Bob Flock
Bob Flock, the eldest of the three racing Flock brothers, won four Grand National races and finished second in the 1949 points standings – NASCAR's first Strictly Stock…
Category: Pioneers (1949–1971)
Herb Thomas
Herb Thomas was NASCAR's first two-time champion, winning titles in 1951 and 1953 along with 48 Grand National races. Driving his own 'Fabulous Hudson Hornet,' he was the…
Red Byron
Red Byron was NASCAR's first champion, winning the Modified title in 1948 and the first Strictly Stock championship in 1949. A decorated WWII veteran who flew 57 combat…
Fonty Flock
Fonty Flock won 19 Grand National races and finished second in the 1951 championship, part of the famous Flock brothers trio – with Tim and Bob – who…
Marshall Teague
Marshall Teague, the 'King of the Beach,' won seven NASCAR Grand National races and was a hero of the Daytona beach-road course era, famously dominating in the 'Fabulous…
Dick Rathmann
Dick Rathmann won 13 Grand National races, including the 1952 Southern 500, and was one of NASCAR's early Western stars along with his brother Jim, who became an…
Troy Ruttman
Troy Ruttman was just 22 when he won the 1952 Indianapolis 500, the youngest winner in the race's history at the time. The Oklahoma sprint-car prodigy later raced…
Johnnie Parsons
Born on the Fourth of July, Johnnie Parsons won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 and was one of America's top open-wheel drivers of the late 1940s, also competing in…
Jim Reed
Jim Reed was a Northeastern short-track star who competed in NASCAR's early Grand National years, part of the wave of drivers who helped the sport take root beyond…
Larry Frank
Larry Frank, a former Golden Gloves boxer and ex-Marine, won the 1962 Southern 500 at Darlington in one of the strangest finishes ever: Junior Johnson was initially flagged…