Sam Ard
Sam Ard dominated the Busch Series like no one before or since, winning back-to-back championships in 1983 and 1984. He won 22 races in just three seasons in…
Category: Winston Cup Era (1972–2003)
Bobby Hamilton
Bobby Hamilton won four Winston Cup races, including an emotional 2001 victory at Talladega, and captured the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series championship as an owner-driver – one of…
Jack Ingram
Jack Ingram was the king of NASCAR's junior series, winning five championships: three straight Late Model Sportsman titles (1972-1974) and two Busch Series crowns (1982, 1985). The Asheville…
Coo Coo Marlin
Clifton 'Coo Coo' Marlin made 165 Winston Cup starts as a Tennessee independent, nearly pulling off a stunning upset win at Charlotte in 1973. He was better known…
Lennie Pond
Lennie Pond was the 1973 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year and won his only Cup race at Talladega in 1978, driving for Harry Ranier. The Virginia native…
Butch Lindley
Butch Lindley was a short-track ace who won back-to-back NASCAR Sportsman Division championships in 1977 and 1978, plus six Busch Series races. The Greenville native was one of…
James Hylton
James Hylton was the 1966 Grand National Rookie of the Year and a two-time Cup winner who famously raced into his seventies, competing in ARCA as an independent…
Rob Moroso
Rob Moroso was the 1989 Busch Series champion and the 1990 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, a wealthy young driver with genuine talent who had just begun…
Grant Adcox
Grant Adcox was a Tennessee independent who raced in Winston Cup through the 1980s, a regular in the garage who competed against the sport's biggest names with a…
Slick Johnson
Russell 'Slick' Johnson made 125 Winston Cup starts as an independent driver from North Carolina, a journeyman who raced hard against better-funded teams through the late 1970s and…