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Bench Racing's 4th Anniversary
December 19, 2008 - four years ago - the inaugural post of this blog was published. Remarkable. While banktruck and I thought a forum was needed to open our thoughts about racing to others, we really...
View ArticleLearning My New Job
When I was asked to join the team at TMC, Inc. I was flattered. My new boss (THETMC himself!) painted a rosy picture of fame, fortune, women and, of course, complimentary Schaefer. By all accounts, my...
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Happy New Year from the Schaefer Hall of Fame!
May all of you enjoy a prosperous and Schaefer-filled 2013!From the Schaefer Hall of Fametoomuchcountry, Philly, Paducah, Rookie, Uncle Dave, Cuba, Rev. Randy, Bruton & Kuzzin KariHappy New Year!...
View ArticleRacing's Analogy To The Fiscal Cliff
As is the norm, the politicians on both sides of the aisle in Washington DC once again demonstrated why they should have ridden the short-bus to school as kids. I'm not sure what it is about the...
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Beer Tasting vs. Wine Tasting
In our never-ending quest to uncover and discover all things Schaefer we sometimes find ourselves in unfamiliar surroundings. Such was the case this week when I found myself at The Adour in New York...
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Possible Petty Sponsors?
Growing up, NASCAR's Silly Season applied to everyone else's favorite driver or team but not mine. As a Richard Petty fan, it was simply a given The King would open the season at Riverside's road...
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The Fall of Schaefer 2012 - in a good way
Whew, where did the last third of 2012 go?? Various entries were blogged over the last four months involving Schaefer, but the last update of the overall happenings of the Schaefer Hall of Fame and...
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January 26 - Rookie and a Riverside Romp
January 26th and its ... the birthday of Schaefer Hall of Famer and raceday turkey leg connoisseur Rookie!The day is also the anniversary of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Cale Yarborough's win in the 1974...
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The other Petty winners
The King - Richard Petty - He is the name most closely associated with the record books of NASCAR. Well, at least within the circle of fans whose knowledge of NASCAR pre-dates 1979. All but four of his...
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February 1, 1953 - Lee Petty Wins West Palm
February 1, 1953: Lee Petty wins a 200-lap, 100-mile race at Palm Beach Speedway in West Palm Beach, FL. Petty leads 152 of the 200 laps in his #42 Dodge.Jimmie Lewellan finishes second in a second...
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February 13, 1955 - Lee Petty Snags Jax
1955 - Starting second, Lee Petty leads 168 of 200 laps, and wins at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, FL in a #42 Petty Engineering Chrysler. Dick Rathman won the pole but flipped spots with Lee when the...
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Fearless (Not Faultless) 2013 NASCAR PredictionsIt seems like only a year ago we were throwing the literary green flag on another NASCAR racing season. Actually, its a year and a week; real racing...
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February 21, 1954 - Lee Petty Fleeces Flock at Daytona
February 21, 1954: Lee Petty wins the beach race at Daytona - on a technicality.Starting from the pole, Petty paced the 62-car field for the the majority of laps. When the checkers fells, however, Tim...
View ArticleTMC's 2013 Turrible Prognostications
The 2013 race season is upon us. When this blog was launched, banktruck and I originally thought we'd use it as a forum to discuss and debate contemporary racing. By blog entry #2, I was pretty well...
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February 22, 1959 - Lee Wins 1st Daytona 500
February 22, 1959: After almost a decade of running on the Daytona Beach combination course of sand and Highway A1A, Lee Petty races his Oldsmobile to victory in the inaugural Daytona 500 raced on the...
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February 22, 1970 - Pete Pockets Daytona
February 22, 1970: Pete Hamilton from Dedham, Massachusetts - yes, MASSACHUSETTS - wins the Daytona 500 in a winged Plymouth Superbird. As the 1970 season opened in January, the Pettys fielded a second...
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A conversation with Tiger Tom Pistone
Tom Pistone was an iconic NASCAR Grand National racer who drove from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Originally from Chicago, he raced many late model events and claimed championships at Solider...
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March 2, 1958 - Lee Petty Challenges Curtis in Concord
March 2, 1958: Lee Petty wins a 200-lap, 100-mile race at Concord Speedway in Concord, NC. Or did he?In his book Full Throttle: The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner, Robert Edelstein...
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March 6, 1955 - Lee Petty Savors Savannah
March 6, 1955: Driving a #42 Chrysler, Lee Petty wins a 200-lap, 100-mile race at Oglethorpe Speedway in Savannah, GA. The race is the second of only two Grand National races sanctioned at the...
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March 16, 1958 - Lee Petty Wins Wilson
March 16, 1958 - Driving a number 42 Oldsmobile, Lee Petty wins a 200-lap, 100-mile race on the half-mile Wilson Speedway dirt track in Wilson NC.In his book Silent Speedways of the Carolinas, Perry...
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