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Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 1, 2007 April 4
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Distilling, Illicit, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobile mechanics
Description: In this first of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum describe the racing career of their father, Gordon Mangum, in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon Mangum raced primarily on Virginia short tracks several times a week during a four month raci...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 2, 2009 April 8
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2009-04-08
Subjects--Topical: Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Distilling, Illicit, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Genealogy
Description: In this second of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum recount the experiences of their father, Gordon, who was a race car driver in the 1940s and 1950s. The Mangum brothers recall their father\u2019s love of short track racing in Virgin...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 1, 2009 May 6
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-05-06
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile racing drivers, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Description: In this first of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens recalls his career in stock car racing as a mechanic and parts distributor during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Growing up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mr. Owens first became involved in rac...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 2, 2009 September 3
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-09-03
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobiles--Parts
Description: In this second of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens continues to discuss his career as a mechanic and parts distributor in stock car racing from the 1960s into the 1990s. Mr. Owens describes the operations of the Holman-Moody racing team. His ...

Title: Hank Thomas oral history interview, 2009 April 30
Creator: Thomas, Hank, 1936-
Date Created: 2009-04-30
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--accidents
Description: Hank Thomas discusses his career in auto racing, which has spanned over fifty years. Mr. Thomas grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began driving race cars at the age of twenty in 1956. He primarily raced stock cars and modifieds, travel...