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A Racing Drag

By Ryan McGee

Monday, December 29, 2008

You've probably never heard of Pee Wee Jones. And that's a shame. You would have loved him. While America celebrated the holidays, the family of Phillip Sylvester Jones Jr. were busy calling friends and loved ones to inform them that Jones had passed on Christmas Eve at the age of 80. When NASCAR was incorporated in 1949, Pee Wee was just 21 and itching for a place to race. He found that place in the league's original division—the Modifieds. He raced out of his hometown of Clemmons, No ...

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