General Info

RaceWay's roots go back over 75 years to 1934 when Carl Bolch, Sr. opened independent gas stations in St. Louis, Missouri, under the name Carl Bolch Trackside Stations. His strategy was to be independent of major oil companies thus be able to consistently offer lower-priced gasoline to the public. In 1959 he relocated and acquired the Oil Well Company of Opp, Alabama, which consisted of numerous independent stores located, for the most part, in rural areas of Alabama. These stores and the ones opened after them evolved into the early RaceWay concept: full-service stores opened in conjunction with small grocery stores.