Racing Routes

Ricky Weeks

Ricky Weeks joins us Monday May 9th 2022 at 7pm on Racing Routes with Hamm. You’ll hear the stories from his decades of racing in the Super Late Model Dirt Track circuit through many Championships and wins. Tune in at “DHammiam” on YouTube HERE https://youtu.be/7bYtt1lj9tE and WAME Radio 92.9fm 550am in Statesville. Ricky Weeks joins …

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Jerry Cook

Jerry Cook (born June 20, 1943) is a NASCAR modified championship race car driver. He began racing at the age of 13 and won the track championship at Utica-Rome Speedway in 1969. In 1973, he attempted to qualify for the Daytona 500 in a No. 07 Chevrolet. In his Daytona 500 Qualifying Race, he spun …

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Chris Hecht

Marketing, Communications, and Operations Manager – Jordan Anderson Racing Manage external communications, including website, social media, PR, and community engagement. Lead sales team in recruitment of new marketing partners while managing all aspects of current JAR partner portfolio contracts including negotiations, deliverables and branding. Direct planning and execution of team logistics for the 33-race NASCAR …

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Richard Yates

Richard Yates joined us Monday March 14, 2022 on Racing Routes with Hamm. The son of Rev. John Clyde Yates from Statesville, he grew up as one of nine children in Charlotte, North Carolina. Richard was the 8th child beating his twin Brother Robert to this world by 19 minutes in 1943. In 1965 he …

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Sara Christian

Sara Christian, the first woman to race in NASCAR. Sara was in the very first NASCAR race ran at Charlotte Speedway June 19,1949. She qualified 13th in the #71 Ford owned by her husband Frank. Sara had 2 top 10 finishes.  During the race, Bob Flock took over her car after his engine expired on the 38th …

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Bill Blair Jr

Bill is from High Point, North Carolina and grew up working on race cars with his father. Bill Blair Sr, ran moonshine in the 1930’s and raced in the first NASCAR Strictly Stock races in 1949. In 1953, Blair drove his Oldsmobile from High Point, NC to Daytona, won the Daytona Beach race, and drove …

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Junie Donlavey under the hood of one of his fast racecars

Junie Donlavey

▪Junie Donlavey who was owner of Donlavey Racing started out as a driver himself, but soon became a car owner with a long list of drivers throughout 4 decades, some of which are well known in the NASCAR world. ▪The first race he entered was at Martinsville Speedway in 1950 with a driver named Runt …

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