About Author: Mike Bell
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Visiting The Southeast Georgia Timing Association Reunion
Posted on September 8, 2012 | No CommentsWhen you start out at 6 AM to a new place, you always hope that it is worth it. After about four hours in the road, I found Gregory Park […] -
The Cooper Brothers – A Georgia Racing Family
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsDo you remember going through all those small South Georgia towns and seeing some kind of race car at a garage or gas station? This is the story of one […] -
Racers Gather At North GA & Tennessee Racers Reunion
Posted on July 20, 2012 | No CommentsAll of Charlie Mincey’s, John Layton’s, Donald Tyson’s and Gordon Brown’s hard work gave everybody that came to the First Annual North Georgia and Tennessee Racers Reunion the greatest time […] -
Ronnie Lieupo – South Georgia Racer And Jokester
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsWhenever you ask someone about Ronnie Lieupo, they immediately start smiling and remember a joke he told them or pulled on some unsuspecting racer. But don’t think Ronnie isn’t a […] -
Charlie Burkhalter – A Family Man
Posted on March 10, 2012 | No CommentsA couple of weeks before Christmas in 2009, they had a wedding anniversary in Shake Rag, GA. Of course, I got lost and was late. It was almost dark when […] -
The Legend Of The Peach Bowl
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the victims of the New South and the ever-expanding boundaries of the New South “Capital” was the Peach Bowl Speedway on Brady Avenue in Northwest Atlanta, Georgia. It […] -
Catchin’ Up With Charlie Barrett
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Chris Rutledge and I went up to Cleveland, Georgia to interview Charlie Barrett, we felt it best to talk to him at his used car lot. That is where […] -
Bobby Whitmire Raced And Won Against Georgia’s Best
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsFor years, Hugh Blackstock has told me about getting with Bobby Whitmire and Charles Probst. Not thinking that I am getting any older, I figured these guys would be around […] -
Remembering The Career Of W.M. Fulmer
Posted on September 23, 2011 | No CommentsIn August of 2007, Walter “W.M.” Fulmer of Saluda, SC passed away at the age of 71. The former Marine Korean war veteran was born in Martinez, Georgia and was […] -
Mike Head: The Renaissance Racer
Posted on July 29, 2011 | No CommentsIn the past, many of the drivers we have profiled here on this website were born before World War II. We felt that some of the modern racers defined the […]