Posted in Just A Bite, tagged hillsborough nc, nascar, talladega alabama on July 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“By the late 1960s… pressure from local church groups, who didn’t like racing on Sundays, led Bill France to look elsewhere as he sought to build a larger, faster track. Unable to persuade local authorities to expand the Hillsborough site, he turned instead to a small town in Alabama and built the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway. [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged andy griffith, don knotts, interstate 40, interstate 77, interstate 85, interstate 95, marlboro man, mayberry, moon pie, moonshine, nascar, piltdown man, ron howard, sweet potato pie on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
More phrase-frequency charts from those bustling bibliophiles at Google Books Ngram Reader: – Andy Griffith vs. Don Knotts and Ron Howard – Moonshine vs. NASCAR – Interstate 40 vs. Interstate 77, Interstate 85 and Interstate 95 – Moon Pie vs. sweet potato pie – Piltdown Man vs. Marlboro Man
Posted in History, Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, tagged bill france, c d spangler, charlotte observer, eudora garrison, nascar, wilton garrison on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“[Bill France] plunged back into the racing business almost as soon as the fireworks of V-J day had sputtered out. In October [1945] he traveled to Charlotte, N.C., to promote a stock-car race on the old half-mile clay oval at the local fairgrounds. ‘I went to see Wilton Garrison, who was the sports editor of [...]
Posted in Tar Talk, tagged borsalino hats, chet flippo, esquire magazine, junior johnson, last american hero, nascar, p g wodehouse, tom wolfe on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I thought I’d better try to fit in, so I very carefully picked out the clothes I’d wear. I had a knit tie, some brown suede shoes and a brown Borsalino hat with a half-inch of beaver fur on it. Somehow I thought this was very casual and suitable for the races. I guess I’d [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged a view form the south, anna j. cooper, blacks in congress, cherokee nc, dirt tracks, eastern band of cherokee, fairgrounds speedway, fayetteville nc, harpers ferry, indy racing, john brown, lewis leary, michael hill, nascar, nc highway historical markers, nimrod jarrett smith, omar ibn said, pea island lifesavers, raleigh, rep. george h. white, richard etheridge, st augustine's college, tarboro, us lifesaving station on June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Michael Hill for this list of state highway historical markers approved by the advisory committee May 25: – Pea Island Lifesavers. Only U.S. Lifesaving Station manned by black crew. Led by Richard Etheridge, 1879-1899. – George H. White, 1852-1918. Represented the state’s “Black Second” district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress [...]
