Meet Lee Petty Engineering/Petty Enterprises, Now Richard Petty Motorsports. ..RPM started out as Lee Petty Engineering in 1949.The original race shop in Level Cross. N.C. is now known as the Petty Garage where they restore classic cars.The #42 driven by Lee Petty won 3 championships and 55 races including the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959.What …
We went to Japan in 1996 to run an exhibition NASCAR race at a track in Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The race was called NASCAR Suzuka Thunder Special. I remember meeting the others at the shop, driving the company van to the airport, parking then boarding the airplane for Atlanta. Once we …
Peggy and Joy Flock, Daughters of NASCAR Hall of Famer and 2 Time Champion & Pioneer Tim Flock joined us on Racing Routes with Hamm LIVE Tuesday 5-24-22. Hear the story of Jocko Flocko, NASCAR’s first racing monkey that rode with their Dad during the races. Also learn about their Uncles Bob and Fonty Flock …
Donnie talks about the Infamous 1979 Daytona 500 fight post race between himself, his brother Bobby and Cale Yarborough. The video is below and the full transcript is below the video. Donnie and Bobby Allison tangle with Cale Yarborough after the last lap wreck at the 1979 Daytona 500 Hamm – What was that conversation …
Shawna Robinson on Racing Routes with Hamm Monday August 29, 2022 at 7pm >https://youtu.be/dDlNmDIY9-w Shawna went for the big rigs when she graduated from high school in 1983 as she raced semi-tractors following in the tire tracks of her Dad, Richard “Lefty” Robinson who was an amateur diesel truck racer and her Mom Lois who …
Dave Lyall joins us on Racing Routes with Hamm at 7pm Monday 6-13-2022. Dave was Jack Roush’s 48th employee at Roush Performance Engineering in the 1960’s as well as a standout in Drag Racing. Dave was a pioneer in Pro Stock racing. NASCAR was the first to sanction Pro Stock type of drag racing, which …
Colbert Seagraves, Executive Director of the Winston Cup Museum joins us 7pm Monday June 6th, 2022 on Racing Routes with Hamm. From working for R.J. Reynolds’ Sports Marketing Enterprises and the All Harley Drag Racing Association, to managing teams for Junior Johnson and Travis Carter, and now at the Winston Cup Museum, Colbert has more …
Bill Rhine of Rhine Built (Rhine Enterprises) joined us Monday May 30, 2022 at 7pm on Racing Routes with Hamm, Special Memorial Day Show. Bill Rhine turned his childhood dreams into reality -> https://youtu.be/8uYKNDz0PXc Bill Rhine is the owner of 68 Vintage NASCAR Racecars, and a full-service specialty fabrication and restoration shop, Rhine Built. They …
Waddell Wilson (born December 29, 1936) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series crew chief, engine builder and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Class of 2020. Wilson was the winning crew chief for the Daytona 500 in 1980, 1983, and 1984. He was crew chief or engine builder for Holman-Moody, Harry Ranier, and Hendrick Motorsports. The …
Legendary NASCAR Engine Builder Eddie Lanier joins us Monday May 16th 2022 at 7pm on Racing Routes with Hamm. You’ll hear the stories from his decades as an engine builder in NASCAR. Eddie started working at Holman and Moody (Charlotte, NC), Ford Motor Company’s stock car “factory”, in 1966. He built engines at Richard Childress …
