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After a couple of weeks off, let's talk the reason for soft racing, the Busch Time Bomb, and the NASCAR biggest up-and-coming star.
Morris brought a recording of the Paris memorial service home to Atlanta; it was played on-air upon his return several days later. Mayor Ivan Allen held a press conference when he arrived at Atlanta airport; it, too, was broadcast on WSB. And Morris himself was debriefed on the “Nightbeat” evening ...
Upon arrival in France, this second Atlanta delegation was stunned at the sheer thoroughness of the destruction. “The memory is still etched in my very being”, Aubrey Morris said to WSB’s Scot t Slade decades later. “When the plane arrived in Paris the following morning, (the crash site) was still ...
The French expedition was no plebian tourist outing, but rather a major effort at touting Atlanta’s cultural pedigree to European movers and shakers—the number and stature of dignitaries intended to demonstrate “the city too busy to hate” was more than a sleepy hamlet barely removed from “Gone with the Wind”. ...
“Some people have described it as being the most significant event since Sherman burned Atlanta,” says one historian. “It was our Titanic,” concludes another. “It lives in my memory every day,” said longtime WSB News Director Aubrey Morris before his death, decades later. Sunday, June 3, 1962: Air France flight ...
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Racing or wrecking? Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski outline a big disconnect in NASCAR.
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Bill Elliott, David Stremme, Jason Bowles, and Brad Sweet talk Talladega this weekend and much more.
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NASCAR Nationwide and Grand-AM driver Jeffrey Earnhardt talks about getting back in stock cars and a possible full-time run soon in the NNS.
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Small teams have it tough enough in NASCAR, but JD Motorsports was dealt a crushing blow last Sunday night. Their driver, Mike Wallace, explains what happened.
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Josh Wise talks to WSB about his main job as a rookie driver for a team that start-and-parks and also explains how he owes good friends Trevor Bayne and Michael McDowell for the biggest part of his life.