Tiny Lund
DeWayne 'Tiny' Lund – 6-foot-6 and 270 pounds – won the 1963 Daytona 500 driving for the Wood Brothers, just weeks after pulling fellow driver Marvin Panch from…
Category: Pioneers (1949–1971)
Billy Wade
Billy Wade was NASCAR's 1963 Rookie of the Year, and in 1964 he won four consecutive Grand National races for Bud Moore – a streak that announced him…
Wendell Scott
Wendell Scott was the first African-American driver to win a Grand National race, taking the checkered flag at Jacksonville in 1963. Racing on a shoestring budget with his…
Bobby Isaac
Bobby Isaac won the 1970 Grand National championship and 37 career races, most driving the winged Dodge Daytona for crew chief Harry Hyde. In 1971 he set 28…
Fireball Roberts
Glenn 'Fireball' Roberts was one of NASCAR's first superstars, winning 33 Grand National races including the 1962 Daytona 500. Handsome and charismatic, he helped bring the sport national…