One night she decided to give it a try. They went to Medley Speedway and during the race Bobby's car hit the wall and caught on fire. Bobby's friend Bob Janell was sitting down in front of Judy with his and Bobby's dates. When Bobby's car caught fire, Judy jumped up and called his name. When the races were over and the fans were allowed in the pit area, Bob Janell ran straight to Bobby and pointed her out in the stands telling him what she had done. After that everyone went to the local hangout a Neveils' BBQ joint. Judy was there with her sisters and brothers-in-law and Bobby was there with Bob and their dates. He made sure he sat where he could make eye contact with Judy while they ate.
A day or so later, Bobby made a point to come talk to Ralph about a part on the race car and he was dressed nice. He did not look like a grease monkey as they called them back then. He came by the house knowing where the shop was, but then asked Judy to ride with him over to the shop. The shop was closed and they rode around and talked a lot. He boasted so much about all the girlfriends he had that she told him the same thing. When she got home, she told her sisters that she never wanted to see him again. He was the most conceited individual she ever knew.
A week or so later at West Palm Beach Speedway, Bobby had trouble with his car and came in the grandstands to finish watching the race. He asked to take Judy home and she having another boyfriend at the time asked her sister Arlene what she should do. Her sister in turn told her to ask her brother-in-law, Hank. Hank encouraged Judy to go with Bobby knowing that her other boyfriend had another girlfriend. Judy's family liked Bobby allot. Bobby took Judy to Arlene's where she and her mother were living at the time. The next day she and her mother were to be moving to Orlando to live with her sister Connie. Bobby told her he would come see her in Orlando, but she didn't believe him. It was only two weeks later when he made the first of many trips to see her wherever she was living.
They were married February 20, 1960.
Bobby had already made several trips north to Alabama Racing and after a year of going back and forth convinced Judy to come to Alabama with him. They put up temporary housing in a garage apartment that belong to a guy named "Big George" and his wife Tommie Walker. Big George was the pace car driver at BIR and they all became very good friends.
Davey was born in Davie, Florida on February 25, 1961 and was just a baby when they came to Alabama the first time. They were in Alabama a few months and went back to Florida where Bonnie was born on December 4, 1962 in Hollywood, Florida. They moved back to Alabama in May 1963 and have lived here for over 30 years. Clifford was born in, Birmingham, AL on October 20, 1964 and Carrie in Fairfield, Alabama on May 3, 1967.
