Jeanna

I love coming to Charlotte. I love going to any race, but when they are in your home state with all the shops around it to visit, that makes it even more special. There are some great things about each and every track but knowing this is the hometown of most drives and crew members, just makes it even better. If you have never been, you really need to spend a few days here.

His first race in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series took place in November, 1956 when he finished second to Speedy Thompson in the Grand National now known as the Sprint Cup Series at Hickory Speedway, North Carolina. The year of 1961 saw Ralph have his highest finish in the Grand National point standings, at 17th, and also saw him filling in for Cotton Owens as a relief driver in the Daytona 500, covering more than 300 miles and finishing in 5th place. His awards include:- Ralph was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1989, the same weekend that Dale Sr. won the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama, in 1997 and, along with his son Dale Sr., was named as one of Nascar’s “50 Greatest Drivers”. During the 1998 celebration of Nascar’s 50th Anniversary, in 2004 Ralph was an inductee in the Oceanside Rotary Club of Daytona Beach Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame and inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2007.

This was my second time getting to meet Nascar Driver Kasey Kahne. Five Kahne 5K Run”, in Charlotte, NC. And I love the fact that he does this to help the underprivileged. Plus it never gets old meeting new drivers.