"I went to Florida with this car with the Cadillac in it, with all the carburetors on it, and I learned about I had help (were talking about 1959 here - B.). I ran into this Stock Car guy named Red Vogt, he had a shop out in the woods right...
1955 - The Fish Carburetor 1955 Buick Century M-1 as raced by Glenn Fireball Roberts, was one hot car, and the story of Glenn's stolen win on the beach in 1955 is interesting. Supposedly, the NASCAR tech team (Cannonball Baker and Buddy Shuman, I...
After WW2 the boys came home in droves all wound up from being gone and most were kinda roudy. Some bought new cars and some bought older ones but the question still arose after a show one night,whos is faster and away they go racing in the back...
12/2/07 Blog by TODD WILHELMWENT TO AN A.R.D.C. MIDGET SHOW IN THE EARLY SIXTIES AT THE ONTEORA SPEEDWAY IN OLIVE BRIDGE N.Y. I REMEMBERED THE NAME SAMMY PACKARD. WHEN WE WERE VISITING FLORIDA , ED ROBBINS INTRODUCED ME TO HIM, AT AN OLD TIMERS...
An Interview with Sammy Packard In December 1947, Bill France Sr., tallest in top row, gathered racers, car owners and promoters for a meeting at the Streamline Hotel in the Ebony Bar on State Road A1A in Daytona Beach. The end result was a new...
When the first track was built at home it was a little quarter mile dirt track with a figure eight in the middle.Every little shop and a few service stations were in the process of building what was to be the center of attraction around home....
The argument over racing has been going on since Ben Hur found out that racing his two horse chariot against other worthy opponents was a fun challenge..Todays racing presents the same challenge only with more horses and and greater challenges to...
Talladega is usually my favorite race track but Sundays race was a long stretch of boredom interrupted occasionally by sheer terror.The track officials at Talladega went as far as to get an Indian medicine man to remove any curses on the speedway...
Answer me something--i understand that nascar has reduced the restrictor plate size yet again and then went and told the drivers there was to be no breakaway drafting--so that means stay in line,no passing, and let the front car win correct??So...
One night a few years ago we had pulled over to Greenwood Mississippi to a little dirt track we had been hearing about having a good pay schedule with good tow money.The track was indeed a cool setup with it having some tight turns banked pretty...
I havent aggervated you in a couple of days so now i have to make up for it.Who is the --"only"-- NASCAR driver to win two Grand National races in a row from the pole by leading every lap.Here are the two tracks to give you a little help----...
i read all these entries about some of our great drivers from ga--like rance phillips,lord he needs it for all he did in racing--or like harold fountain, another mountain of a driver just like joe riddle, these guys are recognized in print several...
It was getting later in the season and this year was a little different for some reason. I left home around 12;30 and headed out to Columbia S.C. to run in thurs nites race then go to Thundervalley for friday nites race,at least that was my...
A year or two ago, probably in the late 50's I can remember going to north Ga. with dad and his cars to a big race at Banks county speedway.A bunch of heavy hitters were there from S.C.-Tn.- Al. and N.C. It was early in the afternoon when we...
do you remember seeing one of these?do you remember working on one of these?you ever tune one of these setups?do you remember driving one ?if you can remember the unique sound they hadthen you are old enough---------------------memories
