Posted on 07/09/2015 7:51:03 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Bill Elliot is looking and sounding more like Bill Clinton every day, LOL.
lol - he does indeed.
Ned Jarrett looks pretty good for 82.
Dale Inman looks awesome for 79.
Tanya Tucker did a good job of the National Anthem. She’s a bit shop-worn but still has a good set of pipes. ;o)
Yes that’s definitely “high mileage” but it is throwback weekend...
It will be in 2016.
Flashback Coke Mean Joe Green
The first Southern 500 had 75 cars starting in 25 rows of 3. (1950)
You know they’re on the edge when a guy like Kenseth is out of control in the first 20 laps.
I see a New Counter Intel Hacker Position (read Tech Assistant) to send False Data to the Competitor Dash (like WOW! the 48 car has Low Oil Pressure and High Oil and Water Temps, gee that's too bad...)
Announcer: Looks like problems for the 48 as Jimmy pulls onto his Pit to check things out and Chad shakes his head.
And everybody hears Mabarker1 cheering from Mooresville.
Snicker, snicker!!!
Sounds like Rush Hour on I-77 around here.
LOLOLOL!!! ya know it'll happen given the right equipment
In the fall of 1949, when a crisp breeze toyed with the loose soil of an old cotton field on the west side of rural Darlington, South Carolina, Harold Brasington saw more than just dirt dancing around that patch of land. He saw the future. He saw stock cars.
Brasington, a local businessman, had a lofty vision that most of his peers dismissed as utterly ridiculous - building a paved superspeedway in Darlington.
Nevertheless, believing that Bill France’s fledgling NASCAR just might catch on, Brasington set out in the fall of 1949 on a project known locally as “Harold’s Folly” to shape a 1-1/4 mile speedway on land that had once produced peanuts and cotton.
Brasington’s plan called for a true oval, but the racetrack’s design had to be changed in order to satisfy Sherman Ramsey, the landowner, who did not want his nearby minnow pond disturbed. The west end of the track (Turns 3 and 4) was narrowed to accommodate the fishing hole, creating Darlington’s distinctive egg-shaped design.
The first race was scheduled for Labor Day 1950, and when the day finally came the stands overflowed. Brasington expected no more than 10,000 fans, but the crowd of over 25,000 shocked him. Fans practically
stood on top of each other and they scaled the fence just for a glimpse of the action.
Californian Johnny Mantz drove to victory that day in the first Southern 500®, which took over six hours to complete but set a precedent for a sport that would grow to be one of the largest spectator sports in the country.
Over 65 years later, Darlington Raceway is still known as the track “Too Tough to Tame” with names like Baker, Flock, Thomas, Pearson, Yarborough, Petty, Earnhardt and Johnson becoming commonplace in victory lane.
Darlington Raceway’s historical significance, as the original paved superspeedway in NASCAR, is unparalleled.
The “Lady in Black” is for stock car racing what Lambeau Field is for football and Wrigley Field for baseball, the historical venue that shaped and molded their respective sports, which fans still revere to this day.
Its place in the history of the sport sets it apart from all other tracks. It brings its fans the great racing of today mixed with the nostalgia of the past.
Darlington Raceway continues to be an active community partner, hosting a variety of community events and participating in numerous local activities each year.
It’s a place of history where fans reminisce about the past, but create lasting memories of the present when NASCAR roars into Darlington Raceway each year.
Flat Nose, the tree-climbing dog
I remember WAY BACK Benny Parsons doing a segment on Flat Nose, sitting with Barney Odom and Flat Nose under a tree and getting a Demo on Command. IIRC they cut from that to a "Buffet Benny" on the Local Catfish House.
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Ken and Ned looking pretty good for their age.
I say We let them finish the Broadcast.
-PJ
ooooooh, RONDA!!! whip me beat me make me write bad checks...
Loved it
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