October 13 - This day in Petty history
10/13/53 - Lee Petty finishes 2nd to future employee Jim Paschal in a 200 lapper at Martinsville Speedway.10/13/57 - Lee finishes 2nd to Fireball Roberts in a 200 lap race at Concord (NC) Speedway.10/13/63 - Richard finishes 6th in the National 400 at Charlotte. Teammates Bob Welborn (41) finishes 26th and Bob James (42) finishes 23rd. Bob James raced 11 times in his career. Four of his starts were for Petty Enterprises - all in 1963.
still exists as a ghost as seen from above..strange the track still exists as its been closed since late 60's..origionally dirt then paved w a...
@paul crawford started 12 years ago - replies: 1
In the late 60s and early 70s my husband used to help with Freddy Smith's race car and we were at Concord, Metrolina, Carolina, Gaffney and Shelby...
@Diane Whitlow started 12 years ago - replies: 0
I attended the 1980 Mason-Dixon 500 in Dover. I was only 18 and still in HS. I was a huge NASCAR fan and photographing NASCAR was a hobby. After...
@Mark Palczewski started 12 years ago - replies: 3
Hi everyone, Ive been researching the old speedway here in my hometown of New Bremen for about the past twenty years, an addicting, fun project....
@Dave Kramer started 12 years ago - replies: 7
I would like to get Terry's 2003 Darlington Win car, the Kelleogg's "Got Milk" Chevy autographed, does anyone know Terry's official fan club...
@Jim Wilmore started 12 years ago - replies: 1
Bennett, North Carolina Bennett Speedway By Dennis Andrews Bennett Man Builds Racetrack That was the headline of a June 21, 1956 Chatham...
@Dennis Andrews started 12 years ago - replies: 11
Is he as much of a pain as a driver as he is commentator now or just good fun. I think him and mikey going at it would be goood TV!
@Lance Fowler started 12 years ago - replies: 0
Saw BB at the first Columbia Speedway clean up thought he was a hot shoe ace out of FL come to find out he is a reagler guy number one in my book
@Leon Phillips started 12 years ago - replies: 0
FROM BERNIE BIERNACKI WITH VOTING FOR THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME CLASS FOR 2013 COMING UP VERY SOON, FANS OF FRED LORENZEN NEED TO SHOW THEIR...
@Bernie Biernacki started 12 years ago - replies: 0
