Here’s the story of why the tiny 1/4-mile oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway was originally built… In 1991, Charlotte Motor Speedway had this brilliant idea to host a legends race. Before that, they had to build a track for them to race on. The 1.5-mile track wasn’t an option. Watch […]
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Once pardoned by the president; Junior Johnson leaves his mark on NASCAR history Junior Johnson: 1931-2019 Junior Johnson has passed. The NASCAR Hall of Fame driver was one of the few left that reaches back to the roots of NASCAR. Junior Johnson has died at age 88. His career began […]
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Foyt on drivers from his time: “When you got one of them mad, usually when you got out of the car you had a nice little fist fight. You don’t see that no more.” In 1972, Richard Petty was in the lead at Daytona International Speedway. Suddenly, he was struck […]
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Written by Robert Yates, read by Dale Jarrett Robert Yates passed away on October 3, 2017 at age 74. However, before he passed, Robert Yates wrote a speech for his NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Dale Jarrett, the former driver and NASCAR champion for Robert Yates, read the speech. […]
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He was offered the Budweiser ride before making the career move to Penske, where he drove the Miller race car Rusty Wallace is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser have their headquarters in St. Louis. On paper, the pairing sounds perfect and it almost happened. […]
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