Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 6/21/10
Of the late Glenn “Fireball” Roberts passing, sports writer Max Muhleman once wrote that it was like waking up to find that a mountain that had always been there was suddenly gone.
That’s how members of the Georgia racing community felt Sunday after learning of the passing of Mr. Raymond Parks.
Mr. Parks passed away in his sleep early Sunday morning at his home in Atlanta. He had celebrated his 96th birthday just two weeks prior.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 5/28/10
The first World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was a grueling event that broke several cars, and several hearts before the checkered flag fell.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 5/7/10
It was 62 years ago this month that the racing world lost a driver that many felt would have been an early NASCAR star.
On May 16, 1948, Swayne Pritchett of Baldwin lost his life due to injuries sustained in a racing accident in Jefferson, GA.
Pritchett was born in 1922, and early on, was fascinated by speed. As many young men of the day were, he was involved in the moonshine business.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 4/30/10
Tony Stewart was in the Peach State this past week, turning test laps at the redesigned Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia, along with two other Sprint Cup teams.
Stewart was impressive as he turned laps in his Chevrolet, which is usually adorned with the number 14. On this day, the Chevy Stewart was piloting had no numbers or decals.
Stewart has piloted the number 14 for the last season and a half. He announced he’d race under that number when he announced his buy-in to the as part owner to what was then Haas-CNC Racing.
Mike Bell
By Mike Bell
Posted in Columns 4/16/10
Last year, I met Heather Rhodes, the publisher and editor of Slingin’ Dirt Magazine at Hartwell Speedway while the Carolina Clash was stirring up the red clay?
“Could you do something on history for publication in the paper?” was her request. Here’s what I shared with her.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 4/2/10
In the last few years, the success of Danica Patrick in Indy car racing and Ashley Force in NHRA drag racing has drawn more and more attention to women competing in auto racing.
The phenomenal attention that Patrick gained and continues to garner this year with her stint into the stock car world has continued to fuel the age old question of just when the glass ceiling will be broken in NASCAR.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 3/19/10
June 11, 1950 was a day that should have ended with a winner, a happy crowd, and a nice Georgia summer sunset.
Instead, it ended in horror and tragedy.
The National Stock Car Racing Association, or NSCRA for short, was running a 100-lap event at Atlanta’s famed Lakewood Speedway, a track dubbed “The Indianapolis Of The South.” The NSCRA group raced out of Atlanta, so the Lakewood event was a “home game” for the series. The series actually pre-dated NASCAR, having crowned champions as far back as 1946.
Mike Bell
By Mike Bell
Posted in Columns 2/26/10
In automobile racing, as in any sport, there are those people that work behind the scenes to make the racing program happen. Generally, they are never known to the general public nor most of the fans. The better the show goes, the less you think about who worked the front gate. You just remember the great racing.
Over the years, the really great promoters are sought because you learn that is what makes for an enjoyable race program.
Brandon Reed
By Brandon Reed
Posted in Columns 2/19/10
Plans got underway this week for the third annual Lakewood Speedway Reunion, which is planned for August 7 at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville, Georgia.
The reunion has fast become a favorite gathering for many of Georgia’s racing heroes. During the first event, around 400 people came out to take part, telling stories, shaking hands and remembering good times at one of the greatest race tracks in history.
Rick Minter
By Rick Minter-Guest Columnist
Posted in Columns 2/5/10
Georgia’s had more than its share of famous race tracks over the years, but few have had the enduring magic of the one known as the Peach Bowl.
Last Sunday, for the 21st straight year, drivers, mechanics, owners, fans and friends of the Peach Bowl gathered in Riverdale for a gathering that is more like a family reunion than a racing affair.
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