Category: Legends in Brief

Larry Carrier, who died on June 7, 2005, aged 82, co-founded Bristol Motor Speedway in 1961. He bought the track back out of bankruptcy in 1985 and sold…

LeeRoy Yarbrough (1938–1984) won 14 NASCAR Grand National races. In 1969 he swept the sport's three biggest races — the Daytona 500, the World 600 and the Southern…

Pete Hamilton (1942–2017) won the 1970 Daytona 500 in a Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird. He took four Cup victories in a short premier-series career before retiring at 31.…

Buddy Arrington (1938–2022) was a Virginia independent driver-owner who made 560 NASCAR Cup starts between 1964 and 1988 without a victory. Doing it his own way, in his…

Ron Bouchard (1948–2015) was the 1981 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. His only Cup victory — the 1981 Talladega 500, won in a three-wide photo finish — remains…

Dick Hutcherson (November 30, 1931 – November 6, 2005), the 'Keokuk Comet' from Iowa, won 14 NASCAR Grand National races in just four seasons (1964–67) and finished second…

Gober Sosebee (1915–1996) was a Georgia stock car driver of the 1940s and 1950s. He raced on the Daytona beach course in the pre-NASCAR era and competed in…

Tom Higgins, who died on July 31, 2018, covered NASCAR for the Charlotte Observer from 1964 to 1997. He was the first newspaper reporter to cover every race…

David Poole, who died on April 28, 2009, aged 50, covered NASCAR for the Charlotte Observer for 13 years. He also hosted 'The Morning Drive' on Sirius NASCAR…

Bob Latford (July 29, 1935 – July 23, 2003) was a NASCAR historian, statistician and publicist. He devised the championship points system NASCAR used from 1975 to 2010,…