As we get older and start to think back at other peoples actions during some specific times you shddenly have a fleeting vision of something in the past. This kinda makes you shudder and then you smile as it really is a memory you have that needs...
Folks take a minute out of your busy schedule and go look at the post Brandon Reed added about valdosta thunderbolt speedway-- this is what our society runs on,memories but more importantly look at the cars--yes those wonderful "S K E E T E R...
Every time i set down and start an e mail session with Tommy more of our past is reveled to me as memories. Tommy hit me with something today that had been forgotten probably because of me trying to stuff all my meager memories into a blog on...
A while back a couple of drivers squared off to settle a dispute that had been growing around the pits for some time. Seems as though one was kinda better than the other on longer tracks but the other was a better short track driver. One of them...
the other day a guy came by and we sat around talking of the days back when and he got started on his lifes story.Said he was born back during the war time of the 40's in the carolinas.His dad was racing with a bunch of old guys in the piedmont...
For years we used to make our self available on tues nite and thurs nite for an hour because there were two shows that came on on the radio about 7pm here in ga.One was a recap of the past weekends racing of NascarThe other was a local show that...
The whole diner perked up when they came in with about half the crowd trying to make eye contact with one of them but no deal they had their eyes set on three guys setting over in the corner next to the juke box.The waitress came over and talked...
The excitement was high that morning as they pulled in to the track because all these cars coming in was unusual and the people,they were everywhere,even the squirrls were fussing because so many were climbibg the trees for a better view. They...
up on penitentiary mountain south of florence al there is a little shop off the end of an old logging road. For years there have been nothing but log trucks that came up to the shop for work or repairs or just pushed out back because of to much...
Ever set around and have a thought go through your head and then its gone? Some say its the past not wanting you to forget it and its wanting you to remember it. I guess its kinda like when the opposite sex wants us to not forget something...
It started late one afternoon while setting around the old fireplace listening to the radio, Earnest just wouldnt shut up about that new car he just bought up Knoxville Tn. You see his brother had a pretty fair running old chevy even though it...
We had a good year in racing the little quarter mile dirt back at home and we all had graduated from our original cars we built into our second tier cars-- I guess what that means is we got to the extent of finding the boundary of the rule book --...
Jeff Hawkins was from Greenville SC . He lived there from the fortys on and raced at greenville pickens speedway from the late 40's thu the 70's and won many championships there . He is the only driver that won championships on the track when it...
1930's - Opens "Vogt's Garage" in Atlanta and befriends Raymond Parks.1938 - November 11th. First stock car race ever at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway, won by Lloyd Seay driving a Raymond Park's car, built by Vogt.1940 - '41 & '46- Won races at...
