2016/07/18 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING PORTION OF NC 87 IN HONOR OF NASCAR LEGEND HERB THOMAS RESOLUTION BY THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING A PORTION OF N.C. 87 IN HARNETT COUNTY
IN HONOR OF NASCAR LEGEND HERB THOMAS
THAT WHEREAS. Herb Thomas was born on April 6. 1923, in western Harnett County and grew up on
a family farm; and
WHEREAS,Thomas began racing cars after seeing modified car races in Greensboro in 1947; and
WHEREAS,Thomas won his first race in Martinsville, VA, in 1950 and his career quickly took off; and
WHEREAS,Thomas started in 230 NASCAR races,winning 48 races and capturing 38 poles; and
WHEREAS,Thomas was the first driver to win two NASCAR premier series championships in 1951
and 1953,and finished in the top two in the point standings in all but one season between 1951 and 1956;
and
WHEREAS,Thomas won the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Harnett County Speedway in March
1953, leading all 200 laps; and
WHEREAS,Thomas ranks 13th on the NASCAR all-time wins list; and
WHEREAS, in 1998,Thomas was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers; and
WHEREAS,Thomas was inducted into the 2013 Class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte,North
Carolina; and
WHEREAS,Thomas was also inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in
1954 and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1994; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Harnett County Board of Commissioners does
hereby express its appreciation for the life and career of NASCAR legend Herb Thomas and the positive
publicity he brought to his home county, and extends its full support to naming a portion of N.C. 87 in
Harnett County in his honor.
Adopted this 18th day of July 2016.
HARNETT COUNT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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