Petty shows renewed strength
Petty shows renewed strength
Petty Enterprises driver Bobby Labonte has four top-10 finishes in the last five Nextel Cup races. At a track that embraces tradition, it seemed fitting that one of NASCAR’s most famous cars led late in Sunday’s race. Martinsville Speedway’s heritage includes its famous hot dogs and a grandfather clock to the winner. It often included a Petty Enterprises car, usually No. 43, near the front of
Poor Texas families rich in friendship
Our arrival in Alvin, Texas, had been preceded by a week of continuous rain, Gladys Wertz Clark wrote in memoirs of her life up to 1937. Gladys, who was just about 11 years old at the time, remembered that they were met in Alvin by two of her uncles who had come with lumber wagons and mules to move her family.