Friend of Racing JB Day Dies

James Bolt, "JB" Day of Easley, South Carolina, died May 5, 2014. JB was a racer in his early days, piloting a #77 Ford. He is well remembered for hosting an annual birthday party for Raymond Parks, "the godfather of stock car racing," and for the replicated and restored race cars he exhibited at many racing events and housed in his Riverbend Racing Museum in Easley. In 2011 Suzanne Wise, Curator of the Appalachian State University Library Stock Car Racing Collection, bestowed the title of Honorary Racing Historian on JB at the annual Georgia Automobile Racing Association Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Dawsonville, Georgia. JB's presence in the racing community will be sorely missed.