The front page of the March 20, 1968 edition of Rebel Racing News features Leon Sells winning at Atlanta’s Lakewood Speedway. Photos by Mike Bell

By Brandon Reed
Posted in Feature Stories 1/6/15

When you’re searching for tiny little snippets of racing history, one of your best friends is the newspaper.

Whether it’s the local paper from an area that was populated with little dirt bullrings after World War II or a regional motorsports newspaper, they all help us to piece together the story of racing over the years.