NC tornados

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Was told today at Piedmont:
Bob Harris said Sloans were o.k.
Donald Webb said Arnold Smith got hit hard. He is the owner of Steve Taylors old NATURAL HIGH Super Stock Nova. The Smith Family lost their farm, the house, Race car pretty much everything. Was told the tornado picked up car trailer. The trailer went one direction and car another. They found a 55 gallon drum of alky in a tree.
The Thomas family said Jim Jackson got hit too. He is a long time racer from Rowland N.C.
Fort Bragg was closed to the public also.
There was a funnel cloud spotted a couple miles from here but nothing touched down. We were very Lucky. There was lots of Damage all around us.
Chip Johnson

Sorry to read about the Smith's, glad they are okay physically. Sad to read about the old 'Natural High' Nova, saw them race it a few times at Kinston recently, still had the same paint as when Steve raced it a couple of decades ago. Always was a fun car to watch-