Thursday, March 29, 2007

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

There will an informal get together of several early dirt racers.

 Saturday- October 20, 2007

 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

 Garry Hill - Art Show

Garry Hill is considered to be one of the premiere racing artists.  Over the past twenty years his compositions and designs have appeared within the most respected areas of the sport, from board rooms and suites to race car paint designs on the track.  As an artist working only with racing subjects,  Garry has created paintings for the motorsports community at the corporate level as well as for private collectors.  many of these works have been published as limited edition fine art prints and are available in over 70 galleries internationally.  His art has been featured on television, radio and in major racing publications.

Monday, Novemver 26, 2007  11:00 -4:00 pm.

Rex White Book Signing

The Virginia Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame will be hosting one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers, Rex White .  Rex will be here signing his book, Gold Thunder.

From 1959 through 1963 Rex White won more races than any other driver, including Lee and Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett, "Fireball" Roberts, Junior Johnson, Joe Weatherly, Curtis Turner and Buck Baker.

He was Chevrolet's best and most consistent driver in the early 1960's.

The book, "Gold Thunder" tells the story of White's struggle to become a champion despite a poverty- ridden childhood and a devastating physical disability.

A firsthand account  of  the early days of NASCAR, and southern stock car racing, the book is based on

estensive research by the writer, Anne B. Jones PH.D, of Jonesboro, GA and with hundreds of hours of interviews with White.

It includes stories by other drivers and is filled with anecdotes of a virtual who's who of NASCAR.

White is the 1960 NASCAR (Winston Cup) Grand National Champion and received the Most Popular Driver Award and the Stock Car Driver of the Year.  He was 1961 Motor Life's "Man of the Year".  White is also a member of the NMPA Hall of Fame and the Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame.

 He was born in 1930 in Taylorsville, North Carolina and he currently lives in Fayetteville, GA.

White is still very active, making numerous appearances on radio, television and national racing magazines.