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I'd sure love to see some more old Virginia racing pictures from you folks.
I would invite each and every one of you to check out the Stock Car RacersReunion web site and even join if you are so inclined:...
Thanks for posting those great pics. Brings back many pleasant memories of how racing used to be and ought to be.
As posted at "Cinema Treasures" Located to the west of Craigsville on Highway 42. The tiny Craig Drive-In was opened in 1953 by John M....
I found a photo of the Craig Drive-In movie theater that said the advertisng sign also advertised Sunday Stock Car races.
Sonny Mallory of Mallory's Speed Shop in Richmond, Va.was a huge man - thus the sales catch phrase Round Man with the Square Deal. It wasn't...
Sonny Mallory... "The Round man with the Square Deal"
As posted at www.Coastal181.com #681 - In his latest book with Bones Bourcier, Bill Simpson is just as ornery as ever. But so much...
I used to do a lot of NASCAR marketing and PR work with Buck's daughter, Darlene in Charlotte. In fact, she secured the Exide Battery sponsorship...
Also, check this RacersReunion link for posts and photos about Richmond Dragway:...
I don't know how accurate this is, but Richmond Dragway has a web site at www.richmonddragway.com that includes historical photos. This history...
Traveling cross country Friday afternoon, July 6th, on rural North Carolina Highway #27, going from Wilson to Charlotte, I passed this old tobacco...
That was a good article. The same writer, Robert Peele, on July 7th did a New york Times Automobile desk blog on the efforts to save and restore...
I've seen several entries regarding Log Cabin Raceway. Earlier this week I started a thread on that subject on the site Stock Car RacersReunion....
These shots of the Raleigh track were researched by Bobby Williamson of Shallotte, NC and posted on the web site Local Race Chat out of Wilson, NC:
Try this:
From the web site www.roanokeradio.com: Old Roanoke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22...
Was the drag strip located at the Starkey oval track? Bobby Williamson posted an aerial of that location several years ago on the web site Local...
Here's the 1955 Chevy 302 cubic inch dirt Limited Sportsman car we ran at Wilson County Speedway in Wilson, NC on Saturday night and at Wake...
Saw where former Richmond/Chesterfield GN driver Larry Manning passed away yesterday. He used to run GN for Bob Adams. The car picture I'm...
An Open Letter Regarding Track management at Richmond International Raceway: Just wanted to clarify something I'm certain many of you already...
R.I.P. Wilson County Speedway Promoter James Jones Just read that James C. Jones of Goldsboro, NC passed on April 15 in Wayne County, NC...
From the Ralph Rose Scrapbook as posted on Vintage Racer: 50 Lap Feature ad for the "Virginia Peninsula Speedway" This later became the...
I seem to remember a big suspension for Tommy when he nailed Bill Dennis at speed at Langley in the pits after the checkers... and, of course, the...
How about a great video of famed Virginia stock car driver Paul Radford discussing moonshine running, closing with a great little song?...
Here ya go.
[IMG] The car is promoting the WRVA Radio Richmond Old Dominion Barn Dance!
Don't know how many of you are familiar with the history of Richmond's Southside Speedway, but it was originally built by Nelson Royall and named...
From the publication FULL THROTLE: [IMG] Old Dominion Speedway - April 1953 Manassas, VA...
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