Forum Activity for @dave-fulton

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Stock Car Racing History

We even drove up to Beltsville, MD from Richmond on WEDNESDAY nights!

WHAT I HEARD ON THE LOCAL NEWS THIS MORNING

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Gotta be a bonus for winning. I, for one, am totally sick of "points racing" - I'm old enough to remember the pre-Winston years when drivers actually tried to win races.

Name Me Some Racing Movies Please

Stock Car Racing History

You'll also find Last American Hero titled as "Hard Driver". Cup footage was filmed at Martinsville featuring R Petty & B Allison. My fav is the documentary "Tiny Lund, Hard Charger".

Robert Mitchell said:

Cody, there is a movie called "The Last American Hero" based on Junior Johnson and starring Jeff Bridges that always got great reviews. I've yet to see it myself, but will watch it as soon as I find a copy.

Dale and Tim Richmond tangle at Pocono

Stock Car Racing History

I was there as Manager of Wrangler NASCAR Special Events and it was just another example of the respect Dale and Timmy had for each other. By the way, Don Naman asked Bud Moore if he'd donate the wrecked T'bird to the International Motorsports Museum at Talladega and Bud declined. He said he'd rather cut the car up. Too many memories of Joe Weatherly and Billy Wade.

LOST PICTURES OF THE OLD PERSON COUNTY SPEEDWAY in ROXBORO,NC

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We used to really enjoy watching Mac Mangum race at Wilson County Speedway in the early 70s in his #1 Chevelle. That car always had tons of horsepower. Mac was the favorite driver of our driver, Danny Lee's little girl. When Earl Arnold would show up at Wilson, both he and Mac would be running cars with #1 on them. Here's a later photo of Mac at Wilson, taken in 1976 and posted by our member Tim Hamm of Wilson on his page:

DALE EARNHARDTS PASS IN THE GRASS AT CHARLOTTE DID NOT HAPPEN

Stock Car Racing History

I happened to be sitting next door in Humpy Wheeler's office when Bill France, Jr. met with Rick Hendrick and Richard Childress at CMS regarding the run-ins between Dale and Geoff. Geoff kept coming out on the losing end and I think France was afraid Earnhardt was going to hurt him.

New Wendell Scott Documentary

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Robbie Solesbee said:

Wow they should have contacted me. I have access to a track that still has stands built in the 1950's, Scott came to race a time or two at, and like most tracks of the day no walls or guard rail in the turns and backstretch. We could have been made it to be dusty or muddy-whatever they wanted. My God, it was used in the Alcola Aluminum TV special Hard Chargers in the '60s. And the flag stand is even authenitic for the period. It's rickety, sways when the cars pass, and you need the climbing skills of a Sherpa to get up there.

Ad for "The Hard Chargers" from Life Magazine:
http://books.google.com/books?id=NUAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=P...

New Wendell Scott Documentary

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From today's Fort Mill, SC Herald:

To be filmed at Chester, SC track

http://www.heraldonline.com/2010/10/01/2495694/chester-speedway-rolls-back-in.html

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

Race car haulers

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The ramp truck was the hot ticket in mid-late 60's at the weekly Virginia NASCAR tracks. I saw my first school bus hauler in 1968 at Sanford, NC, being used (I think) by Glenn McDuffie. Most of the teams around Wilson, NC in early 70s still used an open trailer behind a pickup.

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

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Richard Guido said:

Money talks and Bruton walks.

A big part of what Nascar is missing are these knid of tracks. It is almost impossible to have a bad show !

The Boys at the Beach are so blind about the core product that people are turning away.

The shot callers at Richmond are very smart and saw it coming by building a new facility which is awsome but I must say that the Old Richmond Fairgrounds was a killer track that showcased hard nosed racing.

Got to share Nashville's Victory lane with Dale Earnhardt when he beat DW driving the #15 Bud Moore Wrangler Ford. It was a good place to race and the kids loved the little amusement park. Ditto your Richmond comments. Grew up there, later sponsored the Wrangler 400 there and eventually became Media Relations Director for 10 years. Richmond promoter, Paul Sawyer was one of a kind. A great race promoter and a true friend.