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  • The Christmas Story My Mother Told ~ 2019
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  • Memorial Day Means So Much More than Racing ~ 2019
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  • The NASCAR Balladeer ~ Marty Robbins
  • Leaving Daytona and Looking Forward to Atlanta
  • I Remember You ~ Reprise
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  • The Cars and Fans through the Generations
  • The Christmas Story My Mother Told ~ 2018
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  • A Voice for the Fans ~ The Place Where Names Are Made
  • Bristol ~ From Snow Squalls to Snow Angels
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Questions and Answers
  • Thank God for the SAFER Barriers and Other Varied Thoughts
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  • A Voice for the Fans ~ From This Fans Point of View
  • Davey in Retrospect – 25 Years
  • Remembering the Very First Truck Race at Eldora
  • Bobbles in the Booth and Stages in a Road Course Race
  • Nicknames Are Usually Earned
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  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Insert Clever Title Here
  • What Did He Say
  • Memorial Day Means So Much More than Racing ~ 2018
  • All-Star Racing or Short Track Nationals ~ The Choice is Yours
  • Adam Petty Remembered
  • Its All about Tradition
  • The White Cement of Dover
  • 31 Years of a Temporary Fix
  • We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
  • All the News Unfit to Print~ All-Star Edition
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ No One Is Listening
  • Alan Kulwicki Will Always Be a Champion
  • 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame ~ Selections and Elections
  • Fontana to Martinsville and All About the Fan Experience
  • Kevin Harvick Is Right ~ Grass Roots Racing Does Matter
  • The Road Less Traveled
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  • I Remember You ~ My Personal Tribute to Dale Earnhardt
  • An Earnhardt Kind of Day
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  • That Time between Christmas and Daytona
  • The Christmas Story My Mother Told ~ 2017
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  • A Defining Moment in NASCAR History
  • Remembering the Final Winston Cup Banquet ~ 2017
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Dont Believe Your Lying Eyes
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ One Last Ride
  • As the 2017 Season Draws to a Close
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Who Is Not Speaking to Whom?
  • The Little Track by the Railroad Track
  • NASCAR Goes Country
  • Tales of the Talladega Curse ~ 2017
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Sad Times and Poor Broadcasting
  • Not One Knee Was Taken During Solemn Prerace Ceremonies at Dover
  • The White Cliffs of Dover ~ Delaware
  • History Holds the Back Story ~ RPM
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Someone Ought to Say It!
  • Characters Add Character to Racing
  • In Darlington, Everything Old Is New Again
  • Remember When NASCAR Was All About the Fans?
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  • When the Points Arent the Points and 2+2 Doesnt Equal 4
  • When Rednecks Ran NASCAR
  • Dear Brent Dewar, About That Star Mangled Banner
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Silly Season Is Only Silly for Some
  • Looking Back ~ A View from the Rearview
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  • Defeat Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
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  • The Good, the Bad and the Intolerable
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  • D-Day Demolition Derby at Dover
  • Memorial Day Means So Much More than Racing ~ 2017
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ NASCAR Why Do You Refuse to Listen?
  • A Tale of Two Weekends
  • Remember Adam Petty
  • Truth Will Always Serve Better than a Good Story
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Vaya con Dios
  • It’s Bristol Baby, but Which Bristol?
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ When Enough Becomes Too Much
  • A Sunday Drive, Texas Style
  • One Helluva Good Race; Sorry You Missed It
  • As Requested By the Fans… and Other Fairytales
  • Smokey Yunick Belongs in the NASCAR Hall of Fame
  • NASCAR Hall of Fame ~ Selections and Elections
  • Some Facts Are Indisputable and Some Folks Enjoy Being Unhappy
  • At Daytona, Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
  • A Few More Nicknames and Some Quaint Quotes
  • Nicknames in Racing Have to Be Earned
  • Drivers, Please Start Your Engines
  • The Voice of One Fan Only
  • Fly on the Wall ~ Speaking of Carl Edwards
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Hopefully the Voice of Reason
  • U.S. Nationals, and We Are Not Talking Drag Racing Here
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  • The Christmas Story as My Mother Told It
  • We’re Gonna Miss the Man Called Smoke
  • The New Twelve Days of a NASCAR Christmas
  • Remembering The Final Winston Cup Banquet
  • Let’s Talk About Indy Instead of Homestead
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Why All The Secrecy?
  • Martinsville ~ FUBAR
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ And the Fans Need to Be Heard!
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ NASCAR Doesn’t Love Me Anymore
  • Under The Charlotte Lights...Again ~ Lady in Black
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ A Question For Brian Z. France
  • Who’s Abbott, Who’s Costello and Who’s on First
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Where Have All The Race Fans Gone?
  • Throwback ~ The Lady In Black
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  • Someone Asked About the History of North Wilkesboro
  • Mid-Ohio Mayhem ~ All In Fun
  • His Name Is Waddell Wilson ~ Remember That Name
  • J. D. McDuffie ~ Lived and Died for Racing
  • Attendance and Ratings ~ Do They Matter?
  • Winston/Nextel/Sprint Cup ~ What Comes Next?
  • Davey in Retrospect
  • Twisted Sheet Metal and How A Race Should End
  • Is NASCAR For Sale?
  • Wreckin on the Road ~ Lady in Black
  • Marty Robbins ~ NASCAR Balladeer
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Those Silly Ol’ Lug Nuts
  • Junie Donlavey ~ True Pioneer of NASCAR
  • Tim Richmond ~ Right to the Bitter End and Beyond
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ The Penthouse and the Outhouse
  • Memorial Day Means More than Just Racing
  • Dover - The Good The Bad and the Unacceptable
  • Down Memory Lane ~ Smokey Yunick
  • Best Damn Garage In Town
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Talladega: Too Much of a Bad Thing
  • Tales Of The Talladega Curse
  • A Few Words About The Old Bristol
  • NASCAR Hall of Fame ~ How the Election Process Works
  • A Sunday Drive, Texas Style with the Lady in Black
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Where Have All the Fans Gone?
  • Alan Kulwicki - Always A Champion
  • Volkswagen Isnt Just a Bug Anymore
  • Racing Is For The Young As Well As The Old
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ From The Desert To The Mountains
  • Would You Like Fries With That?
  • A Few Words on Flag Etiquette
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Great Racing But Poor Coverage
  • Leaving Daytona And Headed For Atlanta
  • Dale Earnhardt ~ I Remember You
  • Charter of Franchise, It's All Good
  • Neil Bonnett: Racer, Broadcaster, Legend, And Man
  • A Racer For All Seasons!
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Six Generations Of Cars And Fans
  • Curtis Turner Inducted Into NASCAR Hall Of Fame
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Improving The Fan Experience
  • The Official Everything Of NASCAR
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  • It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to So Much Talent
  • The Christmas Story My Mother Told
  • And How Would You Like That Dashboard: Analog or Digital?
  • The Twelve Days of a NASCAR Christmas
  • Who You Callin' A Rookie?
  • And Then There Were Four
  • There Really Was A Race In Texas
  • A Twilight Happy Ending And Sunshine On The Horizon
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ The Luck of Austin Theriault
  • What It Wasn't, Was A Restart
  • Playing The Blame Game
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Am I Still A Race Fan?
  • Under The Charlotte Lights With The Lady in Black
  • It's Probably Not Safe If It's Not SAFER
  • Missing: Race Teams And Sponsors!
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ Getting Started, Word Games and Playoffs
  • A Voice for the Fans ~ What Happens When Racing Becomes Soporific?
  • Darlington In The Rearview And Richmond Right Up The Road
  • The Lady in Black at the Riot in Richmond
  • Retro ~ Everything Old is New Again at Darlington
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ So Much Happening And Most Of It Bad
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Actions Detrimental
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Fans Have Some Responsibility, Too
  • The Passing Of A Giant
  • Something Happened At Pocono That Almost Everyone Missed
  • Kissing The Bricks With The Lady In Black
  • Time To Say Goodbye, To A Track And To A Man
  • The Brickyard 400 In The Rearview ~ What Happened?
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Leaving Sparta For Loudon
  • Logic 101 ~ When in Doubt, Rely on Common Sense
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Kentucky Speedway Needs To Be SAFER
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Fireworks At The Firecracker
  • Some Things Just Aren't News
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ On The Road Again
  • NASCAR Fans Didn't Fit The Stereotype
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ A Fan's View On The State Of The Sport
  • The Lady In Black Pokes Fun At Pocono
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ No One Knows What Goes On Behind Closed Doors
  • One LAP UP With The Lady In Black
  • Making Racing Safer With SAFER
  • Memorial Day Should Mean More Than Racing
  • Showdowns, Trucks, A Starlit Night, And A Couple Guys Named Smith
  • Remembering Adam Petty
  • A Lady Makes Her Debut, And We're Not Any SAFER In Kansas, Toto.
  • Talladega ~ The Curse And SAFER Barriers
  • Pretty Words And Strong Words: Steve Byrnes And SAFER Barriers
  • Bristol, By Any Other Name
  • The NASCAR Hall Of Fame ~ How It Works
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Old Races And New Walls
  • The Lady In Black - The Magic Of Martinsville
  • Revisiting Martinsville, Without Jesse Jones
  • The Lady In Black - The Fontana Furnace
  • Sometimes, You Just Have To Laugh
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Our Drivers DeserveThe Safety Of SAFER
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ Send In The Clowns
  • SAFER! Just Do It!
  • The Choices of NASCAR, February 18th, And A Million Points Of Light
  • A Perfect Storm And A Sad Farewell
  • They Didn't Have To Go That Way
  • I Fought The Law And The Law Lost!
  • A Voice For The Fans No More
  • The Day The Vortex Theory Was Tested
  • Do We Miss Daytona Testing
  • Autographs And Memories
  • Always Hoping For A Happy New Year
  • A Voice For The Fans ~ A Cup Full Of Snow
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  • Anything Less Than First Is
  • So What Do We Do Now
  • Daytona Then and Now ~ Which Is Better
  • THE CURE ~ For NASCAR, It’s Elusive
  • Fewer Grandstands and More VIP Suites ~ Recipe for NASCAR Success or Failure
  • A Look Back at Some Obscure Racing History
  • We Race on Sand but Will Racing Last as Long as the Ocean
  • History ~ Praising and Preserving It
  • Daytona ~ Lets Begin
  • Healthy Weekly Racing Essential to NASCAR
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  • Junior – The Best of What Was
  • Fast Forward to Racing in 2030
  • Some Nashville-inspired Thoughts on The Future
  • Bringing Back NASCARs Roots
  • Whats the Right Age to Quit NASCAR
  • Gravel’s Move to NASCAR Is a Bright Light
  • Is There A Beginning in This End
  • For the Nostalgic Purist Maybe Xfinity Is the Place
  • Are Today’s Dreamers Dreaming of Becoming Tomorrow’s NASCAR Stars
  • Old Days Old Ways Or New
  • Theres No Stock in NASCAR and We're Racing the Wrong Cars
  • Lets Think Speed Bumps ~ Mixed Surfaces and Gasp ~ Intentional Contact
  • The Diverse Legacy of Cup Race Tracks
  • Age Is Just A State of ~ Speed
  • A Contrarian Opinion and Other Notes
  • An Old Track and NASCARs Future
  • Where Do the Fans Fit in Tomorrows NASCAR
  • When It’s Wet at The Track and Dry at The Computer, You Start Thinking
  • Dim Pocono Memories A Smaller Track, USAC Stocks and More
  • Underneath the Pavement at Loudon, History and an Idea for the Future
  • Go Reino! Cheering for a Ghost in the Cup field at Kentucky
  • Remember REAL Holiday Racing
  • Who Are Tomorrow’s Fans Going to Cheer
  • Is ALL Racing in Trouble
  • TV Versus Watching in Person ~ What Kind of Race Fan Are You
  • Can We Make Charlotte a Big Deal Again
  • Can Racing Escape the Corrupting Influence of $$$
  • Keep Up With Your Local Tracks and Get to Know the Next Stars
  • A Monster of a Driver at the Monster Mile
  • The Lure of Gimmicks and the Barrier of Money
  • NASCAR and Speed – A Little History
  • Lets Talk About whats Good with NASCAR
  • And Sos Your Bleepin Sponsor
  • Time to Lower the Curtains on Stage Racing
  • Looking Back at NASCAR in the Golden State
  • Add More Real Racers like Preece to Cup and More Fans Just Might Follow
  • Freezing Fans at the Track No Longer Works ~ Here Are Some Better Schedule Ideas
  • A Time for Optimism about NASCAR ~ but This Should Just Be the Start
  • Is NASCARs Future In The PASS
  • Looking Back to Look Forward
  • More Good Times at the Chili Bowl As NASCAR Continues to Sink
  • Does NASCAR Need a Nike
  • Time to Save Xfinity ~ SUVs to the Rescue
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  • All I Want for Christmas
  • Fantasy Picks 2020 - Atlanta Results and Martinsville Picks
  • Whats With the New Spire Cup Team
  • SUVs, New Manufacturers, Electric Cars and More
  • Time for a Talk with the Boss
  • The Season’s Over – Time to Start Again
  • We Need a Little Less Perfection
  • Back in Time to Excitement
  • This Weeks History
  • Martinsville ~ Time for the Good Stuff
  • Betting on the Future
  • Give the 2019 Rules a Chance But Keep Pushing for STOCK!
  • The Stuff Floating Around in Franks Head
  • Is NASCAR the Key to the Future Can It Keep All of Racing Alive
  • Follow the Richmond Races This Weekend Then Return in October for the Clash
  • A Better Schedule for Indy ~ The Area, Not the IMS Race Track
  • Darlington ~ The Links to the Past Set It Apart in a Good Way
  • Ray and Sonny Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Have Local Stars Racing in Cup
  • Racing at a Very Different Bristol, Half a Century Ago
  • From Michigan to Rhonda, N.C.
  • New York, New York ~ Frank Sinatra Could Have Sung the National Anthem
  • Whom Shall We Recruit to Buy NASCAR and Rebuild the Sport We Love
  • Looking Back to the Beach
  • A Farce on the High Banks or Fun in the Dirt
  • Another How to Fix NASCAR Article
  • NASCAR on July 4 – Set the Time Machine for Oswego or Spartanburg or Raleigh or
  • In Our Never-Ending Effort to Save NASCAR, We Present
  • A Sport Sinks While Leadership Keeps Up the Practices that Are Killing It
  • What Weve Lost ~ What I Miss
  • NASCARs sort-of Memorial Day Tradition Is Traditionally Followed by ~ Not Much
  • What If It Had Been Different Back When It All Started
  • A No-France NASCAR A No-NASCAR Racing Circuit
  • Can the Way It Used To Be Work?
  • Put the Local Heroes Back in the Field and Bring Back Variety in Cup Racing
  • Phooey on Fast at Talladega ~ Give Me Slow at Bowman Gray
  • NASCAR Needs More Racers Like Those Who Came Up Through the ASA
  • Does Our Future Keep Going Around in Circles Or Will Other Options Bring the Fans Back
  • In Chartered NASCAR Theres No Room for Guys Like Texan H.B. Bailey
  • Sponsors ~ Who Are They and What Do They Do
  • Its Martinsville ~ Let the REAL Racing Begin
  • Maybe its NASCARs Inspection Process that Really Needs Inspecting
  • Las Vegas’ NASCAR Success Blessed By the Spirit of the Late Mel Larson
  • Stock Car Racing Magazine ~ Lessons Learned from Old Covers
  • Celebrate the Trophy and Money, Daytona Winner, but Don’t Count on Winning that Cup
  • Strollin Down the Beach
  • How About a Swap?
  • The Chili Bowl
  • They May Be Tomorrows NASCAR Stars, But Are They Anybodys Heroes
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  • Make This a Christmas to Remember!
  • Winters Cold Is Colder without Racing. What Can We Do to Get Some
  • A New Champion - and One from NASCARs Infancy
  • Old Stats Are Fun, but They Shot Down a Good Theory
  • Martinsville Went Right, So What Keeps Going Wrong?
  • A Field of Dreams that Never Came True
  • Do NASCAR’s Screw-ups Even Matter If Motorsports Have No Future?
  • Does Speed Make the Speed-Sport More Exciting?
  • My Intro to Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • Racing Grand Nationals Once Meant Prepping Your Car in a Hurry
  • Driver Development Programs Need to Get the Gong
  • Drawing Attention to NASCAR in a Good Way
  • Little Joe, Junior, Gentleman Ned and Mr. Modified on Fairgrounds Dirt
  • Darlington ~ Back Then, It Was Something Special
  • Where Else Has NASCAR Raced in These States?
  • The Formula for Success is Not Obvious in Appealing to Millennials
  • Will NASCAR’s Aging Fans Demand that Medicare Pay for More Comfy Seats at the Speedway?
  • Kyle Larson Wins Races of All Kinds, and He Might Just Save NASCAR
  • With Writers and Racetracks, Age Can Be Everything
  • NASCAR Has It All, So Why Am I Happy Watching the Races at Lizard Creek?
  • Wood Brothers + Blaney = Good News for NASCAR
  • Who Could Make NASCAR A Little Spicier?
  • A Little Ramble in Delaware
  • Not The Masters, But the Wood Brothers Truly Have a Tradition like None Other
  • Speeds Were Slower, Drivers Still Came and Went, and NASCAR Survived
  • A Quick Surf Through NASCAR History
  • More than the Loss of a Great Driver
  • Little Martinsville Is the Monster Track of NASCAR Cup Series History
  • California Not So “Golden” A NASCAR State
  • Franks Guide to How to Fix All That Ails NASCAR
  • A Little Vegas History and Long Trips to Races
  • The Real Dirt on Atlanta’s Racing Past
  • Would More Fans Watch if a “500” Was a “Triathlon?”
  • Media Coverage Today Could Be A Lot Worse
  • Another Link between Short Tracks and What Ails NASCAR
  • Lets Go Back To The Old Definition Of Cheating
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  • Frank Buhrman 2016 >
  • Bringing Back the Excitement – One Fan’s Ideas
  • Racing Road Trip: Let’s Head to… Where?
  • Bring Cup Racers Back to the Bullrings
  • Discover Some "Mud Roots" Racing!
  • Memories, Gripes and Maybe a Little Dreamin
  • Frank Likes The Chase...Kind Of
  • 1960's: NASCAR's Northern Tour
  • Chicago: The First Races In The Second City
  • Richmond "Action": Then And Now
  • 1950 To Now: Ladies Attack The Lady In Black
  • Radical Thought: Let Drivers Develop Themselves
  • 1967: With Lower Banking And Smaller Crowds, Bristol Was Still A Big Deal
  • Coverage of Racing Has Changed With The Sport
  • More Bluegrass Than Green Flags For NASCAR In Kentucky
  • The Day Goliath Roared (sort-of) In NASCAR Racing
  • Give a Nod to Larry LoPatin for NASCAR Motors in the Motor State
  • Pondering Racing’s Future in Charlotte . . . and Trumansburg
  • Frank's Loose Lugnuts
  • Fix it, Forget it, or Let Nature Run its Course
  • Oh, The Yellow Flag of Texas
  • A New Track, Some Old Memories . . . But Where is the Lake
  • Let’s Have A Sprint Cup ‘Blindfold Race,’ With Donald Trump Guiding Who?
  • Maybe The Ghost of "Fireball" Can Call The Auto Club 400 Winner
  • It ain’t like it used to be . . . (and sometimes that’s a good thing)
  • Sure, Atlanta Can Be Cold In February, But Remember Richmond?
  • Is A Blast From The Past What NASCAR Needs In The Future
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  • 2020 Review and Hopes for 2021
  • Memories, etc.
  • Is NASCAR’S Chase Fair
  • Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas City
  • As Dale Said...
  • Why Not A Cup Race At Eldora
  • South Point 400 At Las Vegas Review
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  • Vivian Simons 2018 >
  • Season’s Greetings to Our Staff and to All of Our Readers
  • And It Came to Be
  • NASCAR and Home
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Junie Donlavey ~ A NASCAR Pioneer

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06/07/2019
PattyKay Lilley

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This tribute to a very dear man appeared in its original form in 2002, on a long-gone site called Maclouridees.com. Nope, it wasn't much of a site, but it was your scribe's introduction to Internet writing, and truth to tell, I wasn't all that much of a writer either. Everything has changed since then but the author and the honoree.

It strikes me now as rather sad that some of the young readers that come to Race Fans Forever might never have heard the name Junie Donlavey. It's been many years since big money and lack of sponsorship (They are synonymous, you know) drove this good man into retirement from the NASCAR ranks, but past time to refresh some memories or in other cases, present an introduction to one of those pioneers you hear so much about but will probably never meet.

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In 2002, a door closed, the echo of which is still resounding in the hallowed halls of NASCAR history. On that day, we bade a sad farewell to one of our all-time greats, Wesley C. "Junie" Donlavey. I'm not at all sure that I possess enough adjectives or superlatives to impart to you my admiration and respect for Junie Donlavey, but I shall try.  This warmhearted native of Richmond, Virginia is more than worthy of whatever praises I can sing here, and deserving of so much more.

Junie was an original, in every sense of the word.  I tell you often that I am old, but Junie makes me seem young, if one is counting years alone. Back then, when his long run came to an end, Junie was 78 years of age, and still showed up at the shop every day, just as he'd done for 53 years.  I imagine that he continued to travel with Phyllis, his wife of 61 years, but he no longer had to wait for the off-season.

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[Phyllis Donlavey went to rest with our Lord on October 21, 2010] 

He can remember from first-hand experience, the beginning of NASCAR.  Before Junie closed his shop, he was the only active car owner who had an entry in the very first Southern 500, when Darlington debuted as the first "Superspeedway" in 1950.  What a shame that he didn’t have an entry in the last one on Labor Day weekend.

I'd settle in a heartbeat, just to have his memories.  From Big Bill France to all those wonderful drivers of by-gone days who built the sport with their talents and sometimes with their lives, and down through the years to the present, he's known them all on a first name basis, and there is not one who doesn't honor and respect this hard working, unassuming man.

To say that Junie marched to a different drummer might be an understatement.  Admittedly, he loved the sport of auto racing; he willingly spent his lifetime and all his labors within its boundaries.  What has perhaps stood over the years to set him apart from all the rest of the drivers and owners is the fact that his team was not a winning one, but Junie never seemed to mind. It was always his contention that the joy is in the racing.  The competition is the thrill, and it matters very little who wins as long as everyone has a good time.  Actually, the statement that his team was not a winning one is not completely accurate.  Junie's car did win a race once, at Dover, in 1981, with Jody Ridley as the pilot.  He referred to the win as embarrassing, since Ridley had been laps down, but running third, when the front- runners, Neil Bonnett and Cale Yarborough, both blew their engines, and he was suddenly an unexpected first. Junie's feelings on the win were, "That took the edge off of us winning, to tell you the truth. I understand you take a win any way you can get it, but I didn't enjoy it."

Over the course of the years, 72 different drivers have qualified and run races for Donlavey Racing, and at least 14 of them have been named to the list of the 50 greatest drivers of NASCAR. They are lovingly known as "Junie's Army" and can be seen on the following list:

Rick Mast
Hermie Sadler
Ed Berrier
Harry Gant*
Stanton Barrett
Jimmy Hensley
Morgan Shepherd
Ed Pettijohn
Dick Trickle
Paul Radford
Mike Wallace
Maynard Troyer
Bobby Hillin Jr.
George Follmer
Pancho Carter
Richie Panch
Hut Stricklin
Ramo Stott
Charlie Glotzbach
Ray Hendrick*
Dorsey Schroeder
Yvon DuHamel
Kerry Teague
Bud Moore
Robby Gordon
Wayne Andrews
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Jackie Oliver
Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Fred Lorenzen*
Steve Perry
LeeRoy Yarbrough*
Ernie Irvan*
David Pearson*
Buddy Baker*
Max Berrier
Chad Little
Butch Hartman
Stan Barrett
Ron Hutcherson
Lennie Pond
Johnny Rutherford
Benny Parsons*
Richard Brown
Jimmy Means
Cale Yarborough*
Ken Schrader
Sonny Hutchins
Dick Brooks
Johnny Roberts
Jody Ridley
Buzz Woodward
Ricky Rudd*
Larry Frank
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Buddy Shuman
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Bobby Isaac*
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Gene Felton
Tiny Lund*
Ken Brightbill
Speedy Thompson
Dick May
Neil Castles
Earl Ross
Manny Zervakis
Al Holbert
Joe Weatherly*
Bill Dennis
Bob Apperson
Bobby Isaac*
* Indicates drivers listed as part of NASCAR’s 50 greatest drivers in 1998.

If anyone is wondering why 72 men chose to drive that familiar #90, it's because of the way Junie selected drivers.  Being a self-described, "People person", his aim was always to help others, and to that end, his drivers were almost exclusively on their way up the ladder of success or on the way down.  His garage was a training ground for young talent, giving them invaluable experience and seat time, until that day when they found a more lucrative ride and bid adieu to Donlavey Racing.  In similar fashion, his car was offered to several aging veterans who wanted to race just a few more times before retirement claimed them. 

In strange contrast to the corporate monster that NASCAR has become, where contracts are made and broken on a daily basis, Junie's philosophy was much simpler, and borrowed from another day and time.  He proudly proclaimed, "I never in my life had a contract with a driver. If you're my driver and you don't want to drive for me anymore, I don't want you to have to go through a lot of problems to get out of it.  You just come and tell me and you're on your way."  Is it any wonder that young and old alike place this man on a much-deserved pedestal, built entirely out of respect and friendship?  How does Junie express his thoughts on all that? "I've had a very good life and made enough friends for 10 lifetimes."  That, my friends, should be the measure of any man, and is what makes Junie Donlavey a winner.

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His friends and colleagues have not failed to recognize how much this gentle, caring man has done for them and for the entire sport.  In 1998, he was awarded the STP Richard Petty Achievement Award.  In 1999, Junie received the Ford Motor Company Spirit of Ford Award, the company's highest motorsports honor. Also in 1999, he was the recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association/Myers Brothers award. In 2001, Junie Donlavey became only the second person to be awarded the H. Clay Earles award from Martinsville Speedway for his dedication to the motorsports industry. The only other time this award had been given previously was to Big Bill France, the founder of NASCAR. Excellent company to be keeping, I would say.

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At the start of the 2002 season, Junie was ecstatic to have lined up something he had always dreamed about, an all-Virginia race team, with himself as owner, Rick Mast as the driver, and C.F. Sauer Co. as the sponsor. Unfortunately, fate or circumstances, call it what you will, had other plans.  Driver Rick Mast developed a mystery ailment, diagnosed after months of testing as carbon monoxide poisoning, presenting symptoms such as weight loss and chronic fatigue. Sadly, Mast would retire and not return to racing. Well before the halfway point of the season, Sauer announced that they were discontinuing funding for the team.  Junie soon found a couple of replacement drivers, but alas, no sponsor willing to back the team that had learned to do so much with so little.  Junie announced that the Pepsi 400 in Daytona would be the team’s last race, since funding was completely exhausted.  Adding insult to injury, driver Ed Barrier failed to qualify for that race.

Now, I am as much of a realist as the next person, but for some time it was difficult to watch the races and not see that familiar #90 among the racers.  Certainly, I realize that with the progression of our sport from little dirt bullrings in the Southeast to a nationwide gala tour of splendid facilities, seating more spectators than was once even thought possible, the time had to come when change would win out, and tradition be supplanted.  It happens in all walks of life, and I have witnessed my share.  The sun still rises in the east, the birds are still singing and the planet is still revolving around the sun, so in that grand scheme of things, the change was not earth-shattering. Still, when Junie turned that key in the door for the last time, the sound you heard might have been that of a foundation beginning to crumble.

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Let me say in closing, I have done my best here to honor a man who deserves it far more than most, but I'm sure it missed the mark by a good measure.  It is so difficult for mere words to impart from one person to another, feelings as deep as total respect and complete admiration.  I hope I've come close.

Mr. Donlavey, Sir, I have taken the liberty of referring to you by your first name several times throughout this writing.  Regretfully, I have never had the privilege of meeting you in person, but I learned many years ago about the feeling of "family" in NASCAR, and it is in that spirit that I employ the familiarity.  They say, "When a door closes, a new door opens."  I pray that has happened for you Sir. No one deserves it more!

Gentle readers, there is a reason why this article runs a full week before April 8, when Junie will turn 90 years old, God bless him. You see, like so many his age, Junie now suffers from dementia, or perhaps Alzheimer's… I am not positive of the exact diagnosis… Are they really different? He resides now in the Heritage Oaks Retirement Center, where he is under watchful care. The last I knew, he still recognizes friends that visit, and I have what I'm quite sure is still a working address, so I thought…

Why not send Junie some Happy Birthday cards? How about it? All of you that say you enjoy it when I tell you about the pioneers and the early days of our sport, please spend the price of a stamp, whatever that is nowadays, and wish Junie a Happy 90th Birthday. No expensive cards are necessary; one from any Dollar Store will suffice, or even a short, heartfelt note. Just try to get it to Richmond on or about April 8.

Nope, hold that thought! This article ran 5 years ago in 2014, so I have removed the mailing address.

Note to NASCAR: This is what we mean when we say "Pioneers" in reference to your "Hall of Fame" in Charlotte. Junie was good enough and his body of work important enough to earn him an award that had only been given before him to Bill France Sr. Does he even appear on your waiting list for the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Of course not. Will his name ever be there? My guess would be a resounding "No!" Perish the thought that someone that gave over 50 years of his time and talent to NASCAR be recognized over drivers that are still active today. Junie, and so many like him, will never be honored by NASCAR because he doesn't fit the demographic you seek now to romance. Shame on you! Shame!

We need to take a breath and pause here, so that I can explain why you’re reading a column about an early April birthday in early June. You see, just 2 months after airing this one, I chose to run it again, this time with this introduction:

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Rest in Peace: Junie Donlavey
April 8, 1924 – June 9, 2014

Only two short months ago, this column was offered on these pages as a tribute to one of the finest men ever to grace the sport of stock car racing. It is with both sadness and love that today I offer it once more as we bid our final farewell to Junie Donlavey, a man that to my mind epitomizes everything good about the sport and none of the bad. Godspeed Junie; I know you're with your dear sweet Phyllis now. No more pain; no more suffering… your earthly race has been run and as always, you were the winner.

No tears; no sorrow… only joy that I was allowed to be one of those that saw your goodness and loved it. If there were more like you, this world would be such a better place. Rest in Peace with the Lord.

One last happy thought before we end our visit today. Sometime after his birthday, I was contacted by Junie’s granddaughter April. She wanted to thank me for the column, and also wanted me to know a bit of the backstory that came from all those cards my wonderful readers sent. At first, she said Junie had been confused and maybe a bit agitated, thinking he’d forgotten all those folks that chose to remember his 90th birthday. April did a bit of investigating and soon turned up a reference to my column of the week before.

She explained to him that these were not folks he’d forgotten. They were ardent admirers of his and cards had been requested to celebrate his 90th birthday. She read him my column and said he got the biggest grin on his face, knowing how many folks just wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday, just because. Because… he was Junie Donlavey and was respected and loved throughout the racing world.

Time now to finish up with our Classic Country Closeout. What could be a better accompaniment to a story about a Classic from NASCAR than music by the acknowledged Classic Country singer, Hank Williams Sr.? I chose this one because it seemed to have the best audio quality of what YouTube offered today. Please enjoy the music of a man that died far too young, but oh, what a contribution he made to Country Music in those few years he was with us.

Be well gentle readers, and remember to keep smiling. It looks so good on you!

~PattyKay

 

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    • Martinsville ~ Time for the Good Stuff
    • Betting on the Future
    • Give the 2019 Rules a Chance But Keep Pushing for STOCK!
    • The Stuff Floating Around in Franks Head
    • Is NASCAR the Key to the Future Can It Keep All of Racing Alive
    • Follow the Richmond Races This Weekend Then Return in October for the Clash
    • A Better Schedule for Indy ~ The Area, Not the IMS Race Track
    • Darlington ~ The Links to the Past Set It Apart in a Good Way
    • Ray and Sonny Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Have Local Stars Racing in Cup
    • Racing at a Very Different Bristol, Half a Century Ago
    • From Michigan to Rhonda, N.C.
    • New York, New York ~ Frank Sinatra Could Have Sung the National Anthem
    • Whom Shall We Recruit to Buy NASCAR and Rebuild the Sport We Love
    • Looking Back to the Beach
    • A Farce on the High Banks or Fun in the Dirt
    • Another How to Fix NASCAR Article
    • NASCAR on July 4 – Set the Time Machine for Oswego or Spartanburg or Raleigh or
    • In Our Never-Ending Effort to Save NASCAR, We Present
    • A Sport Sinks While Leadership Keeps Up the Practices that Are Killing It
    • What Weve Lost ~ What I Miss
    • NASCARs sort-of Memorial Day Tradition Is Traditionally Followed by ~ Not Much
    • What If It Had Been Different Back When It All Started
    • A No-France NASCAR A No-NASCAR Racing Circuit
    • Can the Way It Used To Be Work?
    • Put the Local Heroes Back in the Field and Bring Back Variety in Cup Racing
    • Phooey on Fast at Talladega ~ Give Me Slow at Bowman Gray
    • NASCAR Needs More Racers Like Those Who Came Up Through the ASA
    • Does Our Future Keep Going Around in Circles Or Will Other Options Bring the Fans Back
    • In Chartered NASCAR Theres No Room for Guys Like Texan H.B. Bailey
    • Sponsors ~ Who Are They and What Do They Do
    • Its Martinsville ~ Let the REAL Racing Begin
    • Maybe its NASCARs Inspection Process that Really Needs Inspecting
    • Las Vegas’ NASCAR Success Blessed By the Spirit of the Late Mel Larson
    • Stock Car Racing Magazine ~ Lessons Learned from Old Covers
    • Celebrate the Trophy and Money, Daytona Winner, but Don’t Count on Winning that Cup
    • Strollin Down the Beach
    • How About a Swap?
    • The Chili Bowl
    • They May Be Tomorrows NASCAR Stars, But Are They Anybodys Heroes
  • Frank Buhrman 2017 >
    • Make This a Christmas to Remember!
    • Winters Cold Is Colder without Racing. What Can We Do to Get Some
    • A New Champion - and One from NASCARs Infancy
    • Old Stats Are Fun, but They Shot Down a Good Theory
    • Martinsville Went Right, So What Keeps Going Wrong?
    • A Field of Dreams that Never Came True
    • Do NASCAR’s Screw-ups Even Matter If Motorsports Have No Future?
    • Does Speed Make the Speed-Sport More Exciting?
    • My Intro to Charlotte Motor Speedway
    • Racing Grand Nationals Once Meant Prepping Your Car in a Hurry
    • Driver Development Programs Need to Get the Gong
    • Drawing Attention to NASCAR in a Good Way
    • Little Joe, Junior, Gentleman Ned and Mr. Modified on Fairgrounds Dirt
    • Darlington ~ Back Then, It Was Something Special
    • Where Else Has NASCAR Raced in These States?
    • The Formula for Success is Not Obvious in Appealing to Millennials
    • Will NASCAR’s Aging Fans Demand that Medicare Pay for More Comfy Seats at the Speedway?
    • Kyle Larson Wins Races of All Kinds, and He Might Just Save NASCAR
    • With Writers and Racetracks, Age Can Be Everything
    • NASCAR Has It All, So Why Am I Happy Watching the Races at Lizard Creek?
    • Wood Brothers + Blaney = Good News for NASCAR
    • Who Could Make NASCAR A Little Spicier?
    • A Little Ramble in Delaware
    • Not The Masters, But the Wood Brothers Truly Have a Tradition like None Other
    • Speeds Were Slower, Drivers Still Came and Went, and NASCAR Survived
    • A Quick Surf Through NASCAR History
    • More than the Loss of a Great Driver
    • Little Martinsville Is the Monster Track of NASCAR Cup Series History
    • California Not So “Golden” A NASCAR State
    • Franks Guide to How to Fix All That Ails NASCAR
    • A Little Vegas History and Long Trips to Races
    • The Real Dirt on Atlanta’s Racing Past
    • Would More Fans Watch if a “500” Was a “Triathlon?”
    • Media Coverage Today Could Be A Lot Worse
    • Another Link between Short Tracks and What Ails NASCAR
    • Lets Go Back To The Old Definition Of Cheating
  • Frank Buhrman 2016 >
    • Bringing Back the Excitement – One Fan’s Ideas
    • Racing Road Trip: Let’s Head to… Where?
    • Bring Cup Racers Back to the Bullrings
    • Discover Some "Mud Roots" Racing!
    • Memories, Gripes and Maybe a Little Dreamin
    • Frank Likes The Chase...Kind Of
    • 1960's: NASCAR's Northern Tour
    • Chicago: The First Races In The Second City
    • Richmond "Action": Then And Now
    • 1950 To Now: Ladies Attack The Lady In Black
    • Radical Thought: Let Drivers Develop Themselves
    • 1967: With Lower Banking And Smaller Crowds, Bristol Was Still A Big Deal
    • Coverage of Racing Has Changed With The Sport
    • More Bluegrass Than Green Flags For NASCAR In Kentucky
    • The Day Goliath Roared (sort-of) In NASCAR Racing
    • Give a Nod to Larry LoPatin for NASCAR Motors in the Motor State
    • Pondering Racing’s Future in Charlotte . . . and Trumansburg
    • Frank's Loose Lugnuts
    • Fix it, Forget it, or Let Nature Run its Course
    • Oh, The Yellow Flag of Texas
    • A New Track, Some Old Memories . . . But Where is the Lake
    • Let’s Have A Sprint Cup ‘Blindfold Race,’ With Donald Trump Guiding Who?
    • Maybe The Ghost of "Fireball" Can Call The Auto Club 400 Winner
    • It ain’t like it used to be . . . (and sometimes that’s a good thing)
    • Sure, Atlanta Can Be Cold In February, But Remember Richmond?
    • Is A Blast From The Past What NASCAR Needs In The Future
  • Vivian Simons 2020 >
    • 2020 Review and Hopes for 2021
    • Memories, etc.
    • Is NASCAR’S Chase Fair
    • Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas City
    • As Dale Said...
    • Why Not A Cup Race At Eldora
    • South Point 400 At Las Vegas Review
  • Vivian Simons 2018 >
    • Season’s Greetings to Our Staff and to All of Our Readers
    • And It Came to Be
    • NASCAR and Home
    • History ~ How We Honor It and Why
    • Thoughts on Racers Being Equal
    • Reader Responses and Random Thoughts
    • Through the Years Something Went Wrong
    • Fan Choices
    • Road Course Racing Memories
    • Where Do Old Fans Go
    • The Fan Experience
    • Where Were You When
    • Young Racers vs Kyle Busch
    • Daytona Has Come and Gone - Part 2
    • Daytona Has Come and Gone - Part 1
    • Hey Have You Heard the News
    • Daytona Memories - Again
    • Vehicles and Life Must Change
  • Vivian Simons 2017 >
    • Christmas Wishes to Our Staff
    • Old Versus New - History and Memories
    • Musings During the Off-Season in NASCAR - Again
    • It Is What It Is!
    • Sponsors, Drivers, Tracks & NASCAR
    • Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Playoffs
    • Is It a Race or a Show?
    • I Am a Race Fan that Wants to See the Race!
    • Road Course Ringers ~ Are They a Good or a Bad Thing?
    • Phases & Memories = Good Old Days By An Older Fan
    • Who's Gonna Fill Their Seats?
    • Is the Cup Half Full or Half Empty?
    • Observations from the Atlanta Races
    • Musings During the Off-Season in NASCAR
  • Vivian Simons 2016 >
    • Christmas Wishes
    • Is It Racing Or Just A Show?
    • Drivers Or Racers
    • And So It Came To Be
    • The Trucks, The New Chase, And The School Yard Bully
    • The Chase Is Coming! The Chase Is Coming!
    • Parity...Or Toyota Domination?
    • Invasion Of The Lower Tier Victory Snatchers!
    • High Banks and Memory Banks
    • A Road Course Is A Course (Of Course, Of Course...)
    • What Sort of Race Fan Are You?
    • NASCAR Hall Of Fame Or Hall Of Fave?
    • NASCAR's Generation Gap
    • Tony Stewart, NASCAR and Lug Nuts
    • Racing 101
    • Television Coverage Of NASCAR Racing
    • Is The Xfinity Series Fair?
    • Follow The Leader
    • Daytona Memories
  • Vivian Simons 2015 >
    • Addiction, Disillusionment, And Conforming
  • David Nance 2020 >
    • A Fan’s Memories of Stanley Smith
    • Rain and Fuel Mileage-A Texas Playoff Race
    • I’m Looking for a KFB Sweep
    • After Kansas It’s Time for Some New Terms
    • Chase, He Had No Radio - Ee-I-ee-I-O
    • Chase Saves the Day - KC Lead Change Scorecard
    • Clint Bowyer’s Next Ride
    • DAMP LEAD CHANGE SCORECARD - ROVAL
    • Kentucky Speedway Gone… Just Like That
    • Recipe for Cup Success
    • Six Lead Changes… It’s Bristol, Baby
    • Was Richmond that Bad
    • Lead Change Scorecard - Darlington
    • Lead Change Scorecard
    • It’s Time to Bring Back DW
    • Daytona 500 and the Four Laws
    • Three Laws ~ Plus a New One
    • 2019 In the Rear View ~ 2020 Just Ahead
  • David Nance 2019 >
    • 2019 GOTS ~ Some Interesting Stats
    • Every Fan Needs a Racing Buddy
    • As the Onion Peels... And Its Impact on Kyle Busch
    • Remembering Jimmie Johnson ~ Through the Wrecks
    • We’ve Got Everything We Want ~ and Then Some
    • For Everything There is a Season
    • Choosing Your Words Wisely
    • That Double Yellow Line ~ It Ain’t Going Away
    • The Other Untold Story ~ The Race for the Winless Cup Champion
    • What About the Other Race ~ Win You’re In
    • Race for the Green Tweaked
    • Nashville 400 Backstory - Fifty Years Later
    • Nashville ~ One Giant Step
    • NASCAR Now That’ll Preach!
    • Sonoma in Song
    • DW ~ Deja Vu All Over Again
    • Race for the Green ~ Its Time Has Arrived
    • After 200 ~ Then What
    • Two Aero Packages Down ~Two to Go
    • Put It Out One Last Time ~ David Hoots
    • Race Fans ~ Start Your Predictions
    • Another One Bites the Dust ~ Thank You Jay
    • Respects to a Champion
  • David Nance 2018 >
    • David and Dad
    • Texas Gas ~ NASCAR History Lost
    • Against Headwinds
    • The Race for the Winless Champion
    • DuQuoin Was Our Darlington
    • A New Plan ~ Gentlemen and Ladies, Start Your Acronyms
    • The Day After Loudon
    • Loudon ~ Bruton Is Sitting on a Gold Mine
    • Clint Bowyer Was Right About The Product
    • Man, I Wish Race for the Green Was in Place This Weekend
    • Stage Racing Before It Was Cool
    • Left Turns - Where Did It Start
    • The Shirt ~ One Fan’s Memorial to Alan Kulwicki
    • There Is No Racing This Weekend
    • Martinsville Inspection Procedures = New Crew Chiefs by Friday
    • For a Moment All Was Right with the Racing World
    • Oh Where Oh Where Is NASCARs Driver Alert System
    • Qualifying Concept Long Overdue - Race for the Green
  • David Nance 2017 >
    • Thank You Bud
    • All about the Price Tag
    • And the Real True Playoff Winner Is
    • The Perfect Storm
    • If We Are Going to Have a Playoff, Make It a Real One
    • Outrunning the Bear
    • Level Playing Fields Not Until All Winners Face R &D Inspections
    • Is It Time For Encumbered Starts?
    • Kevin, I Dont Believe Ida Told That
    • And Stomped that Sucker Flat!
    • A Sons First Race… Through the Eyes of a Dad
    • Take Em To The Fence
    • Kyle's Mic Drop ~ Just One of Those Racing Deals
    • Remember When DW Was Monster Energy?
    • We Have Ourselves A Summit!
    • The Hunt for the NASCAR Canary
    • Penalties ~ DW Had A Better Idea
    • If FOX Covered the Kentucky Derby
    • Media Coverage Today Could Be a Lot Better
    • The Week in NASCAR - Opportunity Lost
    • Will Karma Smile on NASCAR?
    • Gentlemen... Start... Your... Commercials
    • The Untold Story of How the New Race Format Came To Be
    • Another Look at Attendance
  • David Nance 2016 >
    • Holiday Leftovers ~ Let Cooter Be Cooter
    • Holiday Leftovers ~ All I Want For Christmas
    • Holiday Leftovers ~ Grand Prix Memories
    • 20-20 + Monster Energy = Race For the Green
    • Please Let It Be Rain
    • It's Just Not Right
    • More Chase, Baby!
    • Three Laws
    • 20-20: The Rest Of The Story
    • Take A Chance, Mr. France
    • Time For A New Chase
    • And That Was Fr'istol!
  • J.L. Steele - 2020 Articles >
    • Now We Can Breathe
  • J. L. Steele 2019 >
    • Random Ruminations
    • Quick Hits on Charlotte
    • Quick Hits on Dover
    • Quick Hits on Talladega
    • Quick Hits on Richmond
    • Quick Hits on Bristol 1
    • Quick Hits on Texas 1
    • Quick Hits on Martinsville
    • Quick Hits on Fontana
    • Quick Hits on Phoenix
    • Quick Hits on Vegas
    • Quick Hits on Daytona and Atlanta
    • Off Season Thoughts
  • J.L. Steele 2018 >
    • 2018 ~ It Was a Good One
    • Logano Is Not the Problem, Hes the Solution
    • Jimmie Johnsons Roval Win
    • Some Guys Just Dont Know When to Quit
    • The Glass Is Half Full
    • Back to the Future
    • Predictions and Wishes ~ Through a Hazy Crystal Ball
  • J. L. Steele 2017 >
    • A NASCAR Fans Letter to Santa
    • 2017 in the Rear View Mirror
    • A Sign of the Bad Times
    • Ken Squier at Darlington
    • Thoughts, Opinions and Rumors - Oh My!
    • Leave Junior Alone!
    • Kyle Busch is Exactly What NASCAR Needs
    • Let’s Save the Truck Series
  • J. L. Steele 2016 >
    • Brian's Big Monday
    • A Wishing Well And A Crystal Ball
    • A Parting Gift For Stewart
    • A Perfect Voice For A Perfect Time
    • Growth By Subtraction
  • J. L. Steele 2015 >
    • Meet The Racing Marine
    • A Race Fan's Christmas Wish List
    • Sunset At Martinsville
    • The Michael Waltrip Dilemma
    • The Rich Keep Getting Richer, While The Xfinity Series Dies
    • The Last Perfect Night
    • Halfway(?) Home...
    • The Essence Of Racing
    • Ranking The Truex Win
    • Visiting Victory Lane
    • The Silver Lining
    • Smoke Will Rise
    • No Comparison When Comparing Newman and Bowyer
    • Advice For Race Tracks
    • Making A Case For Kahne
    • Support Your Local Short Track
    • SAFE Is A Four Letter Word
    • Dinner With D.W.
    • Gordon's Greatness
    • Wendell Scott - Leader Of The Class
    • We Shook Earnhardt's Hand
    • Show Me The Money! (And Where It Comes From)
    • The King And I
  • Dana Gibson 2019
  • Dana Gibson 2018 Articles >
    • On Heroes
    • Infield Dreams
    • Ghosts of My History
  • Mitch Walker 2019 >
    • Respect in Racing
    • The Dale Singleton Story
    • Cost Is Killing Racing
    • Changes and Changes
    • Racing Like It Used to Be
    • Heroes
    • Can Driver Safety and Speed Work Together
    • NASCAR ~ Is It Done
    • An Evening with Tiger Tom Pistone
    • Through My Eyes
    • 2019 ~The Dr.s Take on It
    • Just Amazing What Can Be Learned Through Racing
    • A Trophy Story
  • Mitch Walker 2018 >
    • 400 Miles of Mayhem
    • A Trip Through Time
    • Its History, Like It or Not
    • Once the Local Tracks Are Gone
    • Kevin Harvick Gets It!
    • Racing, Broadcasting, Blocking and the Win ~ All Bad
    • Lets Go Racin
    • Untold Stories ~ Hidden History
  • Mitch Walker 2017 >
    • The Son of a Country Boy; the Son of a Champion
    • You Dont Tug on Supermans Cape
    • How It All Got Started
    • What Drove the Core Fans Away?
    • Who Benefits from the Decline in NASCAR Attendance?
    • Old School: Lessons By Legends
    • The Drs Script for the Ails of NASCAR
  • Tim Leeming 2019
  • Tim Leeming 2018 >
    • An Introduction to Billy Scott
    • Second Turn to the Left and Straight on to
    • Do You Believe
    • The Question Was Why ~ The Answer
    • What Difference Did They Make
    • The Magic Window ~ Closing It Up
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter 8 The Phone Rings Again and Ford Has a Better Idea
    • The Magic Window~ Chapter Seven - More Damage Than First Appeared. One Shot Deal, NASCAR
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter Six New Season, New Colors, New Number, New Sponsor, Wow!
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter Five Things Called Spacers and a Menace Named Dennis
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter Four From Disaster to Faster but Caught in a Clutch
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter Three The Kid Gets a Name and the King Comes to Town
    • The Magic Window ~ Chapter Two Trailers, Late Night Talks and High Banked Asphalt
    • That Magic Window You Climb Through
    • How to Become Popular with Georgia Law Enforcement
    • Is Time Travel Possible?
    • Theres a Sign Post Up Ahead
    • An Uncles Legacy to His Nephew
  • Tim Leeming 2017 >
    • My Name Is Not Important
    • The Darlington Shocker
    • The Eclipse and a Race Car
    • Lil Bud Moore Tribute
    • The Sly FOX (Sports Network)
  • #100 - Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Part 2
  • #99 - Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Part 1
  • #98 - Alan Kulwicki ~ Running Down a Dream
  • #97 - The Hickory Wind Blows Cold
  • #96 - David Slays Goliath
  • #95 - Until the Fat Lady Sings
  • #94 - Charlotte in the Fall
  • #93 - One Magical Season - 1992 ~ Part 3
  • #92 - One Magical Season ~ 1992 - Part 2
  • #91 - One Magical Season ~ 1992 - Part 1
  • #90 - Remembering Davey ~ Part 2
  • #89 - Remembering Davey ~ Part 1
  • #88 - The Bump and Grind
  • #87 - High Stakes on the High Banks
  • #86 - The Fall of Richmond
  • #85 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 6 of 6
  • #84 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 5 of 6
  • #83 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 4 of 6
  • #82 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 3 of 6
  • #81 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 2 of 6
  • #80 - The Southern 500 ~ The Granddaddy of Them All - Part 1 of 6
  • #79 - Better Get Back To Tennessee, Jed
  • #78 - MPH Not MPG ~ The Michigan Of Old
  • #77 - Controversy, Let It Rage - Part 2
  • #76 - Controversy, Let It Rage - Part 1
  • #75 - Road Warriors
  • #74 - Hot Fun in the Summertime
  • #73 - Hallowed Ground
  • #72 - Hotter Than the Fourth of July
  • #71 - Close But No Cigar
  • #70 – My One and Only ~ Part 2
  • #69 - My One and Only ~ Part 1
  • #68 - You Never Forget Your First ~ Part 3
  • #67 - You Never Forget Your First ~ Part 2
  • #66 - You Never Forget Your First ~ Part 1 of 3
  • #65 - Road Rage
  • #64 - Triumph, Tragedy and the Tunnel Turn
  • #63 - The Luck of the Irish
  • #62 - Islip ~ Long Island, Short Track
  • #61 - Richmond, the Pettys, and the Evolution of NASCAR
  • #60 - Kid Lightning
  • #59 - Temper, Temper! Part 2
  • #58 - Temper, Temper!
  • #57 - The Monster Is Coming!
  • #56 - The World 600
  • #55 - The Winston ~ Checkers or Wreckers
  • #54 - Occoneechee Speedway
  • #53 - Trenton ~ The Speedway of the North
  • #52 - Texas World Speedway ~ Field of Shattered Dreams
  • #51 - Ontario ~ The Best Laid Plans
  • #50 - Do You Feel a Draft
  • #49 - Martinsville in the Spring
  • #48 - Hickory ~ The Birthplace of Legends
  • #47 - Oddities ~ Short Takes - Part 2
  • #46 - Oddities ~ The Bizarre and Peculiar
  • #45 - North Wilkesboro
  • #44 - The Ford-Chrysler Duel
  • #43 - The Bristol Stomp
  • #42 - Big Blocks, Bickering, and Bill
  • #41 - Tim Richmond ~ The Reason We Remember ~ Part 2
  • #40 - Tim Richmond ~ The Reason We Remember ~ Part 1
  • #39 - Too Tough to Tame for Too Long to Recall
  • #38 - Tales from Days of Yore
  • #37 - Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • #36 - J.D. Stacy
  • #35 - Viva Las Vegas
  • #34 - The Rock
  • #33 - The Daytona 500 1994-1997
  • #32 - Swervin' Irvan and the Second Generation
  • #31 - Daytona - Little Cars and Big Bucks
  • #30 - Heart Stoppers, Heart Breakers and Heart Warmers
  • #29 - The Factories Go Home and Petty Goes on a Tear
  • #28 - The Daytona 500 1965-1970
  • #27 - The Daytona 500 ~ 1960-1964
  • #26 - Beyond the Beach - The First Daytona 500
  • #25 - Racing on the Beach
  • #24 - Larry LoPatin and American Raceways
  • #23 - Fuelish Pride
  • #22 - The Day the Music Almost Died
  • #21 - DW and DiGard ~ Breaking Up is Hard to Do
  • #20 - Winston to the Rescue
  • #19 - Charlotte ~ 1964 Drama & Danger - Part 2
  • #18 - Charlotte ~ 1964 Drama & Danger - Part 1
  • #17 - In the Beginning
  • #16 - Ford Strikes Out - The 1966 Boycott
  • #15 - Before he was Awesome
  • #14 - 1965 ~ Chrysler Plays Hardball
  • #13 - A Million to One
  • #12 - Seven up ~ The King Wins his Seventh Title
  • #11 - The Great Spoiler Debate of 1981
  • #10 - The Original Golden Boy
  • #9 - The Greatest Race Ever
  • #8 – The Petty-Allison Feud
  • #7 - The First Super Team
  • #6 - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
  • #5 - 1967 ~ Richard Petty Becomes The King
  • #4 - Charlotte ~ Bright Lights and Dark Days
  • #3 - Those Cheatin Ways
  • #2 - The Talladega Curse
  • #1 - Showdown in Alabama
  • Jim Fitzgerald >
    • Jim Fitzgerald 2019 >
      • 200 Versus 200
      • The Last Man Standing
    • Jim Fitzgerald 2018 >
      • Another One Bites the Dust
    • Jim Fitzgerald 2017 >
      • The Cup Series Is Revisiting A "Monster" From Its Checkered Past
      • Ode, To The Cup Series
      • When Do We Start Hating On Kyle Larson?
      • Attendance And The Worst Excuse Ever
      • The One I Knew About, The One That Was A Surprise, And The One That Shocked Me
    • Jim Fitzgerald 2016 >
      • Bunch of Sore Loser Crybabies (No, Not You...THEM!)
      • Look At Those Marbles!
      • I Guess We Can Discuss "Playoffs" Now...
      • How Many More Beatings...
      • Dover ~ A Bitter Sweet Relief
      • NHRA Sizzles While NASCAR Fizzles?
      • Out Of Focus: The 2016 Championship Picture
      • Ignorant Fans Of A Feather Are Dumb Together
      • That Final Lap
      • Blame Kyle Busch
      • I Thought The Daytona 500 Was...
      • Caution Clocks, Chase Formats, Heat Races, and Knee-Jerk Reactions
      • Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone
    • Jim Fitzgerald 2015 >
      • A Sunset On 2015
      • OWW! Track Communication
      • Bowyer And Harvick Are In It To Win It
      • A Lap Ahead...
      • Toeing The Line: Let's Argue About Restarts
      • Hot & Heavy ~ Rules, Rules, Rules
      • My Dear, Dear, Uninformed Person Speaking About NASCAR
      • The Day Rusty Wallace Scared The $&@# Out Of My Mom
      • A Lap Around: Hot Topics
      • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - Three Times A Winner?
      • On The Dover Road
      • All-Star Memories
      • NASCAR Racing: A Team Sport?
      • Cheating The Cat
      • Cheers To The Best Beer Cars!
      • Just Don't Call It The "R" Word
      • Fans Eye View ~ Star Wars And Stock Cars
  • James Crooks >
    • James Crooks 2017 >
      • Why Talladega Scares Me and Why I Love It
      • A Six Pack Down And A Thirty Pack Left To Go
      • In The Year 2525 ~ NASCAR’s New Rule Changes for All Three Top Series
      • Thoughts As We Green Flag The 2017 Season
      • Get Off Your Duff and Go to the Track!
    • Carl Edwards, The Earnhardts, and Grandpaw
    • James Crooks 2016 >
      • All I Want for Christmas is Winston Cup Back!
      • What Happened to Roush-Fenway Racing?
      • Support Your Local Race Track!
      • The Mystery of the History(Did Anyone See It?)
  • Jeremiah Thalheimer >
    • Jeremiah Thalheimer 2016 >
      • A Day In The Life Of A NASCAR Official
      • Move Over Football - NASCAR Is The Real Family
      • The Ultimate All-Star Format
      • Six Years, One Dream
      • The Faith Of NASCAR
      • The Benefits of the Current Sponsorship Climate
      • Up And Coming: Christopher Hogan
      • Dale Earnhardt: What Might Have Been
      • Sterling Marlin: What Might Have Been
      • Casey Atwood: What Might Have Been
      • Kenny Irwin, Jr: What Might Have Been
    • Jeremiah Thalheimer 2015 >
      • Ernie Irvan: What Might Have Been
      • Davey Allison: What Might Have Been
      • Alan Kulwicki: What Might Have Been
      • 2019 Fantasy Game >
        • Season Finale
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Homestead
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Phoenix 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Texas 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Martinsville 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Kansas 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Talladega 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Dover 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Charlotte Roval
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Richmond 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Las Vegas 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Indianapolis
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Darlington
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Bristol 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 Watkins Glen
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Pocono 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ New Hampshire
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Kentucky
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Daytona 2
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Chicago
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Sonoma
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Michigan 1
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 Pocono 1
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Coke 600
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Kansas 1
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Dover 1
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Talladega 2019
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 Richmond 1
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 Bristol 1
        • Fantasy Picks 2019 Texas 1
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Martinsville
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Fontana
        • Fantasy Picks ~ ISM 1
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Las Vegas 1
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Atlanta
        • Fantasy Picks ~ Daytona 1
      • Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Michigan 2
      • A Case For The Chase
      • A Four Year Old's View Of The Greatest Race Of All Time
      • A Phoenix Fan Memory
      • Does NASCAR = Baseball?
      • The New Souvenir Experience
      • A Review of NASCAR in the Heartland
      • The Psychology Of NASCAR
      • When Our Heroes Hang It Up
      • The Time I Helped Tony Stewart Win at Daytona
      • How Richard Petty Made Me a Lifelong NASCAR Fan
      • Why NASCAR Is Better Than Pro Football
      • The Plight Of Local Racing
      • What Was The Greatest Fight In Racing?
      • How To Make A Race Fan In Ten Minutes Or Less
      • Short Track Racing With Lightning McQueen >
        • Robyn Vandenberg 2014 >
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