Recent content by Trey Ragsdale

Yeah it was sad. Because of his voice and features some thought he was retarded. To the contrary he was a smart guy.

He was about 6'5" , 260, but did not look that heavy. Big frame. Pituitary gland problem and cause of tumor that took him.

Thank you. Happy New Year to you and yours.

There were definitely some good stories involving August, some of them stretched a little over the years. ;) One of my favorite: Dad was doing one of his between elimination round thrashings on the car in the pits and some guy starts pestering him with questions and he (as politely as he knew...

His half brother was Butch Lake. Joe White worked at Austin Speed Shop as a kid when August was there. Joe has been out of racing for many years, but builds custom cars and has a beautiful '40 Ford street rod of his own. He still lives in the Austin area. When I was a kid August stayed at our...