Speedway deserves recognition

Dear Editor,

The Greenville-Pickens Speedway has a long and storied history from its very first race on July 4, 1946, attended by over 17,000 enthusiastic fans. Almost all of racing’s most famous names raised the dust of the early half-mile dirt track — Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Fireball Roberts, Darrell Waltrip and Curtis Turner, among many others. The local drivers like Butch Lindley, Donny Bishop, Maurice “The

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