Month: October 2026

Billy Hagan (March 22, 1932 – November 16, 2007) was a Louisiana driver and car owner. His Hagan Racing team won the 1984 Winston Cup championship with Terry…

Earl Balmer (1935–2019) was an Indiana driver who raced in the Grand National Series in the 1960s, driving for owners including Cotton Owens. He survived one of the…

Larry Smith was NASCAR's 1972 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. On August 12, 1973, he was killed in a crash during the Talladega 500 — the first…

Talmadge Prince (1938–1970) was a Georgia driver killed in a Daytona 500 qualifying race in February 1970, in his first weekend of NASCAR Grand National competition. He had…

Don MacTavish (1940–1969) was a Massachusetts driver killed in the 1969 Permatex 300 at Daytona International Speedway, in one of the most violent crashes in NASCAR history. He…

John Blewett III (1973–2007) was a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver from Howell, New Jersey. He was killed in a crash at Thompson Speedway in August 2007 while…

Tom Baldwin (1947–2004) was a NASCAR Modified driver from Long Island, New York, and a regular at Thompson and Riverhead. He was killed in a Whelen Modified Tour…

Ethel Mobley (1920–1981), sister of drivers Tim, Bob and Fonty Flock, raced in NASCAR's earliest seasons. She was one of the first women to start a NASCAR race,…

Sara Christian (1918–1980) was the first woman to compete in NASCAR's premier series. She started the inaugural Strictly Stock race at Charlotte in June 1949 and finished 14th,…

Louise Smith (1916–2006) was a pioneering woman stock car driver from Greenville, South Carolina, who raced against NASCAR's founders in the sport's earliest years and won 38 races…