On October 26, 2007 Paul McDuffie will be Ga,s. newest member of the Ga. Racing Hall Of Fame! Paul was born in Hawkinsville Ga. (MY HOME TOWN) and was engine builder as well as crew chief for FIREBALL ROBERTS in 1958. Roberts won the Southern 500 in Darlington that year. In 1960 he was crew chief for Joe Lee Johnson with a win at the inaugural World 600. In the early 50s he was instrumental in getting Chevrolet into NASCAR racing. He was killed in a racing accident in 1960 at Darlington Raceway when Bobby Johns went out of control and spun into the pits hitting the pit wall. It may be of interest to note that in the 40s he began his career by turning the harness horse track in Hawkinsville into a dirt track making it a forerunner of NASCAR. IN 1950 he was mechanic for Roz Howard and together they won the NASCAR Championship. In 57 he teamed with FIREBALL ROBERTS and won 12 out of 15 starts in the Grand Nationals and Convertible Division. In his career he was voted NASCAR MECHANIC OF THE YEAR 3 times. I beleive this is a well derserved reward for all his efforts to make racing into a #1 sport(pastime).