Paul Goldsmith
Paul Goldsmith was a rare two-sport star: an AMA motorcycle Hall of Famer who won the Daytona 200, then switched to stock cars and won nine Grand National…
Category: Pioneers (1949–1971)
Darel Dieringer
Darel Dieringer won seven Grand National races in the 1960s, driving for top teams including Bud Moore and Junior Johnson. The Indianapolis native was a versatile, hard-nosed competitor…
Charlie Glotzbach
'Chargin' Charlie Glotzbach won four Grand National races, including the 1968 National 500 at Charlotte, and set a world closed-course speed record at Michigan in 1969. The Indiana…
Friday Hassler
Friday Hassler – born on a Friday, hence the name – made 28 Grand National starts as a Tennessee independent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, part…
Ralph Earnhardt
Ralph Earnhardt never raced in NASCAR's top division, but he was a short-track legend, winning more than 350 features and the 1956 NASCAR Sportsman championship. His relentless work…
Fred Lorenzen
Fred Lorenzen, 'The Elmhurst Express' and 'Golden Boy,' was one of NASCAR's first Northern stars, winning 26 Grand National races including the 1965 Daytona 500. Driving for Holman-Moody,…
Marvin Panch
Marvin Panch won 17 Grand National races, most famously the 1961 Daytona 500 driving for Smokey Yunick. In 1963 he survived a fiery crash at Daytona only because…
Lee Petty
Lee Petty was the patriarch of NASCAR's first family: a three-time Grand National champion (1954, 1958, 1959) with 54 victories, including the first Daytona 500 in 1959, decided…
Curtis Turner
Curtis Turner, called 'the Babe Ruth of stock car racing,' won 17 Grand National races with a hard-charging style that made him one of the sport's first true…
Joe Weatherly
Joe Weatherly, the 'Clown Prince of Racing,' won back-to-back Grand National championships in 1962 and 1963, driving for Bud Moore. Known as much for his pranks and partying…