Winston-Salem Journal - "Sam Ard, who drove the red-on-white Oldsmobile with Thomas Brothers Country Ham No. 00 to back-to-back NASCAR Busch Series championships in 1983-84, now faces the biggest challenge of his life.
Last year, Ard, a Southside-area racing legend, had symptoms of a stroke and was hospitalized. But after a series of tests, it was confirmed that he had Alzheimer's. This is not the first obstacle that Ard has had to face.
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Ard's wife Jo Ann: "I feel like Sam helped make the Busch Series, yet we get nothing from NASCAR ... zero. We never lived fancy nor had million-dollar sponsors or big homes to live in. Times are tough now. I just wish things were better for Sam."
