OTHER EARLY RACERS

Many of the early southern racers went on to drive supers, while some didn't. The one thing all the early racers had in common was they were the foundation of the sport. They are the ones that took the sport of automobile racing to new levels.

'Wild" Bill Howell

"Slick: Owens

Jack Jackson

Dave Mader

Glen Hobson

Joe Lee Johnson

Wayne Holland

Rufus Johnson

Bill Steadman

Sam McQuagg

Paul Vanderley

Roz Howard

Red Byron

"Chicken" McCombs

Nero Steptoe

E. E. Miller

Woodie Wilson

Eddie Niedermayer

Doug Wimpee

Carol Jenkins

Buzz Martin

Carlson Hill

Bobby Foster

Freddy Fryar

Charlie Merrill

Lamar Morris

"Doc" Willie Kelley

& others

                                                       TRACKS

   Many of the small dirt tracks that once dotted the southern landscape no longer exist, except in memory only, like the quarter-mile Dallas, Georgia track that ran from 1954-1958. We have gone back and tried to incorporate as many of the small, early tracks as possible.