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The Smokey & The Bandit Guy

The Smokey & The Bandit Guy

Scott Willingham never intended to be the “Smokey and the Bandit Guy,” you might say it was divine intervention. Today Willingham is the owner of Scott’s towing in Lanett, Alabama. He’s married and he dotes on his three lovely children, but for Scott, life hasn’t...

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light

In an effort to restore the International Motorsports Hall of Fame to its past glory, the IMHOF is proud to announce that a forty-thousand-dollar lighting project has just been completed that is sure to enhance the experience of everyone who visits the museum. More...

A Million Reasons to Visit the IMHOF

A Million Reasons to Visit the IMHOF

By: Mike Raita, Executive Director of IMHOF Museum As the International Motorsports Hall of Fame gets ready to entertain race fans headed to the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on the last weekend of April, I want to share with you one of my best memories of...

Blazing Toward the DAYTONA 500

Blazing Toward the DAYTONA 500

Glenn Roberts is the kind of name your accountant, insurance agent, or butcher might have.  I recently saw an article ranking the ten best nicknames in the history of NASCAR. Mr. Excitement (Jimmy Spencer) was on the list. So was Awesome Bill from Dawsonville (Bill...

Dale Earnhardt: The Best and Worst of Daytona

Dale Earnhardt: The Best and Worst of Daytona

By Mike Raita, International Motorsports Hall of Fame Executive Director Before becoming the Executive Director of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in July of 2020, I was a television sportscaster for the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama. In that role I...

IMHOF Remembers Stanley Smith

IMHOF Remembers Stanley Smith

Alabama racer Stanley Smith passed away on December 9, 2020 due to complications from interstitial pneumonia. He was 71. Inducted into the Alabama Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012, which is housed inside the IMHOF, Smith began his racing career in 1972. In 1989,...

Lyn St James

Lyn St James

  Families traveling during the holiday season now have a special treat just off I-20 in Alabama. The Ford Thunderbird that made history with a record speed of 212.577 mph around Talladega Superspeedway in 1988 with driver Lyn St. James behind the wheel, is now...

David Pearson Passing

David Pearson Passing

“All of us at Talladega Superspeedway have the family and friends of our good friend David Pearson in our thoughts. Not only was he one of the greatest our sport of NASCAR has ever seen behind the wheel, but he was a character like no other with his mischievous...

Dan Gurney Passing

Dan Gurney Passing

   Talladega, AL -​Dan Gurney, a member of the inaugural 1990 class of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, passed away January 14, 2018. He was 86 years old. Gurney did just about everything. He won Grand Prix races, he won NASCAR races, he won Indy...

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