SANDS — Ever since the Sands Speedways first season in 1970, there has been a member of the Goodwin family on the track and the family is now three generations strong with his daughter Victoria named after the 1955 Crown Victoria and his grandson Evan Ford Hawley so as you can see Bob was a Ford enthusiast.

Bob Goodwin made his debut in 1970 racing a 1955 Ford. Bob built a new car each year including a 1967 Fairlane, another 1967 Fairlane, 1968 Fairlane and a 1970 Mustang.

The track as Sands Speedway closed down halfway through the 1974 season so Bob raced a dirt mod for the remainder of the year and through 1976.

“It was the big thing in the area at the time,” Bob Goodwin said. “We had a 100 hobby stocks every week back then and you could barely find a place to sit back then everyone c

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