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TMC Racing Stories: Loudon 1
Schaefer co-founder Philly and I flew to Manchester, New Hampshire on a Friday morning in July 2005 for a great weekend culminating in the New England 300 Cup race at what was then Bob Bahre's New...
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TMC Racing Stories: Nashville 1
Far too many NASCAR-related press releases include home track references. Yet some old school fans and a handful of (mostly retired) drivers can legitimately claim one. Nashville's Fairgrounds Speedway...
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TMC Racing Stories: Daytona 2
Some have wondered.Some have guessed.I've shared with some.Others couldn't give a rip.But here goes.I've blogged a handful of times about one of my uncles introducing me to racing back in 1974. He took...
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TMC Racing Stores: Bristol 1
Soon after closing on our first house, I learned my little Toyota Corolla was ill-equipped for regular runs to the hardware store, landscaping lot, Walmart, etc. Adding to the need for more room in my...
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February 8, 1964 - Another Petty Daytona win
All true Petty fans, most NASCAR fans, and even several racing novices know Richard Petty won his first of seven Daytona 500s in 1964. He started from the front row alongside Paul Goldsmith and went on...
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TMC Racing Stories: The Horseshoe Lounge 1.0
Schaefer co-founder Philly and I made our way to Bristol in April 1992 for the Food City 500. The race was to be my first Bristol race since Rusty Wallace's first win in the 1986 Valleydale Meats 500,...
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TMC Racing Stories: My Significant Other
A fitting post for Valentine's Day I think...Aside from the racing, time with friends, and enjoyment of Schaefer, one of the most enjoyable parts for me of attending a NASCAR weekend is meeting new...
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TMC Racing Stories: The Horseshoe Lounge 2.0
The first visit to Johnson City, TN's Horseshoe Lounge in 1992Â by Schaefer co-founder Philly and IÂ was random. Our return visit in 1994 was planned. As we hit the county line to ready for the Food City...
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TMC Racing Stories: Daytona 3
The 1980 Daytona 500 was my first to attend. A few months earlier at the wedding of my uncle Earl, my uncle Ronald who had introduced me to racing about five years earlier committed to taking me to...
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TMC Racing Stories: Charlotte 1
As a native North Carolinian, Schaefer Hall of Fame co-founder Philly grew up going to races at tracks such as Rockingham, Wilkesboro, Martinsville, and Charlotte. He and I met when both of us were...
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March 9, 1980 - Rockingham's Carolina 500
The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup season was one for the ages. Richard Petty won his sixth Daytona 500 to end a losing streak that spanned a season and a half. The King then battled Darrell Waltrip for the...
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April 4, 1976 - Gwyn Staley 400
Richard Petty ripped through the 1975 Cup season like a Ginsu knife through a mater. He nabbed 13 wins as well as his sixth championship. The Petty Enterprises / STP team had every reason to believe...
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April 6, 1997 - Texas Motor Speedway Arrives Alive
Schaefer Hall of Fame co-founder Philly and I made multiple efforts to attend the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994. Tickets were available of course, but at some ludicrous prices. We held our ground and...
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April 17, 1976 - Nashville's new season begins
NASCAR's 1976 Winston Cup season opened in January with the road course race in Riverside, California. Nashville Speedway's weekly series didn't kickstart its new year, however, until mid-April. The...
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May 8, 1976 - Music City USA 420
I started following Winston Cup racing in 1975. As I've blogged many times, I latched onto Richard Petty as my favorite driver. As my family and I started attending Saturday night races at Nashville...
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May 12, 1979 - Sun-Drop Music City 420
The 1979 Cup season ranks comfortably in the top five of all-time memorable NASCAR seasons. The season began with a Waltrip win on Riverside's road course in January, and then the entire nation...
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June 4, 1972 - Mason-Dixon 500
Dover opened in 1969 and hosted four Grand National / Winston Cup races in its first three years. Richard Petty won three of the four - including the first two, and Bobby Allison banked the 1971...
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43 More Reasons to Dig Richard Petty
On Friday, June 30, Ryan McGee of ESPN noted 80 reasons to love Richard Petty. His 80 examples matched the King's 80th birthday to be celebrated on July 2nd.I agree with all on McGee's list - and have...
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July 20, 1975 - Nashville 420
From 1975 through its final Cup race in 1984, Nashville's fairgrounds speedway was slotted as the next race following Daytona's Firecracker 400. The drivers went from the 2-1/2 mile superspeedway to...
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July 23, 1972 - Dixie 500
The recently released 2018 Cup schedule included no new tracks; however, a few races were moved around during the calendar and from one track to another. One notable change was the movement of the...
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