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Grandstand Views and Track Changes

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Rockingham Speedway's Former Track Manager of 30+ Years Has Crazy NASCAR History Stories

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The tour moves to the grandstands, offering a panoramic view of the racetrack. Ronnie expresses his longing for the old racing days, noting how the focus has shifted from race fans to monetary gain. He recounts a story about a sign painter, Sam Shock, who hand-painted all the track's signs and billboards, including polite requests to dispose of cigarette butts.

Goal: Showcase the grandstands and discuss the evolution of the track's commercial focus.

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since what like 1981 i think he said yeah wow jamie where do you think we should go to get his story's turning why don't we uh why don't we why don't we roll over here we figured out that the drag strips were still an airport when that building was built so when did the drag strips turn over i didn't know i had to remember all these dates y'all right it had to be after that probably 97 98 we built this i'm not exactly sure to date but i'm just guessing because frank was dead and chris got here what was what was uh here before this building that was it was another building you tore it down in the concrete it wasn't uh it was small we tore it all down so here's here's something i've always wondered the the cigarette signs who printed those signs could pineapple who printed them because it says please put cigarette butts here please it's somebody very very polite we had a guy i loved him samuel shacker he was a sign painter here and i'm sure he did that yeah he would be a sign painting around him he was really good he painted all our signs billboard we had billboards all around he kept them painted he came in by hand

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