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I've been a fan since the late 1950's. I got to see Lee Petty, Junior Johnson, Curtis Turner, Banjo Matthews, Jimmy and Speedy Thompson and the great Tiny Lund race among others.
My dad and I went to Darlington as a kid with the Thompson Brothers. This was when the Firecracker race was for convertibles in 1957. My dad, Speedy and I rode in Jimmy's 1956 Chevy racecar that had the top had cut off. We were pulling Speedy's 1957 Chevy convertible behind. Jimmy's car had no passenger seat or back seat but it had a roll cage. They drove or pulled the racecars to the race in those days. There were no car haulers. Daddy, Speedy and I sat on the floorpan and held on to the bars.
Somewhere around Ruby SC we hit a big thunderstorm. It was raining so hard you couldn't see. Jimmy pulled into somebody's driveway and up under a carport beside the house. We sat there and finally the rain slowed to a drizzle. Just as Jimmy started the car (which had mufflers for the road) the door opened and a little white haired lady came out with a shotgun at the ready. Speedy and Jimmy ended up giving her their autographs and a couple of pit passes.
When we got to Darlington the guys from Speedy's shop were already there. They pulled the carws in and got them race ready in just a few hours. Back then cars had to be factrory produced cars and all parts used had to be available over the counter.
************So back to the topic
My favorite of all time would be Fred Lorenzen. He was better than Dale Sr (my #2) and "The King" in his prime (my #3)
Today...Not many I like really. *Kenseth is very talented but he hasn't really got it down yet. *J. Gordon is talented but he's off and on.
The last "great" ones were Alan Kulwicki and Davie Allison. Kulwicki would have been a dominating driver if he had lived. Allison was just starting to blossom as a driver-tragic!
I've been a fan since the late 1950's. I got to see Lee Petty, Junior Johnson, Curtis Turner, Banjo Matthews, Jimmy and Speedy Thompson and the great Tiny Lund race among others.
My dad and I went to Darlington as a kid with the Thompson Brothers. This was when the Firecracker race was for convertibles in 1957. My dad, Speedy and I rode in Jimmy's 1956 Chevy racecar that had the top had cut off. We were pulling Speedy's 1957 Chevy convertible behind. Jimmy's car had no passenger seat or back seat but it had a roll cage. They drove or pulled the racecars to the race in those days. There were no car haulers. Daddy, Speedy and I sat on the floorpan and held on to the bars.
Somewhere around Ruby SC we hit a big thunderstorm. It was raining so hard you couldn't see. Jimmy pulled into somebody's driveway and up under a carport beside the house. We sat there and finally the rain slowed to a drizzle. Just as Jimmy started the car (which had mufflers for the road) the door opened and a little white haired lady came out with a shotgun at the ready. Speedy and Jimmy ended up giving her their autographs and a couple of pit passes.
When we got to Darlington the guys from Speedy's shop were already there. They pulled the carws in and got them race ready in just a few hours. Back then cars had to be factrory produced cars and all parts used had to be available over the counter.
************So back to the topic
My favorite of all time would be Fred Lorenzen. He was better than Dale Sr (my #2) and "The King" in his prime (my #3)
Today...Not many I like really. *Kenseth is very talented but he hasn't really got it down yet. *J. Gordon is talented but he's off and on.
The last "great" ones were Alan Kulwicki and Davie Allison. Kulwicki would have been a dominating driver if he had lived. Allison was just starting to blossom as a driver-tragic!
The legends and the late great drivers will always be awesome, unlike todays drivers who cry when they get one piece of dirt on their hands...
All time favorite, The King Richard Petty, now I like Jr., Stewart, Michael Waltrip and kevin Harvick, i like a lot of other drivers but those are my picks, Best Person goes to Kyle Petty, i feel he is one heck of a good person.
I've been a fan since the late 1950's. I got to see Lee Petty, Junior Johnson, Curtis Turner, Banjo Matthews, Jimmy and Speedy Thompson and the great Tiny Lund race among others.
My dad and I went to Darlington as a kid with the Thompson Brothers. This was when the Firecracker race was for convertibles in 1957. My dad, Speedy and I rode in Jimmy's 1956 Chevy racecar that had the top had cut off. We were pulling Speedy's 1957 Chevy convertible behind. Jimmy's car had no passenger seat or back seat but it had a roll cage. They drove or pulled the racecars to the race in those days. There were no car haulers. Daddy, Speedy and I sat on the floorpan and held on to the bars.
Somewhere around Ruby SC we hit a big thunderstorm. It was raining so hard you couldn't see. Jimmy pulled into somebody's driveway and up under a carport beside the house. We sat there and finally the rain slowed to a drizzle. Just as Jimmy started the car (which had mufflers for the road) the door opened and a little white haired lady came out with a shotgun at the ready. Speedy and Jimmy ended up giving her their autographs and a couple of pit passes.
When we got to Darlington the guys from Speedy's shop were already there. They pulled the carws in and got them race ready in just a few hours. Back then cars had to be factrory produced cars and all parts used had to be available over the counter.
************So back to the topic
My favorite of all time would be Fred Lorenzen. He was better than Dale Sr (my #2) and "The King" in his prime (my #3)
Today...Not many I like really. *Kenseth is very talented but he hasn't really got it down yet. *J. Gordon is talented but he's off and on.
The last "great" ones were Alan Kulwicki and Davie Allison. Kulwicki would have been a dominating driver if he had lived. Allison was just starting to blossom as a driver-tragic!
I saw in this that you liked Junior Johnson. I saw him in Talladega this past weekend. I got his autograph and I bought a bottle of some of his Carolina Moonshine! It is good! ..mm...
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