Print The Legend

On this ENCORE presentation of Print The Legend: We travel to Eastaboga, Alabama for a trio of stories from the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway.  In the A Block, we talk about some of the strange and downright weird going on at the track.  Could the cause be a curse put on the track by pioneer racer Fonty Flock?  In the B Block, we look at the strife filled opening weekend at 1969, as Bill France, Sr. and the Professional Driver's Association butted heads over racing conditions.  And in the C Block, it's a look back at one of the most incredible come from behind races of all time, Bill Elliott's win in the 1985 Winston 500.

On this ENCORE presentation of Print The Legend: host Brandon Reed tells the story of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tim Flock's 1953 co-pilot, Jocko Flocko.  Reed also shares a personal story from 1998 of his grandfather and the Petty family.

On this ENCORE presentation of Print The Legend: In part two of this two part story, Brandon Reed takes us back to Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway on Labor Day, September 2, 1946 for the AAA National Championship Cars event.  We meet T.C. Chambers, a first hand witness of that race that ended in tragedy, with a moment by moment account of the accident, followed by a look at the aftermath of the event.

On this ENCORE presentation of Print The Legend: On Labor Day, September 2, 1946, the AAA National Championship cars made their first post-war appearance at the one-mile Lakewood Speedway dirt track in Atlanta, Georgia.  The race started with plenty of excitement, but it ended in tragedy.  This week, host Brandon Reed talks about that race, and how he became fascinated with it, leading to an investigation into what actually occurred all those years ago.

On this week's show, we tell share a trio of stories that have a foot in two racing worlds.  In the A Block, we learn about pioneer racer and journalist Pete Craig.  In the B Block, we look at NASCAR's Speedway Division, a 1952 attempt by Bill France, Sr. to break into Open Wheel racing.  And in the C Block, we look back at the AAA National Champ Car races that were held at Darlington Raceway in the early 50s.

On this week's show, we stop to remember our late friend and colleague Pete McCole, using a mixture of his own voice, the recollections of several of his friends in the sport, and our own stories.  It's a special program that track's Pete's life in racing from his beginnings in sim racing to his work first as a photographer and then as a reporter from tracks and speedways around the NASCAR and NHRA circuits.  It's a celebration of Pete McCole's racing life, and a celebration of him as a reporter, a person, and a friend.

On this week's show, we tell share three different and unique stories from racing's history.  In the A Block, we share the racing life of Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Harold Kite.  In the B Block, we travel back to 1952 for a look at how the NASCAR Cup Series season played out - with a Hollywood ending.  And in the C Block, host Brandon Reed tells how an impromptu trip to Daytona Beach in 1996 resulted in an unforgettable story.

This week's show brings back a popular feature from a previous program that was done by host Brandon Reed, former racing journalist Pete McCole, and Frontstretch.com editor Amy Henderson.  It's what we call a "Retro Replay", as our intrepid trio team up to look at the television broadcast of a historic race - in this case, ABC Sports coverage of the 1971 Indianapolis 500.  This broadcast marked the first time ABC would provide same day, tape delayed coverage of the 500 in prime time - something that would become a staple of the event for the next 15 years.  It's a great little time capsule, and we hope you enjoy our look at it.

This week's show is a little different than what we have brought you in the previous weeks, as host Brandon Reed will explain in the intro.  This week, we step away from our normal programming to bring you a presentation from the recent Monsterama Monster and Horror movie convention in Atlanta, Georgia.  Brandon is joined by Mark Maddox and Clay Sayre and a room full of enthusiasts to talk about "High Speed Horror" - that being thriller and horror films featuring cars as the protagonist.  That includes "Duel" from 1971, "Crash!" from 1977, "The Car" from 1977, and "Christine" from 1983.  And even "Killdozer" gets a mention!

On this week's show, we tell the stories of three Lost Race Tracks.  In the A Block, we tell the story of Georgia's Gainesville-Looper Speedway, which now sits at the bottom of the biggest lake in the state.  In the B Block, we travel to the Sunshine State for a look at the short but colorful history of the Walt Disney World Speedway.  And in the C Block, we head out west to California for a look at the greatest race track to never succeed, the Ontario Motor Speedway.