforts and will continue to monitor the progress that is being made," he said.

Last month during a news conference at New Hampshire, Helton said NASCAR "will not rest" until it was certain the situation would not occur again.



Read more: http://www.thatsracin.com/2011/08/30/72806/ky-to-spend-36m-on-roads-near.html#ixzz1Wcmk97Jl

updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Robert Ard

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May the Lord watch over and bring healing and comfort.

Robert Ard

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Praying for a swift recovery.

Happy Birthday Wendell Scott

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If you've never seen the 4 minute video on Wendell Scott put together by "VisitDanville" and narrated by his son Franklin, it is well worth watching/hearing:

Happy Birthday Wendell Scott

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J.D. “Junior” Johnson 1927 - 2011

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Yes, Haskell did drive for Marion "Preacher" Cox. At one time Haskell and Preacher Cox "owned" the Raleigh, NCState Fairgrounds dirt track.

J.D. “Junior” Johnson 1927 - 2011

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R.I.P. Have fond memories of the visits by Junior and Slick to Wilson County Speedway. We didn't see many father/son combos.