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07-02-2004, 07:50 PM
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EXTRA: Race Card #68-The King Dead. Long Live the King.
EXTRA: Race Card #68-The King Dead. Long Live the King.
Forty years ago today I said goodbye to a hero and the sport of stock car racing said goodbye to its first superstar when Fireball Roberts passed away in a Charlotte Hospital. I had just got my first real transistor radio and that was one of the first things I heard on it. I wanted to throw it in the trash and hope that I had heard wrong. Every report had him on the mend and doing better each day but even the great Fireball could only take so much. In the end it was the infection from the massive third degree burns that did him in. The loss of a hero is something a kid never forgets and sadly it wasn't the last time. There have been many over the years and it doesn't get any easier. Actually knowing Neil Bonnett and having the news broken by a friend hours before it was released on the air didn't make that one any easier either but we go on. I got the news a few days ago that my friend and his widow Doris had passed so I guess he is catching up on all the news. Kinda hope she mentions me when she sees him and tells him how much he meant to a kid so long ago. 
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07-02-2004, 07:53 PM
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Re: EXTRA: Race Card #68-The King Dead. Long Live the King.
sick. that's pretty much all i have to say, it's beautiful how simplistic that car is
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07-03-2004, 01:02 AM
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Kinda wish you'd had one of Fireball's rides with Yunick, the gold & black Catalinas, but any of his many cars are worthy builds and a fitting tribute to one of the men who made NASCAR legit in the 50's and 60's.
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Proud Owner/Operator of Haven Raceway and Hobby!
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#4
07-03-2004, 01:43 PM
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Here ya go.
Met Smokey and he really liked my old cars. Never got to meet Fireball but did go out to dinner with Doris Roberts and met Pam(his daughter) and they liked the cars too. You must've missed the ragtop the first go around so here it is especially for you. Keep an eye out for the hardtop version later on on another card.
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07-03-2004, 01:46 PM
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Re: EXTRA: Race Card #68-The King Dead. Long Live the King.
Here's a link to an earlier project I did for the last "real" Southern 500 that has some pictured of my cars that you might enjoy.
http://www.allnascardiecast.com/southern.html
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