Here Is Something That Never Really Makes The Headlines

by 4ever3 on Aug 15, 2008 12:20 AM EDT Comment 1 comment

"Back in July Kevin Harvick paid a surprise visit to Chris and Jim Lamb who have a huge collection of antique Shell Oil Company signage and collectibles.

Several weeks before these folks sent a note to Kevin at his race shop in Kernersville, North Carolina telling him of their collection and inviting him to visit their house in Maine.

Little did they know that Kevin had already planned to run the TD Banknorth 250 Late Model race in Oxford, Maine in his final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series off weekend during the July 19th - 20th weekend.

Not only was the surprise visit to the unofficial Shell museum special for these Shell fans in Maine, but Kevin went on and won the event in dominating fashion - one of the largest short track races in the United States.

Kevin was the 7th Daytona 500 champion to compete in that late model race." - from Shell's PR Firm.

Man, look at all of that Shell stuff. Back when I was in High School and in University I worked for a guy who owned and operated several Shell stations. Those were good times, and I see some of the same stuff we used to have kicking around our stations that is in the picture of this mock Shell station.

In fact, Shell tore down one of the stations I worked at to get rid of the garage and put up a store and I took the original hand painted "Please Hang Up Air-Hose After Use" sign that was attached to the building and I have it hanging in my garage right now beside my compressor and air hose.

I just dig gas old station stuff, don't you?

You should see the Shell/White Rose collection my old boss from Shell has. It would blow your mind. I even found him an original Shell gas pump from the 1950's exactly like the one Kevin is standing beside in the picture, that my boss's original lite-up glass globe pump topper fit perfectly.

I would have bought it for myself, but I couldn't afford it going to school and all. I asked him once a while ago, as he and I are still friends, if I could buy it and he just laughed at me.