If you’ve ever wondered about David Pearson’s nickname the ‘Silver Fox,’ just watch the end of the 1974 Firecracker 400.
Pearson, who won 105 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, was always fast, but it was strategy and guile that made him near impossible to beat. And nowhere was that more clear than at Daytona International Speedway, where the key to winning was the unstoppable ‘slingshot’ move. Continue reading →
Cook, Isaac, Labonte, Smith, Turner Comprise Hall’s Seventh Class
NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016. The five-person group – the seventh in NASCAR Hall of Fame history – consists of Jerry Cook, Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte, O. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner. In addition, NASCAR announced that Harold Brasington won the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Next year’s Induction Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, broadcast on NBCSN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, live from Charlotte, N.C. Continue reading →
With NASCAR heading to the famous Talladega Superspeedway this weekend I went through and ranked my top-ten superspeedway drivers of all time. Let’s be honest, it is tremendously hard to rank anything related to all time drivers with the amount of talent seen through the years. So I’ve done my homework and came up with who I think are the best superspeedway drivers of all time: Continue reading →
In a record-setting season, one race stood above all for NASCAR Hall of Fame (NHOF) nominee Bobby Isaac. Despite setting a still-standing NASCAR record with 19 pole awards and winning a career-high 17 races, Isaac most cherished his 1969 season-ending victory at Texas World Speedway.
The two-mile track in College Station, Texas, was built as a ‘sister track’ to Michigan International Speedway, which also hosted its first NASCAR premier series race in 1969. Its inaugural race, the Texas 500, was dominated by NHOF nominee Buddy Baker who led 150 laps in a Cotton Owens owned Dodge. Baker coughed up the potential victory, however, when he crashed under caution trying to read the pit board with 21 laps remaining. Isaac was in position to snatch the win, and led 19 of the final 21 laps to end the season in Victory Lane. Continue reading →
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