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Rex White's Shop and Racing Success

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NASCAR’s Forgotten Hub: Spartanburg's Rise and Fall

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Perry and the host drive past Rex White's shop, where Rex White achieved numerous race victories. Perry emphasizes White's impressive win record and his mechanic, Lewis Clements. The video includes historical photos of Rex White and his cars, providing context to his achievements.

Goal: Visit Rex White's former shop and acknowledge his racing achievements

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He won 28 races. You hear about Fred Lorenzan and Fireball Roberts and Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty, but Rex White was the man. But this one right here was Rex's shop. And this is the one he won all those races out of. Yes. Back in the late 50s. Yeah. And I got some pictures of it uh on my phone and I can supply some more for you that uh show how it used to look. Wow. This is neat. I never knew any of this stuff. A Ricky Rod something right there. That's 15. I wonder which car that is. I don't know. Greg and I looked at it one day and he told me immediately. Is that the Long Truck Arms Speedway car? I don't know. Greg could tell you. I I I really don't know. Now, we couldn't get into this building and there wasn't much more to see, but there is this cool picture here that was taken on this same pad in front of the door we're looking at right now. Hopefully we can figure something out and maybe do a little bit more history or specific video on this building at a later date. Now, one of the people on the sheet right here is Roger Mandal. That's his shop right there. He went to Daytona 24 hours like three times. He won Sebring and his class, which I guess was I think it was called GTU. He's not here. I talked to him yesterday. What years was he doing that? In the 80s. 70s and 80s. and uh and he's still very active in building sports cars, but we can't get in there.

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