Downtown Rocks and Runs draws hundreds to Mount Airy
It was a humid and sticky affair in downtown Mount Airy Saturday morning as runners, walkers, and stroller-pushers congregated early for the 15th running of the…
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It was a humid and sticky affair in downtown Mount Airy Saturday morning as runners, walkers, and stroller-pushers congregated early for the 15th running of the…
By Tom Joyce tjoyce@mtairynews.com A sport that involves circling racetracks at 200 mph while measuring success in nanoseconds requires lots of moving parts other than car and driver, and a Surry County resident has had a hand in many of those. “Ever since I was little, that’s all I could think about was race cars,” David Cropps said in discussing his 20-year career in NASCAR, which now involves working at Richard Petty Motorsports — headed by “The King” of stock car racing. “My main job is front-end mechanic,” Cropps, 42, of Mount Airy, said regarding his present position wi...