{"592548":{"#nid":"592548","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Racing Roots","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe first\u0026nbsp;Model Ts rolled off the Ford Motor Company assembly lines in 1908, scarcely 20 years removed from the first class enrolling at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs dirt gave way to asphalt, and car culture captured the country\u0026rsquo;s imagination, young engineers and mechanics in Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s North Avenue shops and foundries were instantly drawn to automobiles and the pursuit of speed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERacing culture blossomed in and around Atlanta, and Georgia Tech was at the epicenter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis culture would influence the origins of stock car racing and the beginnings of the National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR), the most popular\u0026nbsp;motorsports\u0026nbsp;series in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech has had a century-long love affair with fast cars \u2014 in engineering, technological innovation, and for the sheer joy of it."}],"uid":"27948","created_gmt":"2017-06-09 13:48:44","changed_gmt":"2017-07-28 19:14:57","author":"Jennifer Tomasino","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592546":{"id":"592546","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Racing Roots","body":null,"created":"1497015995","gmt_created":"2017-06-09 13:46:35","changed":"1497015995","gmt_changed":"2017-06-09 13:46:35","alt":"World War II veteran Red Byron winning the Lakewood Speedway stock car race.","file":{"fid":"225829","name":"racing_roots_thumbnail.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/racing_roots_thumbnail.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/racing_roots_thumbnail.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39150,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/racing_roots_thumbnail.jpg?itok=ApmehMs6"}}},"media_ids":["592546"],"groups":[{"id":"1184","name":"Alumni Association"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1300","name":"Institute Communications"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"455941","name":"School of Awesome"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"1269","name":"Student Life"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174649","name":"NASCAR"},{"id":"170132","name":"racing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDoug Goodwin\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClient Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Institute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:doug.goodwin@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEmail Doug\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["doug.goodwin@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}