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Jim Warman

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I saw it. I woke up from my nap on the sunny part of the couch. It is amazing how resurfacing the track has completely transformed racing there. Aside from that there has been a lot of great television surrounding NASCAR this past week. The Dale Earnhardt documentary and a lot of interviews with some of the great drivers from years past many of whom were racing before I was born. I wish NASCAR would do more of that kind of thing before we lose more of the old timers. I love the stories they tell... some of which helps bring into perspective just how far motor sports like stock car racing has come.

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Back in the day....... way back when....

 

HotRod Magazine was digest size printed on pulp paper... just in the process of switching to magazine format. They had a column called "The Roundy Round Corner" dedicated to the go fast, turn left crowd. We'd read all about Glenn Roberts, Marvin Panch, Marty Robbins, Leroy Yarbrough and Cale Yarborough - can't forget Lee Petty... too many great names.

 

NASCAR wasn't quite so civilized back then and the cars were a lot closer to stock. A racer would run out of tires and mooch some off a guys car in the parking lot. Smokey Yunick had tried about every which way to stretch the rules real thin... including a 2" diameter fuel line.

 

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

 

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