I have been going to racing in one form or another for almost 50 years. My older brothers started taking me to local short track racing, as well as drag racing in the Fresno, CA area in about 1960. Even back then USAC and NASCAR came to Fresno and Clovis with the names of A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, Red Farmer, Parnelli Jones, etc.
My goal is try to satisify your news need for NASCAR, IRL, NHRA, and other forms racing. However, my main focus will be NASCAR racing news. Hopefully the articles will trigger a forum for discussions and opinions, possibly even tickle your “funny bone”!
As far as the name of this site, I have been using this phrase for years in referencing my love, no make that according to my better half, my addiction to racing! If it is loud, burns rubber, slings dirt, or just plainly “hauls the mail”, I love it!
Since , in the public’s view one form of being a “redneck” is loving racing, it was only appropriate that I purchase the domain name to reflect that idea and write about racing!
I hope that you enjoy my take on what is going on in the racing world! Additonally, I hope that my articles will entertain you, possibly educate you, or maybe just make you laugh!
Have fun with it and leave your comments!
Leon
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
Yep Capt, I remember showing you how to jump the fence at Clovis CA in the 50’s and early 60’s to go watch the races there on Saturday/Sunday. Kearney Bowl Speedway in Fresno CA was one of our favorite places to hang out while we were kids/teenagers. Clovis CA had a neat dirt half mile at the fair grounds and we went very early so we could practice our “fence hopping” technique. Got there early enough not to miss the water truck going sideways in the corners driven by non other than Blackie Gegeian, the race promoter. What fun days those were for sure. I still love dirt track racing and go to as many as I can feasible schedule.
Thanks for the site Capt.
Jerry
Yep those were the good old days for sure!! The last time I hopped the fence at Clovis was the summer of 1973!
Damn son, I was a young boy hanging out with my dad and older brother in the mid 60’s at Chandler field airport, just across the street from Kearny Bowl. My pops used to take me and my buddies to the Saturday night races there. Al Pombo, Marshall Sargeant, damn I miss those nights. Clovis speedway was another favorite Saturday afternoon hangout. What a life I have had!