Category: Legends in Brief

Bugsy Stevens (May 11, 1934 – May 20, 2024), born Carl Steven Berghman of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, won three consecutive NASCAR National Modified championships (1967–1969) driving the Boehler family's…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Raymond Parks (1914–2010) was NASCAR's first championship car owner. His Atlanta-based team fielded Red Byron, winner of the inaugural Strictly Stock championship in 1949, and Parks himself was…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…