Cale Yarborough lived on US Hwy 76 in Timmonsville in the 60's and 70's

I saw this photo below of Cale Yarborough and his family for sale on eBay and noticed his previous home in Timmonsville in the background. Although Cale no longer lives there, we thought it would be neat to show where this house is located in Timmonsville. If you are ever traveling down I-95 and you get near exit 157 it is only 2.5 miles from the exit straight down Hwy 76 towards Timmonsville on the right. It is near Florence Motor Speedway which is 3/10 of a mile further towards Timmonsville on the left.

Photo Caption: --SPEED KING-- Cale Yarborough holds his daughter Julianne, 6,
 as he and his wife, Betty Jo, stand beside a flowering dogwood tree  outside
 their 14-room Confederate-style mansion near Timmonsville, S.C.  As a child,
 Yarborough drove a tractor and piloted a soap-box racer.  This year [1968], driving
 for Ford Motor Co., he has won victories in the Atlanta and Daytona 500-mile
stock car races,  and could become the sports biggest money winner.
(AP Wirephoto) 1968

Buy these photos from 1968 on ebay for $12 at the following link:
eBay - CT PHOTO aur-041 Cale Yarborough Race Car Driver

Photo Caption: Cale Yarborough, leading stock car driver of the nation, with wife, Betty Jo,
and daughter, Julianne, 6, beside flowering dogwood tree fronting their  14-room
Confederate-style home near Timmonsville, S.C. (1968)

Cale won $138,051 for the whole season in 1968. That would be approximately $900,000 in today's money. He won 6 races and had 12 top 5's and 12 top 10's with 4 poles. He finished 17th in the standings in 1968. The 17th place cup finisher in 2013 won over $5 million.

Let's compare that to Jimmie Johnson who won the cup in 2013. He also had 6 wins and 16 top 5's and 24 top 10's with 3 poles. Jimmie won (including winning end of season cup money) $14,663,155 in 2013. This would still be like $2.2 million in 1968.

Things have really changed over the years in NASCAR. It looks like Cale came along too early to make the really big bucks.

Cale was the first 3-time consecutive Sprint Cup champion. He won in 1976, 1977 and 1978.

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SIDE NOTE: Jimmie Johnson is the only other NASCAR driver who has won three championships in a row. Actually, he has won the Sprint Cup championship an amazing 6 times with 5 of those coming consecutively. Jimmie has won championships the following years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2013. He finished 2nd in 2003 & 2004. Jimmie has never finished lower than 6th place since running the full Sprint Cup schedule which he started in 2002. At this rate people may eventually say Cale who? Richard Petty...who is that? David Pearson??? We hope that doesn't ever happen!

Here's the total purse money Cale won during his Sprint Cup (it will always be Winston Cup to me) winning years.

1976: $453,404
1977: $561,641
1978: $623,506

His highest money year was 1978.

Over his whole career which spanned 31 years from 1957 to 1988 he won $5,646,479.

In all, Cale won 83 races in his career.

Check out and click on the images below which link to Google maps. We'll write another story soon and show you where Cale lives today. In the meantime, if you are in the market for a new Honda car, head on over to Cale Yarborough Honda in Florence and help Cale catch up with Jimmie Johnson a little.

www.caleyarboroughhonda.com

34.14486, -79.914699

Here is yet another map to look at.

Leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Cale Yarborough race. We'd like to hear about it. Include YouTube links to races if available.

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Where does 2012 Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski live?

Where does 2012 Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski live?

Brad Keselowski - 2012 Sprint Cup Champion
Image Author: Bkfan2012

Brad Keselowski swept both races at Loudon, New Hampshire this past weekend. He won Saturday's Nationwide Series race and followed that on Sunday with his first Sprint Cup win at New Hampshire. Sunday's race marked his third victory of the season in the No. 2 Ford. He is the 2012 Sprint Cup champion.

If you ever wondered where Brad Keselowski lives you are in luck. We've done the footwork for you. He basically lives behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. (and Dale's sister's houses) in Iredell County, North Carolina. We'll save that for another post.

Brad's home is 400-500 ft away from Dale's famed "Whiskey River" town that he built behind his house. We think we'll save that for another post as well. If you want to look though, Dale lives in the biggest house you see on Bullet Lane behind Brad's house.

See the street view below and the aerial view below that.


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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Google Street View

Christ the Redeemer, Rio - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I was watching the 2014 World Cup final between Germany and Argentina which was being played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and saw an overhead shot of the stadium with the Christ the Redeemer statue in the background. I wondered if Google Maps had any good aerial images. When I looked I was surprised to find Google had great on site shots as well. Take a look below. By the way, Germany won 1-0.




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Blueprint for America - Faith, Morality, Law, Education, Liberty

Have you ever heard of the NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS? This monument took over 100 years to build and was finished in 1889. It is located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is largely forgotten today. It is approximately 1 mile from Plymouth Rock. I bet you've heard of that, right?

This monument contains the Blueprint for America which is Faith, Morality, Law, Education, and Liberty.

National Monument to the Forefathers

NATIONAL
MONUMENT
TO THE
FOREFATHERS
ERECTED
BY A
GRATEFUL PEOPLE
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
THEIR
LABORS, SACRIFICES
AND SUFFERINGS
FOR THE
CAUSE OF CIVIL
AND
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

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Unfinished apartments on Hwy 501 in Conway, SC

Coastal Estates as seen from US 501 by Google Maps.
2519 US 501 Hwy Conway, SC

This article is not about Timmonsville. It should be filed under the "Wow, what a waste!" category.

Have you noticed the unfinished apartment buildings for student housing on US 501 in Conway, SC? They are located just past Coastal Carolina University and before you get to Carolina Forest on the left. I noticed these falling apart buildings on a trip to the beach a while back.

The story we did recently about ex-NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield's former home reminded
us of this unfinished project.

I basically just wanted to find out why the construction had stopped on these apartments. It seemed to be a great waste of money, energy, time, and natural resources.

It also made me think of a passage in the Bible, Luke 14:28-30 (KJV) which reads:

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

How do you build seven large buildings at the same time and not see something like this coming?

It is reported that Chancel Hospitality Residential & Tourism, Inc. (Chancel HRT), the project’s builder, says developers, Students Investments LLC and Reliable Investments Inc., quit paying the construction bills. They reportedly owed the Conway-rooted construction company $3.6 million plus interest and attorney’s fees. Chancel HRT believes the owners quit paying because an expected loan and/or outside investment in the building project didn’t come to fruition.

The original plan was to build 11 buildings at $1.7 million each. Each building contained 12 apartments. Seven buildings were erected and made it to the external construction stage of having felt paper and house wrap which, as you can see below, doesn't last that long when exposed to the weather.

If they had at least put roofs (shingles) on each of these buildings they could have possibly stayed unfinished for a little longer. Of course, exposure to sunlight, wind or driving rain causes house wrap to grow brittle and lose protection after only several months. So, even better, if they could have put a roof on each one of them AND finished the outsides with siding the whole insides could have been left unfinished and they would have lasted for quite a while in that condition.

It appears these seven units were erected simultaneously but after seeing what happens when financing falls through on a large project like this, it seems it would be better to complete one building at a time or at least have a strategy to build them in multiples of twos or threes so that there would be enough money to get each phase to a completely weatherproof condition. If a builder doesn't get paid at least he can file some sort of a lien on a property that might be worth closer to its finished value (because of it being weatherproofed or "dried in") if sold at auction.

Sure, it may not be the builder's fault that the money from the developers ran out. How far into debt should a builder get in a situation like this before getting paid? Should they protect themselves by building one or two buildings at a time?

One of the articles below said they had already installed bathtubs and plumbing fixtures. Would this be the right thing to do before putting a roof on a building? I know different contractors and sub-contractors often work on projects like these and often at the same time but shouldn't the main goal of the builder in charge be to weatherproof the building as fast as possible?

Leave your comments and let us know what you think. If you are a builder we'd love to hear from you and get your thoughts.



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Here are some links to stories about this project which will give you more information:

http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/local/conway/article_1946deba-05ea-11e3-9ffd-0019bb30f31a.html

http://m.myhorrynews.com/news/local/conway/article_8f9c1a28-0f57-11e3-b092-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=jqm

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/02/15/3331525/conway-says-work-needs-to-restart.html

Burning Down Jeremy Mayfield's Former Home

Jeremy Mayfield

Jeremy Mayfield's former home is was getting burned down this weekend and the story fascinated us. Apparently they've cancelled it for now because it is supposed to rain tomorrow (Saturday).

We were also interested in this story because Jeremy used to drive in NASCAR for Timmonsville's very own Cale Yarborough in 1995 and 1996.

It is reported that Mayfield tried to renovate the home which was originally built in the 1990's and at one time valued at $1.8 million, but after he was banned from racing and arrested for possession of meth and stolen property, work on the home came to an abrupt halt.

Mayfield bought the home and surrounding property for $3.8 million in 2006. The property also includes two other livable homes. No one has actually ever lived in the unfinished home which is to be burned.

The new owners no longer want the home that is now worth just over $300,000 dollars. Burning it will take it off the tax books while providing training for firefighters in the county.

Read more about the controlled burn that the fire department in Catawba County, NC was going to have on Saturday at the following link: WSOC TV Article or watch their news report below:




After looking at a bunch of articles on Jeremy Mayfield and all his troubles, we wanted to figure out exactly where the house is located. We found it. Click the image below to see. Then take a look at the embedded Google map below that.

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It is currently owned by DELLINGER FARMS LLC according to gis.catawbacountync.gov.

The music video below featured Jeremy Mayfield. The song is called Drowning (Face Down) by the band Saving Abel. It was uploaded on May 1, 2009. It's kind of fitting based on all of his troubles over the past few years.

The video below was uploaded on November 3, 2009 and it was concerning the Real Estate & Personal Property Auction of Jeremy & Shana Mayfield and Mayfield Motorsports that was held on November 20, 2009. (Click the previous link to see more pictures of the house back in 2009.)

Jeremy always seemed like a nice guy. He was a pretty good race car driver. He had potential. What happened to him could happen to any of us I suppose.

I'm not sure how much of the accusations about him are true. The recent pictures of him do not look like he is a meth addict/user. Who knows? How about the stolen stuff you say? I don't know about that either. I would hope all of it is untrue.

It does look pretty bad for him. This is America though, where we are innocent until proven guilty. We also know that sin will always carry you farther than you ever want to go. Hopefully he can get his life straightened out.

It's been 50 years since the Kennedy Assasination

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Fifty years ago today, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas at Dealey Plaza. I have seen the videos all these years but have never looked at Google maps for this location which is approximately 486 Elm St in Dallas, Texas. Scroll around in the Google maps box above and you will see a "X" in the road which marks the spot where it happened. There is also a National Historic Landmark plaque at the same location. See a picture of what it says below.

Where were you when it happened? Leave your comments below. 

National Historic Landmark plaque at Dealey Plaza.

Duck Dynasty Season 1 Episode 12 - "Fishin' for Business" - Scene Locations

• Jase and Reed's fish peddling business location in Google Maps
• Catfish Cabin location in Google Maps

Season 1

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Episode 12
     "Fishin' for Business"
       Original Air Date May 9, 2012
       US Viewers 1.83 million

Episode Description:
Willie and Jase have a competition to see who can catch and sell the most fish, and they bring their sons as well as Si and Phil along to help. Back at Phil and Kay's house, the Robertson ladies decide to launch a line of Duck Commander aprons for full figured gals, but hit a dead end when they realize their lack of sewing abilities. Uncle Si, who learned sewing in the Army and is a jack-of-all-trades, pitches in and shows them how it's done.

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The Jase and Reed fish peddling segment begins at 11:18 in the episode.

Jase Robertson sitting on tailgate trying to sell his fish.

Jase and Reed discussing fish selling tactics.

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The Google map above shows the location where Jase Robertson and his son Reed were peddling fish beside the road. Where they are sitting is a private driveway that leads to all of their homes. That will be covered in the next Duck Dynasty post.

The Catfish Cabin segment begins at 16:50 in the episode.

Catfish Cabin sign.

Willie Robertson and John Luke Robertson wheeling
and dealing with the guy from Catfish Cabin.

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Willie and John Luke teamed up with Jase and Reed by putting their fish together. Catfish Cabin is where they ended up selling all their fish. See their restaurant above.

Check them out if you're ever in Monroe, LA.

Catfish Cabin
1400 Louisville Ave, Monroe, LA ‎
(318) 387-7353

For more Duck Dynasty info go HERE.

Duck Dynasty is the Best Family Show on TV - Where are they located?

• Where is Duck Commander / Deer Commander located?

• Where do Phil Robertson and the rest of the duck men reside?

• Check out Phil Robertson's US patents.

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Image courtesy of Amazon.

Duck Dynasty: Season 1 has been in my Netflix queue for months now and keeps getting skipped over. Recently it finally showed up in the mailbox. Yeah I know, I don't have cable and my satellite internet can't handle streaming or at least my bandwidth allowance prohibits streaming Netflix.

That's what you get when you live in the country I guess. DSL is 2 miles down the road but AT&T says they don't know when it might be available to us. Anyway, that's another post altogether. [Update: We have DSL now. Yay!]

My family has now finished watching the whole first season and now my 4 year old is giving tips on how to "chill down" bees with smoke (see episode 10 called "Plan Bee"). I asked him where he learned that and he tells me Ducks Dynasty. He even goes around saying "Happy, Happy, Happy!"

Basically we find the whole Robertson clan very fascinating and it is just refreshing to see God talked about and prayer on national TV! If you Google "Phil Robertson" you will find that he has a pretty interesting back story. He played football for LSU and apparently played ahead of Terry Bradshaw and even had better stats. It is also reported that he turned down playing in the NFL for the Redskins because it interfered with duck hunting season. It's pretty neat to see that he still became successful in life.

I realize Phil may have had some dark years before he found the Lord but he has obviously turned from that lifestyle for 30 or 40 years now and I won't talk about it here. 

I decided to see where these guys were located in Louisiana so I began a search to find out where the Buck Commander and Duck Commander company headquarters is located and I also found out where Phil Robertson's home is located. I am still trying to locate Willie and Jase's homes and maybe even Uncle Si. If I find them I will update the article. [UPDATE: I believe I have found them. I think I may create a new post as this one is getting a little long.] If anyone knows leave a post below. Here is what I found so far:

View Larger Map   Location of Duck Commander (A) and Phil Robertson home (B).

It is interesting to note that the Duck Commander / Deer Commander headquarters was not located at 117 Kings Lane, West Monroe, LA, 71292 in April 2009 which is the date that Google says the street view image was taken. It is obvious, if you've seen the show and with a quick internet search for the address, that this is the building they are currently located in. It is also obvious this building was vacant in April 2009.

[July 30, 2014 Update: Google Maps have been updated now and the imaging above is from April 2013. I should have made a screen shot of the 2009 imagery because the building was obviously vacant and had weeds growing around it and no Duck Commander Buck Commander sign on it. I believe it even had a For Sale sign out front.]

If you click "View Larger Map" on the map above the Duck Commander business is point "A". Point "B" is Phil and Kay Robertson's home located at 538 Mouth of Cypress Rd, West Monroe, LA 71292. The Google map below pulls that out separately. The street view imaging is again from April 2009 and note the sign at the edge of the driveway. It says DUCK COMMANDER (can't read the next word) and then it looks like it says SHIPPING.

I didn't figure this out from Phil's slip-up on Jimmy Kimmel in which he gave out his address. I found it on his US patents. More on that at the end of the story.

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Duck Commander sign at Phil's driveway
from Google street view screen
grab circa April 2009.

It appears that 4 years and three months ago the company was still located in Phil's backyard. In the show, Willy acts like it has been 10 years since Phil had helped out at Duck Commander. Maybe the producers changed the story a little?

I have read that the year before (2011) the show started they sold 60,000 duck calls a year and last year (2012) they sold 600,000 duck calls. They have come a long way since the Google car went through there that's for sure. I am happy for them.

I don't know if my family will want to wait on Netflix to have Duck Dynasty: Season Two, Vol. 1 or Duck Dynasty: Season 3.

It might be next year before we'd get to see them if we wait on Netflix. I am not trying to knock Netflix by the way. I am sure that I am one of the few that still gets actual DVDs instead of streaming. I may have to go ahead and buy them soon. My 4 year old son just asked me if we still had them. He gives me "thumbs up" a lot more now. I just realized maybe he got that from Phil too. I guess I better order the DVD's soon.

UPDATE: Since I mentioned the Jimmy Kimmel interview check it out here for yourself:

Also, for those that are interested, I found three US patents that Phil A. Robertson owns. See links below:

US Patent # 6863187

US Patent # 4151678

US Patent # 5230649

NOTE: Please don't take this information to mean you should go camp outside their business and/or home. With the power of the internet, these days, we can go on a trip and see different places without actually going there. It's just fun and was publicly found. I just put the info in one place to save you some time. I am fascinated with these guys (and gals) just like most of America. Please be respectful of their property and if you go to their business carry some money with you. They have a store that is open to the public. Buy a t-shirt or two and a duck call while you are there.

Or just go to their website at www.duckcommander.com.

You can also buy their merchandise here: Duck Commander on AMAZON.

Skirmish at Intersection of Palmetto and Church Streets

A Civil War skirmish occurred here in 1865 at the intersection
of Palmetto and Church Streets in Florence, SC.

While traveling through Florence a while back, I shot this picture while waiting at the stoplight where Church Street crosses Palmetto Street. I have lived here my whole life and never noticed it before but apparently it was placed there in 1949. Maybe you've missed it too. The marker reads:

Early in 1865 an advance guard of
Sherman's Army sent to liberate
the prisoners in the stockade was
met at this point by a company of
Confederates under Captain
Augustus Edwards and was defeated
with the loss of one life, that of
a Northern soldier.

Erected by the Chapters of the U.D.C.
(U.D.C. stands for United Daughters of the Confederacy)

Florence, SC

1949

This marker can be found here:


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