Wayne County Dragstrip (Pikeville NC) is going to be having a memorial race for Roger Rhodes this Saturday. Many who read and post here remember Roger quite well. I would copy and paste some details from Facebook, but apparently they take up too much space here.

This is their Facebook page, I think you can see everything there (Fern), even without joining Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Wayne...rip-211453002677608/

Take care. Tom Worthington

wont let me look Tom.Roger was a good friend but I will be in Baltimore with Daughter thats having surgery.

Not even a close call, Fern. Best wishes for your daughter. Take care. Tom Worthington

Fern/Tom,

If you don’t mind me asking what happened to Roger. Last I saw him, he was retiring from teaching and planing to race more.

Thanks,

Cancer. Awful disease. Daughter just had reconstruct surgery today.

25$ entry for a shot at 1500$.this was a great race with a record turnout for this track. close to 70 entrys with no doubles

Thank goodness he made the spectators all park on the spectator side. Had to have been a record number over there, too. They were parked three deep! Take care. Tom Worthington

That's great to hear. Roger was a nice man and a great competitor.

Couldn't say enough good about Roger. We had some good times. I remember once Richard Alford, Roger, and I arrived in Bristol about 4am and ended up in a flea bag hotel. I woke up next morning with a tick right on my forehead. He!! he even found me parts for my John Deere tractor once. Darn good person.