Folks Of Interest SONIC founder has died RIP troy smith

RIP Mr. Smith.... thanks for creating an American icom....
Our Sonic is packed evey Friday night...first few cars get the yard..and free dinner......

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Kinda forgot about that......the girl telling us she wouldn't serve us until I pulled my car in facing forward. Yep, just what I want to look at while eating.....an empty field.

 

May He R.I.P. and be remembered by all who enjoyed and enjoy his drive ins and food.

In the early 70's when I finally got my T bucket on the road in Texas the first place my wife and I stopped at with it was the Sonic Drive in Waco, TX. In the big middle of Central Texas gully washer during the Lone Star Rod run at Fort Fisher that year.

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Sorry to hear of your loss ......May he R.I.P

 

well our new sonic SUCKS, kfc owns them at least aw and dq are still francised

 

sonic ,headquartered in okc,is all franchised. there is no way kfc owns any.i have many friends that own many sonics as well as family members that have made a career working for sonic..kfc..no
kfc is owned by yum foods and they also own a&w and long john silvers
one big happy family..but no sonics
http://www.yum.com/

 

Mr.48Chev, Bet I know you cause I was there at the Sonic when that gully -washer hit at the LoneStar Mini Nats in Waco,Texas. I think we nicknamed it the "Texas Rain Run" In those days.
Thanks Troy for starting something great for the car people of the U.S.A.....RIP

 

sorry to hear the the bad news. my club meets at sonic alot. i think i will throw back a supersonic w/cheeze and a peach sweet tea tonight

 

Sorry for the loss of your friend. Sonics as a chain have done as well as any other. He should have lots to reflect upon with pride.

 

sorry for your loss man , round here the sonic is about the only burger in town!

 

Sonic! I'm old, SO it's just great to go somewhere that people do it the way it was done in the '50s and '60s. Carhops are just a wonderful touch . . . AND trad!!!

May the founder rest well, knowing that he made generations happier! Salute!

 

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. I will cruise there tomorrow and get me a chili dog and Route 44 Dr. Pepper.

 

Might have been...I never really knew the name. Just great food and old time atmosphere.

 

it had to be the king...been doing burgers since the 1940's

 

RIP Troy Smith and Godspeed!
In 1989 they built a Sonic in Azusa. I started a cruise nite there on Tuesdays from 5-10pm. It was a success and brought in much needed business. Another guy who ran a cruise @ Friscos took it over and it was moved to Thursday nites, It would be 300 cars easy. Other nites would be sporatic.
That SONIC was only given a short lifespan and was dozed within 7yrs. Very Sad!

The closest one that we have to us now is in Anaheim-Fullerton. It stays busy.
The next closest one is in Victorville. It's Brand New! seems to good business.
Here's a little history off their site:
Sonic, America's Drive-In, originally started as a hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., called Top Hat Drive-In, and then changed its name to Sonic in 1959. The first drive-in to adopt the Sonic name is still serving customers in Stillwater, Okla. Sonic has more than 3,500 drive-ins coast to coast where more than a million customers eat every day. For more information about Sonic Corp. and its subsidiaries, visit Sonic at www.sonicdrivein.com.
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I hope that the chain will continue to be a part of American Institution will always remain "Americas Drive In"
From your friends @ Bob's Big Boy Broiler Drive-In in Downey.

 

dang that sucks!! i have fond memories of cruise nights happening at sonic drive inn's, kissed my first girl there T...i think i will have a double cheezzee burger form there tonight with some taters.

 

Unfortunately, no Sonics in this part of California.

 

Yeah but the local Tommys more than makes up for that.

 

Come to Bakersfield then we have literally 15+ or something close to that in a 30 mile radius.-Weeks

 

Sorry for the loss of your friend. We go to the Sonic in Hanover PA on a regular basis. The dog likes it too.

 

if it's ok with you guys,i'll print all of this off and get it to dollie. my son in law manages a big sonic in edmond ,maybe i'l make 2 coppies and he can post it on cruise night. you guys are all great.

 

RIP Troy, and thanks for everything!

 

True that!!

 

Breaking News like a Sonic Missle!
C'Deuced is going through the local Pasadena Star News Paper and comes across a rendering and news that a Sonic is coming back to town. It will be @ 1070 Huntington Drive = Rte 66. in the city of Duarte. Pad is being poured today. Look for 12 more in the next 6 yrs coming to L.A. and Orange Counties.

 

NBC Nightly News just did a story on Troy and Sonic. Must have touched a lot of lives to make the national news.RIP Troy.

 

wow that's amazing. thanks