Before he became “The Intimidator”, before the black #3 struck fear in the hearts of competitors, Dale Earnhardt drove to his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship in a blue and yellow 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Visitors to the...

    In 1987 a rookie driver assumed control of the Ranier/Lundy #28 Ford Thunderbird. He carried with him the legacy of a last name made famous by his father and uncle, two drivers who had found success on NASCAR’s grandest stage. The driver,...

    The past and present of NASCAR will converge on stage during the International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 24.     Standing side-by-side will be Raymond Parks, owner of the car driven by Robert "Red"...

    Ralph Seagraves liked to refer to himself as being "just a little ol' cigarette salesman from Winston-Salem."     In reality, he was much, much more than that. A longtime employee with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Seagraves was at...

    When the International Motorsports Hall of Fame holds its 2008 Induction Ceremony on Thursday April 24th, the attendees will include a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, a pair of drivers who combined for a total of five NASCAR Cup...

    Everett "Cotton" Owens was a two-timer. And proud of it.     Owens had a successful career in the 1950s and early '60s as a stock-car racer, followed by an equally notable career as a car owner.      "I'm...

    Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins isn't one for small talk, he prefers to let his actions do the speaking for him. Throughout his career, those actions have sent a clear message, Bill Jenkins can build a winning drag car and he can drive it too....

    As a child in the early 1900s, Frank Kurtis helped his father work in a Colorado blacksmith shop, repairing horse-drawn buggies that still plodded through the Western mining towns.     Forty years later, Kurtis was designing race...

    In a way, NASCAR racing began with Robert "Red" Byron. After all, Byron is credited with winning the first NASCAR-sanctioned race (in 1948) as well as the inaugural NASCAR championship (in 1949).     And he did it all with a bum...

    Before there was Evel Knievel, there was Art Arfons, a superman daredevil in his own right. But whereas Knievel concentrated on leaping tall buildings, Arfons was more interested in going faster than a speeding bullet.     Though...