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Harry Gant’s Biography
by us44mt Harry Phil Gant was born on the 10th January, 1940 in Taylorsville, North Carolina. Street racing in the 1950′s Harry honed his skills on the country roads of Alexander County, North Carolina before beginning his career on a dirt track in Hickory, driving an old ’57 Chevrolet that he and his friends had [...]
Ralph Earnhardt’s Biography
by greywolf Ralph Lee Earnhardt was born on 23rd February, 1928 in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County in North Carolina, the youngest of four sons, to John Henderson and Effie Mae Earnhardt. The family were part of the farming community and on leaving school Ralph worked in one of the cotton mills for several years. The wages [...]
Richie Evans Biography
by delgaudm The undisputed “King” of the NASCAR Modified racing Richard Ernest Evans, known as “Richie”, was born on 23rd July 1941 in Westernville, New York where he lived with his family on his father’s farm.Always having a keen interest in cars Richie left the family home at the age of sixteen to begin training [...]
Red Farmer’s Biography
by coolfonzies One of the original legendary “Alabama Gang” Charles Lawrence “Red” Farmer was born on the 15th October 1932 (his birth year is uncertain) in Nashville, Tennessee, moving to Miami, Florida with his mother in the mid 1940s’ after his parents separated. It wasn’t until 1958 that Red moved to Hueytown on a part [...]
“Tiny” Lund’s Biography
by us44mt Not only was Tiny Lund a big man, standing around 6′ 6″, with a big grin he had an even bigger heart. Tiny was a very generous man, always willing to give to others who had less than him, he loved fishing, practical jokes and children. More than once Tiny was seen to [...]
Ernie Irvan’s Biography
by us44mt Ernie was considered to be a hard charger on the race track, setting out to win the race from the start to the finish. Born on the 13th January 1959 in Salinas, California Virgil Earnest Irvan began racing karts at the age of nine. His father, Vic, acted as his crew and instilled [...]
Ray Hendrick’s Biography
by us44mt Ray Hendrick, known as “Mr Modified”, was born in Richmond, Virginia on the 1st April 1929 and sadly died of cancer on the 28th September 1990. Ray was well known for his philosophy on racing that is “race anywhere and everywhere”. He was a prolific racer, competing in hundred of races across the [...]
Ned Jarrett’s Biography
by us44mt Ned Jarrett is part of one of the oldest families connected with NASCAR racing. He was born on the 12th of October 1932 in the heart of stock car country in Newton, North Carolina. He was one of four children and lived with his parents on their farm, even so Ned was introduced [...]
Jerry Cook’s Biography
by us44mt Gerald, known as Jerry or “Cookie”, Cook was born in Lockport, Western New York on the 31st July 1939. He started racing in New York, winning his first race at the age of thirteen, at first locally then moving his racing schedule to the original paved Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, New York. This [...]
