“When Banjo first came around, he wore a pair of glasses that were so thick, it made everyone, on first impression, think of a ‘banjo,’” said legendary car owner-car builder Bud Moore of Spartanburg, S.C.
Curtis Turner, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton, Joe Weatherly, Wendell Scott, Buddy Arrington, Lennie Pond, Jabe Thomas, Rick Mast…some of the long list of Virginia drivers who have made it to the NASCAR Sprint Cup level.
Oct 5 2010 | Posted in
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Major League Baseball had “Mr. October.”
Reggie Jackson was instrumental in helping teams he played with in key games in playoffs and the World Series,…
CONCORD, N.C.
I think I’ve seen every female who has attempted to race in NASCAR, and all have come and gone.
“If these races had been…
Sep 7 2010 | Posted in
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Tommy Houston grew up in a North Carolina county that was tradition-rich in motorsports history.
A native of Hickory, N.C., in Catawba County, Houston is…
CONCORD, N.C.
I’m very thankful I covered the NASCAR Cup Series when I did. I’m not sure I would have survived in this day and time.
I…
Aug 10 2010 | Posted in
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CONCORD, N.C.
Nobody asked me, but I’m here to tell you that if there ever was a man who lived up to his word, it…
SHORT LIFESPAN: Donnie Allison (27) chases Bobby Isaac (71) and Charlie Glotzbach, two of the drivers who raced Dodge’s winged Daytonas, during the 1970…
CONCORD, N.C.
This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, 60-year-old Geoffrey Bodine will be like a fish out of water.
He’s one of the many competing in…
Jul 16 2010 | Posted in
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CONCORD, N.C.
Within the last couple of weeks we lost a couple of NASCAR’s finest.
One was well known.
The other one, very few people knew him…
Jun 25 2010 | Posted in
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