January 20th, 2012 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in It had rained during the overnight hours, and the morning air at Martinsville Speedway that October day, 1985, was damp. It was a gloomy start to the race weekend. Clay Campbell was sitting in his office behind the main grandstands at the Sprint Cup Series’ oldest track. The low-slung, power-house cars of the Modified Series [...]
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‘Rapid Roman’ Richie Evans Rode Orange Chariot Into History
Richard Ernest “Richie” Evans certainly was the face of NASCAR – and modified racing – in the northeast, winning an estimated 475 times in approximately 1,300 starts. It equates to a win in every three starts (a 36.5% clip), something unheard of in modern racing at any level. Evans will be inducted into the NASCAR [...]
True Grit – Yarborough Won With Heart And Determination
Many of the trophies Cale Yarborough won across a 30-year career in auto racing no longer exist. Some were lost in a 1988 fire at his Florence, SC automobile dealership, and others vanished when a propane gas tank explosion destroyed one of the outbuildings on his farm in Sardis, S.C. Not even a swath of [...]
Darrell Waltrip’s Long Ride Ends In Hall
Forty years ago, when Darrell Waltrip stepped into NASCAR’s top series as a raw-boned kid from Kentucky, he did not project the lovable, sometimes goofy persona millions of racing fans now see on motorsports television. Waltrip was an upstart, a fast-talking, hyper-active driver who knew exactly where he was going, thought he knew how to [...]
NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2012 Revealed
The third class of honorees will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night. The new members are: RICHIE EVANS: Called the king of NASCAR’s modified racing series, Evans was a nine-time champion of the modified division, including a stretch from 1978 through 1985 when he won eight consecutive championships. DALE INMAN: [...]
SPEED Premiering Darrell Waltrip Biography Special
When NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France called Darrell Waltrip’s name last October as a newly-elected member of the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame class, the three-time champion exuberantly bounded onto the stage, grabbed France’s face and kissed his cheek. A surprise to those in attendance? Hardly. Waltrip had made his passionate yearning to be [...]
SPEED To Air NASCAR Media Group-Produced Biography Series On 2012 Hall Of Fame Inductees
Emmy Award-winning NASCAR Media Group and SPEED announced today that a biography series of all five 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees will air on SPEED beginning this Friday, Dec. 9 with back-to-back shows featuring Cale Yarborough at 8 p.m. ET and Dale Inman at 9 p.m. ET. The remaining biographies, also produced by NASCAR [...]
Fireball Roberts and The Big 3
Remembering Fireball Roberts; The Big 3 Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 31, 2011) NASCAR Hall of Fame historian Buz McKim tells the story of Glenn “Fireball” Roberts. Matt Kenseth hates Martinsville. Martin Truex remembers. Greg Biffle pinpoints the Roush turn-around.
