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NASCAR Hall of Fame Inducts First Class

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nearly two weeks after first opening its doors, the NASCAR Hall of Fame in downtown Charlotte hosted more than 2,300 people - from overall-clad moonshiners to champion drivers to fans dressed in souvenir t-shirts and flip-flops - who came together Sunday afternoon to induct the Hall's first five...

Junior Johnson - Last American Hero Is Hall of Famer

CONCORD, N.C. -- Smiling ear-to-ear, 78-year old Junior Johnson declared his selection for the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class "the biggest thing that's ever happened to me" in a storied career that included 50 race wins as a driver and six Cup championships as a team owner. When asked if being a Hall of Famer was how...

Say What? Martinsville Friday Quotes

Some sayings, thoughts, and quotables from Denny Hamilin's pole-winning Friday at Martinsville Speedway.Matt Kenseth wouldn't take the blame for Dale Jarrett's spin last week at Bristol, and apparently, they haven't talked. The 17 better watch out for the Big Brown Truck Sunday because 500 laps is a long time to go without...

Bristol By the Numbers

$5,551,106 - Size of the Food City 500 purse160,000 - Bristol Motor Speedway capacity - Sunday's race will be its 50th consecutive sell-out 2,429 - # of laps led by Jeff Gordon, the most of any active driver 2004 - Last time a driver won three consecutive races. That was Jimmie Johnson. Can he do it again?1992 - Year Food...

NASCAR Fanhouse Power Rankings: Bristol

a.k.a. The Bristol Sweet 16 COT Crapshoot 1. Kurt Busch. Bristol's snow angel has plans for a sixth drive to victory lane--the first on his ears of CORN. 2. Jeff Gordon. Along with Busch, has the most wins in Thunder Valley. This season he's just trying to keep up with the Johnson.3. Matt Kenseth. He's got three straight...

Junior Johnson News From the Web

05/23/12 Dreams and Reality: The Ultimate All-Star Field With... Source: The Frontstretch It never really occurred to me until the conclusion of the Sprint All Star Challenge Saturday night, but I've got a couple of beefs with NASCAR's exhibition weekend.
05/22/12 Previous NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees Source: That's Racin' Dale Earnhardt: Won 76 races in his career, the first in 1979 at Bristol, Tenn., and the last in 2000 at Talladega, Ala. ... Won seven season championships, tied for most all-time with Richard Petty.
05/17/12 NASCAR's golden age of cheating Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada I never learned to love stock car racing.
05/16/12 All-Star Moments: No. 4 â Jaws, Junior And The... Source: Racin' Today It's a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact â or maybe because of the fact â that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series' most memorable moments.
04/27/12 PREP PLAYOFFS: Purvis, Oak Grove win in playoffs Source: Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg MS PURVIS The Purvis Tornadoes scored six runs on six hits in the sixth inning to beat Newton County 9-4 in the Class 4A baseball playoffs Thursday night.

Background on Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. (born June 28, 1931), better known as Junior Johnson, is a retired moonshiner in the rural South who became one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s.

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