March 1987 Texas Grand Prix story - my 1st San Antonio Light article

[NickHolt]

I had helped Bruce Mabrito with a few stories back in the early 1980s, but this was my first solo effort. It got cut to pieces by the sports editor who was not a big race fan at the time....

 

Here's the qualifying story as printed in the March 8, 1987 edition of The San Antonio Light

 

 

 

 

And here's the race recap - what was left of it before it got cut to pieces by the sports editor who needed the column inches for some "real" sport or other...

 

 

[NickHolt]

P.S. I have since learned how to spell "suddenly." LOL I was making typos even back then!

[RodneyRodriguez]

That's awesome love seeing those articles!

[NeilTPS]

Following is the total history of spring race at TWS known as "The TEXAS GRAND PRIX".

Texas Grand Prix at Texas World Speedway

Year - Driver/Hometown - Car# - Car Type

1980 - H.B. Bailey/Houston, TX - #96 - Pontiac Firebird

1981 - Jimmy Finger/Austin TX - #22 - Chevrolet Camaro

1983 - Freddy Fryar/Beaumont TX - #14 - Chevrolet Camaro

1984 - Terry Labonte/Corpus Christi, TX - #45 - Olds Calais

1985 - March 10 - Bobby Allison/Hueytown, AL - #22 - Buick Regal

1985 - March 10 - Leroy Farmer/San Antonio, TX - #11 - Pontiac Firebird

1986 - March 9 - Freddy Fryar/Beaumont TX - #14 - Chevrolet Camaro

1987 - March 8 - Freddy Fryar/Beaumont TX - #14 - Pontiac Firebird

1988 - March 13 - Bobby Allison/Hueytown, AL - #22 - Buick LaSabre

1991 - Sept 21 - Slick Yoemans/Corpus Christi, TX - #24 - Ford Thunderbird

1992 - April 11 - Slick Yoemans/High Point, NC - #24 - Ford Thunderbird

1993 - March 20 - Howard Willis III/Pasadena, TX - #23 - Chevrolet Lumina

 

Texas Grand Prix winners list Compiled by:

Neil Upchurch, Former Race Director, Texas Grand Prix at Texas World Speedway

Assisted by:

Cotton Sherland, Former Chief Inspector, Texas Grand Prix
Bob Sherland, Former Inspector, Texas Grand Prix
Russ Martin, Former, Public Address Announcer, Texas Grand Prix
Mike Haag, San Antonio Express-News, Motorsports reporter and Blog contributor, My SA.com
Rodney Rodriguez, PA Announcer, Central Texas Speedway