Old Time Racing (Part 2) - Peace Haven Speedway, Bowman Gray Stadium, & VIR

This 8mm film shows early NASCAR racing at Peace Haven Speedway in Winston-Salem, NC from April 27, 1953 - A.M.A. Motorcycle racing at Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, NC from 1954 - NASCAR racing at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC from January 8, 1955 (Tobacco Bowl) - Exotic Car racing at Virginia International Raceway from 1959.

There are two parts to this film -

Part 1 is all Peace Haven Speedway 1954 (10:23).

Part 2 includes a short clip of Peace Haven Speedway (:26), a short clip of motorcycles at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem (:22), a long clip of Bowman Gray Stadium (4:35), and a very long clip of Exotic Car racing at Virginia International Raceway (7:58).

The Bowman Gray Stadium footage is mixed between Sportsman and Amateur clips. The Sportsman cars had large white lettered decals on their roofs.

Drivers in this (Part 2) Bowman Gray Sportsman footage -

Curtis Turner #22A (winner)
Pee Wee Jones #9
Glenn Wood #22
Bobby Myers #14
Billy Myers #4
Ted Swaim #99
Slim Rominger #48
Johnny Roberts #7
Speedy Thompson #72
Ralph Ligouri #17
Joe Weatherly #19
Jim Paschal #80
Wendell Scott

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Peace Haven Speedway
• Winston-Salem Speedway
• Bowman Gray Stadium
• Virginia International Raceway
• Early NASCAR
• Vintage NASCAR
• Early Stock Car Racing
• Early Auto Racing
• Vintage Auto Racing
• Early AMA Motorcycle Racing
• Exotic Car Racing
• 1954
• 1955
• 1959
• Dirt Track Racing
• Old NASCAR Races
• 8mm
• car
• crash
• nascar
• racing
• speedway
• Americana
• Stock Car Racing

[paulandjesslovebirds]

I love this!! the # 56 in the bowman gray clip is my grandfather! All the pic's i have are black and white, it's cool to see it in color! Them are real men racing in this video!

[EdwinJayLatama]

@paulandjesslovebirds What was your grandfather's name?

[paulandjesslovebirds]

@EdwinJayLatama Peanut Brown #56

[EdwinJayLatama]

@paulandjesslovebirds If you watch the other movie (Part 1) at Peace Haven Speedway, you see Peanut in the #56 again. It's around the 2:55 mark. He makes a couple of laps with the hood up. You can even see "Peanut" written on the door.

[freeman2545]

man...this was racing man....not this bull crap now a days...all the cars the same today...same equipment.....no chewin tobacco cause the advertisers wont like it....tons of money to get into it.....man.....this was the real deal.....

[EdwinJayLatama]

@freeman2545 Ain't that the truth! Very few if any of the early racers ever made any money worth mentioning. They did it for fun and love of racing. They were the farmers, factory workers, and gas station attendants out having a good time on the weekends. Big money ruined it.

[lmd8123]

ha. I like to say "I found all the thirty fives"!

[freeman2545]

@EdwinJayLatama ..i used to race 1/3 mile ashpalt oval at hialeah racetrack....that was more fun than just about anything else i have ever done....350 chevrolet motors punched out....what a blast......

[freeman2545]

@EdwinJayLatama ...stay well my friend....keep on believing...

[EdwinJayLatama]

@Garinth I agree and I'm glad you enjoyed the films.