: High Point Museum [NC] supporters and racing fans celebrated the museum’s stock car racing exhibit with a gala at Bill Davis Racing Saturday night. The museum’s exhibit, “When Racing was Racing: Stock Car Racing in the Piedmont Triad,” ran from March through September last year. It highlighted the roots of stock car racing from the 1930s through the 1950s and focused on the local racing scene in that era. Barbara Taylor, the museum’s executive director, said Bill Davis Racing on Old Thomasville Road [NC] seemed like a logical place to hold the gala, since the owners donated some of the items for the exhibit. Taylor said that the race shop is a natural extension of the exhibit because fans can tour the facility. Gail Davis, wife of Bill Davis, said Ward Burton’s car, which won the Daytona 500 last year, will be on display at the shop after February.( High Point Enterprise )(1-13-2003)
