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Motorsports -- North Carolina

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bryant McMurray photographs and personal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0462
Abstract

Papers and photographs relating to McMurray's 50+ year career in motorsports. Includes press kits, photographs, magazines, office files, press credentials and hard cards. Also contains material related to McMurray's management of the Travelin' Havoline Fishing Show and his work as the North American General Manager of the Thunderdome Speedway in Melbourne, Australia.

Dates: 1968 - 2016

Motorsports Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH-MS
Scope and Contents The majority of the Motorsports interviews were recorded between 2006 and 2009 on the recommendation of NASCAR photographer T. Taylor Warren. In addition to Warren himself, interviewees include drivers and their close relations, mechanics, pit crew members, and NASCAR employees. Topics of discussion range across the gamut of motorsports, and include motorsports as a pastime and as an industry; the nuts and bolts of racing; and the motivation and passion of drivers, their crews, and...
Dates: 2005 - 2017

Mark Ortiz motorsports periodicals

 Collection
Identifier: MS0368
Abstract

Contains periodicals and newsletters from Mark Ortiz, a race engineering consultant in Kannapolis who specializes in chassis engineering for oval track and road racers.

Dates: 1997 - 2007

Kathy Turner papers concerning NASCAR

 Collection
Identifier: MS0379
Abstract

Materials pertaining to NASCAR from approximately 1970-2007.

Dates: 1970 - 2007

Dink Widenhouse papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0375
Abstract

Materials concerning the career of NASCAR driver David Franklin "Dink" Widenhouse.

Dates: 1950 - 1960

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