Amen!
well,, at least it wasn't all about t'ars or the track last week.. :-)
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Track Timeline
September 7, 1947
H. Clay Earles opens Martinsville Speedway as a dirt track with 750 seats and a paid crowd of 6,013. Red Byron wins the 50-lap feature for "Modified Stock Cars" and earns $500 out of a $2,000 purse.
http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/track%5Finfo/track%5Ftimeline/
Ya got the Grok weather map handy?