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RaceTrac Category: Fuel Station Official Site: RaceTrac.com Wikipedia: RaceTrac Description: A chain of gas stations founded in 1934 as Carl Bolch Trackside Stations. Page Sections: History · Article Index |
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Carl Bolch Sr. founded the company in 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri, with his first stores operating under the name Carl Bolch Trackside Stations. In 1959, Bolch relocated and acquired the Oil Well Company of Opp, Alabama, which consisted of numerous independent outlets across rural Alabama.
His son, Carl Bolch Jr., who succeeded his father as chief executive, joined the company in Montgomery, Alabama in 1967. After pioneering the concept of self-service gasoline in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, the company relocated its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia in 1976. In 1979, all company-operated stores adopted the RaceTrac brand, and all contractor-operated stores took on the RaceWay brand.
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| 25 October 2023 | Former UGA Football Player Convicted on All Counts in RaceTrac Shooting Case “Ahkil Crumpton’s crime was senseless, tragic, and irreversible,” said Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Robert Gibbs of the FBI’s Athens office. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Georgia Dateline: Athens, Georgia  Topic: RaceTrac |