Sandy Pinkerton

Sandy Pinkerton was once a speed loving teenage girl who lived in Sheldon, North Carolina until her death in 1962.

## Sandy Pinkerton

### Aliases

Hod Rod Sandy
Teenage Delinquent
Dragstrip Sandy
Rebel Rouser

### Relatives

Abner Pinkerton(uncle)
Nix Pinkerton(grandfather)
Marie Pinkerton(grandmother)
Sarah Pinkerton (mother, deceased)
Johnny Pinkerton (twin brother)
unknown father

## Biographical information

### Place of death

Dead Shiner's Curve
Sheldon, North Carolina

## Early Life

Sandy Pinkerton was born in Sheldon, North Carolina on January 21st, 1944. Orphaned at the age of one (her mother was run over by an L&N train whilst the identity of her father is unknown), she was raised by her grandparents. Her grandmother was a stay at home housewife whilst her grandfather was an engineer on the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad.

On her 16th birthday, her grandfather bought her a 1960 Cadillac Coupe Deville painted in Blood Red. When she received it, she instantly fell in love with the car and named him Christopher. Then overnight, Sandy changed. Once she was a happy go-lucky teenage girl wearing pink petticoats, instantly transformed into a greased up rebel rouser wearing black leather coats, and becoming a member of the Sheldon Racing Club where she tuned up Christopher to reach higher speeds.

She and Christopher were known to drive at extremely dangerous speeds over the speed limit and become a local menace for not only the residents of Sheldon, North Carolina, but for Barney and his colleges of the Raccoon County Sheriff's Department, as well as the North Carolina State Police and the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad Police. From 1960 until 1962, Sandy and Christopher have outrun the cops several times and were never caught.

## Racing Career

Sandy became a member of the Sheldon Union High School Racing Club in the spring of 1960 during her Sophomore Year and participated in her first race on May 7th, 1960 against the Possum Hollow Racing Guild.

As a member of the Club, Sandy has won the Sheldon Union High School annual racing circuit for 3 years in a row from 1960 and 1962, receiving 3 gold trophies in the making. After her High School Graduation in 1962, she received a scholarship to become a racer in NASCAR.

## Police Record

This is a list of crimes Sandy has committed:

* Illegal Street Racing
* Driving with a suspended license
* Speeding
* Disturbing the Peace
* Trespassing on private property
* Not paying her speeding tickets
* Illegal Drag Racing
* Reckless Driving
* Evading Arrest
* Damage to Property
* Being a public nuisance
* Joyriding

Despite commiting these offenses, Sandy Pinkerton was never caught. One record indicates that on April 13th 1962, Sandy and a few of her cronies ever tried to drag race against the Railyard Rats in the local railroad yard only for the Railroad Police, the Sheldon Constabulary, and the R.C.S.D. to arrive. Sandy managed to escape but the other Railyard Rats didn't stand a chance.

## Death

On August 8th, 1962, Sandy and Christopher were out on a drive, barreling down the road at 94 mph in a 25 mph speed zone when they heard a police siren behind them. She turned back and saw Barney and Sheriff Beaudry chasing after her.

Up ahead was Dead 'Shiner's Curve, a deadly curve known for moonshiners running off of the road and crashing to the bottom. Barney and Sheriff Beaudry slowed down to avoid an accident but Christopher and Sandy continued to speed. No one knows why. Maybe they thought they could make it, or maybe it was something else. Sandy hit the brakes hard and tried to stop, but Christopher skidded and swerved. Both Sandy and Christopher screamed from the top of their lungs as they crashed through the fence and tumbled roof over chassis down the mountain side before landing on the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad's mainline and then got hit by a passing Southern Railway train.

Sheriff Beaudry called in for the fire department and an ambulance, but by the time they arrived, it was too late. Sandy perished in the wreck. It had to take about a dozen or so men to dig her out of the wreckage. Sandy was later put to rest at Heavenly Pastures Cemetery.