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HOWEVER, THE FAIRGROUNDS IS NOT THE onlytrack in the news these days. Officials throughout North Carolina have completed plans for the opening of their tracks. The weekly sportsmen and amateur events at Bowman Cray Stadium in Winston-Salem will open April16 while the Champion Speedway will he the scene ofweekly sportsmen and amateur races on Friday nights, beginning April 8. The Greensboro Fairgrounds will be opened April 9 and the Hickory and Raleigh tracks open April 16. Other tracks throughout the state have already had their opening dates. Joining this list of weekly races will be special events staged at the finest tracks in the state. AU in all. it adds up to a fine year for the modified, sportsmen and amateur aces.IT SEEMS THAT \ NEW CAR IS READY to make its mark in the Grand National Circuit this year. The Chevrolet has for years been regarded as just another entry in the events, hut the 1955 model has already c halked un one victory and will be after others. Herb Thomas has left his Hudson Hornet to drive a 1955 Chevrolet in the Grand National events and recenth won at Fayette-.Wf\ ' '•sSLA.v' ^ aville. He is confident that the car has the goods to keep him among the leaders in the race for the national eham-ionship. Thomas praised the car s performance after is victory at Fayetteville and is confident that more drivers will switch to the new model.STOCK CAR JOTTINGS -Speedy Thompson of Monroe continued his bid for the national sportsmen’s title Sunday by rolling his mount to first place in the 50-lap feature at Wilson He picked up $500 for the day. George Reichler of Richmond was second, followed by Earl Bryant of Norfolk, George Swain lt;t Norfolk and Buddy Shuman of Charlotte . . . Leon Dalton ha slated a 12(i-lap program for sportsmen and amateurs at theHendersonville Speedway Sunday afternoon . . . The latemodel cars will roll at the Columbia Speedway Saturday after having their scheduled program canceled last weekby rain ... A new track will soon be opened at Toccoa, S* C The $15,000 speedway is scheduled to he finished by May 1 and will he a quarter-mile oval . . . Joe Lou Johnson, the Tennessee lad who won many fans during the recent race at Harris Speedway, is making his firststart in NASCAR circles. He raced lat vear with an in-%dependent organization of drivers in Tennessee andAlabama.Banks Simpson says his new Lincoln motor will he readv soon and he will then be set for all comers Ranksis finally leaving his old-style motor, according to latest reports *. . . Tommy Roger may have his mount set for the big race at Harris Speedway Sunday. Tommy will again be wheeling a GMC-powered Chevrolet . . RalphHenderson of Kannapolis is the “man to beat in the battle for Hickory Speedway honors this year Ralph has copped the point title twice in a row and has his mount all set for the 1955 whirl.THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SANCTIONING dates and contract signing for modified stock car races at the Southern States Fairgrounds track near Charlotte guarantees followers of the souped-up mounts a big season. The weekly Friday night races will certainly attract someof the top drivers in the business and at the same time will provide fans with plenty of excitement. Promoter Bruton Smith will be the man behind the gym at the Fairgrounds and he is ready to make an all-out effort to give slock car fans the finest races possible. Meanwhile, plans have been announced for the opening of races at various other plants throughout the state Allin all. the stock car sport is ready for another banner vear.
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Tue, Mar 22, 1955
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