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1962 Southern 500
The 1962 Southern 500, the 13th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 3, 1962, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s. Ralph Earnhardt drove the #47 car for Jack Smith. The car had "Jack" written on the roof, but Earnhardt drove the race and was involved in a spin entering turn one. Background Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratus Walters
''Ratus Walters'' (pronounced Ray-tus Walters) is a former NASCAR Grand National Series owner whose career spanned from 1958 to 1964. Ratus also goes by goes by the simpler-to-pronounce name Ray Walters. Summary His employees included drivers like Reds Kagle, Elmo Langley, Larry Frank, Ralph Moody, Jim Reed and Johnny Allen. Out of 69 wins, Walters' major speedway victory as an owner came at the 1962 Southern 500, employing Larry Frank as the driver for the event in a 1962 Ford Galaxie. Johnny Allen was provided by Walters with a 1963 Fastback Ford Galaxie; which ran real fast until it got wreck at Atlanta Motor Speedway. During that time there were only four major speedways; Daytona, Charlotte, Atlanta and the grand daddy of them all, Darlington. Walters dedicated himself to being an independent stock car owner by helping independent stock car drivers find the proper rides for them. Ratus Walters also worked as an Aeronautical Engineer for Thieblot Aircraft in Bethesda, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In NASCAR
This category contains articles on individual years in NASCAR. {{Commons cat, NASCAR seasons Seasons A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ... Seasons in stock car racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Thompson
Roscoe Thompson (July 5, 1922 in Forest Park, Georgia, Forest Park, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia – April 10, 1988) was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Grand National Series driver who drove from 1948 (at the age of 26) to 1962 (at the age of 40). Career summary His best season was in 1950 in the NASCAR Xfinity series where he won 6 of 29 races, finished in the top 5 23 times and top 10 29 times. In the Grand National Series out of 2033 laps, Roscoe Thompson only managed to lead 11 (less than 1%) of them. His total career earnings were $5,440 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The most notable races that Thompson attended were the 1950 Southern 500, first running of the Southern 500, 1959 Daytona 500 (first on paved track) and the 1961 World 600, 1961 running of the World 600. Some of his earlier accomplishments are as follows: * He was inducted into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame 10/27/06. * Peach Bowl Champion in 1950 and 1951. * NASCAR's sportsman champ for Georgia in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontiac (automobile)
Pontiac or formally the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, was an American automobile brand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors. Introduced as a General Motors companion make program, companion make for GM's more expensive line of Oakland Motor Car Company, Oakland automobiles, Pontiac overtook Oakland in popularity and supplanted its parent brand entirely by 1933. Sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico by GM, in the hierarchy of GM's five divisions, it was slotted above Chevrolet, but below Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac. Starting with the 1959 models, marketing was focused on selling the lifestyle that the car's ownership promised rather than the car itself. By emphasizing its "Wide Track" design, it billed itself as the "performance" division of General Motors, which "built excitement." Facing financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced in 2008 financial crash, 2008 that it would follow the same path with Pontiac as it had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide World Of Sports (U
Wide World of Sports can refer to: *Wide World of Sports (Australian TV program), screened on the Nine Network *Wide World of Sports (American TV program), broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company *Nine's Wide World of Sports, sports coverage on Australia's Nine Network *ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, an athletic complex located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, formerly known as ''Disney's Wide World of Sports''. * Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award is presented annually to college football's most inspirational individual or team. The award is one of 21 that are part of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Previous winners R .... See also * World of Sport (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinescope
Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor. The process was pioneered during the 1940s for the preservation, re-broadcasting and sale of television programmes before the introduction of quadruplex videotape, which from 1956 eventually superseded the use of kinescopes for all of these purposes. Kinescopes were the only practical way to preserve live television broadcasts prior to videotape. Typically, the term Kinescope can refer to the process itself, the equipment used for the procedure (a movie camera mounted in front of a video monitor, and synchronized to the monitor's scanning rate), or a film made using the process. The term originally referred to the cathode ray tube used in television receivers, as named by inventor Vladimir K. Zworykin in 1929. Hence, the recordings were known in full as kinescope films or kines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Beam
Herman Beam (December 11, 1929 – August 27, 1980) was a NASCAR Grand National Series driver and team owner from Johnson City, Tennessee who was active as a driver from 1957 until 1963. He is famous for holding the longest streak of races without a DNF, with 84, from 1961 until 1963. He had 57 Top 10 finishes in 194 races. Driving career Beam made his Grand National debut in 1957, finishing 20th in a self-owned Chevy. In 1958, he ran 20 races, with a single top 10 finish. 1959 was his best season, where he started 30 of 44 events, had 12 top 10 finishes including his first career top 5, and finished 4th in points. He made 2 starts in the NASCAR Convertible Division that year. In 1961, Beam suffered an engine failure at Richmond International Raceway. It was the last DNF for 84 races, starting the streak of finishing races that he is most famous for, which ended at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1963. Beam retired from racing that year, but continued to field cars for other drivers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Wood
Glenn Alexandria Wood (July 18, 1925 – January 18, 2019) was an American NASCAR driver from Stuart, Virginia. Early life He and brother Leonard Wood co-founded the legendary Wood Brothers Racing team in 1953, and won four races over an eleven-year racing career. In 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. In 1996, Wood was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; he was also inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012. Wood died on January 18, 2019, after a battle with illnesses. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Grand National Series =Daytona 500= References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Glen 1925 births International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees 2019 deaths NASCAR drivers NASCAR team owners People from Stuart, Virginia Racing drivers from Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjo Matthews
Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews (February 14, 1932 – October 2, 1996) was an American NASCAR driver, car owner, and builder. As a driver, he had 13 top ten finishes in 51 starts. He was the car builder for the 1976 to 1978 NASCAR Cup Series champions. Racing career Driver Matthews began his career at age 15 at Pompano Beach Speedway in Florida. He was a successful Modified driver. He won 50 times in 1954. He made 51 starts in the NASCAR Grand National Series, with a best finish of second at Atlanta.Circle Track magazine Retrieved April 1, 2007 He won three poles, one each at the , |
Lee Petty
Lee Arnold Petty (March 14, 1914 – April 5, 2000) was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR and one of its first superstars. He was NASCAR's first three-time Cup champion. He is also the father of Richard Petty, who went on to become one of the most successful stock car racing drivers of all time. Career Petty was born near Randleman, North Carolina, the son of Jessie Maude (née Bell) and Judson Ellsworth Petty. He was thirty-five years old when he began racing. He participated in NASCAR's inaugural race, held at the three-quarter mile long dirt track, Charlotte Speedway; he raced in a 1948 Buick Roadmaster he borrowed from his neighbor under the assurance that the prize money earned from the race could pay off any damages to the car. With son Richard watching, Petty lost control of the car and rolled it in turn three. Basing on his earlier experience as an occasional moonshine runner, Petty woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorty Johns
Shorty is a nickname, usually for a short person. See Shorty (nickname). Shorty may also refer to: Music Artists * Ras Shorty I, Trinidadian artist and founder of soca music. * Shorty (band), an American rock band formed in 1991 * Shorty (American rapper), Member of Platinum recording group Da Lench Mob. * Shorty (Croatian rapper) (born 1980) * Shorty (MC), member of Boy Better Know * Shorty da Prince (born 1989), American radio DJ, rapper, and television personality * Buckshot Shorty (born 1974), member of the hip hop trio Black Moon * Magnolia Shorty (1982–2010), American rapper * Guitar Shorty (born 1939), American blues guitarist David William Kearney * Trombone Shorty (born 1986), stage name of American jazz musician Troy Andrews Songs * "Shorty" (song), by The Get Up Kids * "Shorty (You Keep Playin' with My Mind)", 1998 debut single from R&B group Imajin * "Shorty" (Casa de Leones song) * "Shorty" (Future and Juice Wrld song) Film and television * ''Shorty'' (fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
