GLADEVILLE — Before Saturday night’s Nationwide Federated Auto Parts 300, Pastor Joe Nelms of the Family Baptist Church delivered quite a memorable invocation.
Nelms offered his thanks for many things throughout the prayer, but he was very specific when referring to the race cars.
“Most of all, thank you for Roush and Yates partnering to give us the power that we see before us tonight,” Nelms said, referring to the engine manufacturers for some of the cars. He went on to thank the Lord for the “Sonoco racing fuel and Goodyear tires that bring performance and power to the track.”...