Cotton Owens
Everett 'Cotton' Owens won nine Grand National races as a driver, then became a championship car owner, guiding David Pearson to the 1966 title. His garage in Spartanburg…
Category: Driver Profiles
Banjo Matthews
Edwin 'Banjo' Matthews never won a Grand National race in 51 starts as a driver, but his real fame came as a car builder: cars built by his…
Glen Wood
Glen Wood co-founded Wood Brothers Racing with his brother Leonard in 1950, creating the oldest continuously active team in NASCAR. Glen won four races as a driver, but…
Bud Moore
Walter 'Bud' Moore was a championship car owner and master mechanic whose teams won 63 Winston Cup races and back-to-back titles with Joe Weatherly in 1962 and 1963.…
Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle was short-track racing's winningest legend, credited with more than 1,000 feature victories across the Midwest. He finally reached Winston Cup full-time at 48 and was named…
Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson won 50 races as a driver – famous for discovering drafting at Daytona – then became one of NASCAR's greatest owners, winning six championships with Cale…
John Andretti
John Andretti, nephew of Mario, was one of the few drivers to win in both Indy cars and NASCAR, taking two Winston Cup victories including the 1997 Pepsi…
Sam Ard
Sam Ard dominated the Busch Series like no one before or since, winning back-to-back championships in 1983 and 1984. He won 22 races in just three seasons in…
Elmo Langley
Elmo Langley won two Grand National races as a driver in the 1960s, but he became far better known as NASCAR's pace car driver, leading the field to…
Jim Paschal
Jim Paschal won 25 Grand National races in the 1960s, driving for top owners including Petty Enterprises. The High Point native was a consistent winner and a respected…