“Uncle Bob” Harmon/Nashville Gang
UNCLE BOB HARMON ONE OF GREATEST SHORT TRACK PROMOTERS OF ALL TIME.
HIS SUCCESSFUL RACING CAREER BEGAN AT THE IRON BOWL IN BIRMINGHAM AL, THEN HE WENT TO BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. THEN HE PURCHASED THE MONTGOMERY MOTOR SPEEDWAY, WHICH HE SOLD TO OPEN THE HOT DOG HOUSE LOCATED IN MILLBROOK ,AL. WHERE HE HAD THE BEST HOT DOGS AND HIS SECRET SAUCE WHICH HE SOLD AT THE TRACK. HE HAD A WILD IDEA ABOUT HAVING A HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, IT WAS TELEVISED THE SECOND YEAR BY ABC WORLD WIDE SPORTS.
THEN HE STARTED THE ALL PRO RACING SERIES IN 1980 WHICH DEVELOPED A LOT OF TODAY’S NASCAR STARS. IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, THAT NASCAR PURCHASED IT AND IT IS NOW CALLED AUTOZONE ELITE SERIES.
THEN HE WENT ON TO PURCHASE NASHVILLE SPEEDWAY USA .THEN DOVER DOWNS BOUGHT HIM OUT TO. “HE WAS WELL LIKED BY EVERYBODY”, SAID JOE NEMECHEK, NASCAR DIVER, ALL PRO CHAMP 1989.
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