NASCAR Race Legends - Fireball Roberts

While he is considered one of the first superstars of NASCAR there is no doubt Fireball Roberts was its first Legend. And he remains, along with Dale Earnhardt Sr., at the top of the list of NASCAR's legendary drivers that are no longer with us. He has also taken into account, along with Fred Lorenzen, the greatest driver never to win a NASCAR Cup title.

Roberts amassed 32 wins, including the 1962 Daytona 500, in a career that spanned 15 seasons before his untimely death in 1964 byIncurred injuries in a fiery accident. He was the first NASCAR driver to nine victories on the major race tracks to achieve. Roberts had natural physical skills, and while he was noted for his bravery Super Speedway, he could drive the short title, and ran from door to door with Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett and Joe Weatherly.

Always ahead of his time was Robert's not the stereotypical NASCAR driver. He was an engineering student at the University of Florida.He loved classical music and he loved to dance. He loved to fly his plane Comanche splash in the stock market and participate in Jai Alai, both as spectators and a player.

Fireball the second to Bill Rexford in his rookie season in the then and the beginning of NASCAR. He divided his time between the NASCAR Grand Nationals and the NASCAR Modifieds for five years before he only NASCAR Grand National race. In his first year back in 1956, won five races and Robertsfour poles to the end of the score in the sixth. He ran only 10 times in 1958 but had six wins, one second and a third, and finished 11th in the score Despite missing almost 80% of the races.

He won several times over the years, but it was on the fast, exciting new super highways, picking up in the late 50s and early 60s, where he began his brand. "His favorite was Darlington and Roberts honed his skills Super Speedway and became one of the best bigTrack drivers of his era. He won the Rebel 300 in 1957 and 1959 and the Southern 500 in 1958 and 1963. In 1960 he won the Dixie 500 at Atlanta International Raceway. His 1962 Daytona 500 and July Firecracker 400 victories has his faith to Super Speedway fame and made him the first to sweep the highway to two events in one season.

He came to Charlotte in 1964 for the 600th World He started in the middle of the pack, but at the beginning of the race he crashed and tried to avoidWreck before him. His famous No. 22 Holman-Moody Ford hit the retaining wall, flipped, and burst into flames. Roberts suffered burns over 80% of his body and survived only 37 days before he succumbed to pneumonia and died on 2 July 1964. Fireball has legendary status as a racing driver and will endure the test of time, because he certainly unique.

Brad Keselowski Huge Airborne Crash at Atlanta 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 500

Brad Keselowski's huge crash from the final laps at Atlanta. In what can only be described as low move ,with just 6 laps to go Carl Edwards spins Brad on purpose at high speed. You don't need to have an exam in aerodynamics to find out what's going to happen...



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NASCAR Race Legend - Rex White

Rex Allen White, like many other pioneers of racing, was born in the deep south, where moonshine running in abundance. In Taylorsville, North Carolina, where he grew up, he would lie awake at night and listen to the sound of cars roaring through the night, running alcohol. He was, as the drivers were able to maneuver around curves and steep curves and amazed at how their cars to handle such speeds. Rex was a small man, only 5'4'', but would be a great master in the world ofRacing. He suffered from polio as a child and was left with a crippled leg, but the Rex is not slow at all. At age 8, he was already working on the Model T. He just wanted his family, things go faster. At 15, he scraped together some money and headed for Washington, DC. Having a racing poster at the gas station, where he gained his interest in the sport of its peak. He crawled under the fence to see at the track events on the ground, and soon worked his way up to a mechanic.Lastly, he began to race and win. He was ready to take his skills to the next level, which meant the way back south to his roots.

In 1956, Rex entered the world of Grand National races. He took a Chevy, removed the wheel covers, has a roll bar and a safety belt and painted an "X" on the side of the car. He finished the 22nd his first time out of 76 riders. This year, he totaled two p.m. top-ten finishes. In the 9 years that he won, Rex won more races than any other driver. That includedbig names such as Lee and Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, Ned Jarrett, Joe Weatherly, Junior Johnson, and Buck Baker. 1960 was another successful year for Rex. He won six races and the Grand National Championship. 1961 and'62 were not bad, he won 15 times and became 2nd and 5 in the championship.

In his era he was a hero and Chevrolet NASCAR consistent driver, with 163 top-ten rankings of the 233 races he ran. He was chosen Driver of the Year and one of the Top Fifty NASCARDriver. Rex White retired from racing in 1964 while driving for Bud Moore. His retirement was quite sudden and it was speculated that the increasingly dangerous speeds on the route, which were affecting him. He was only 35 years old and in the prime of his career so his retirement remains a bit of a mystery. Nevertheless, he went up in flames of glory. In his last two starts, he finished in 3rd Charlotte's World 600 and the 5th for the Dixie 400 in Atlanta, where he was fastest in qualifying146.024 mph, if you ask his competitors, they tell you that no one could set up a race car better than Rex White. He overcame a life of poverty and a physical disability and a force to be reckoned with and NASCAR champion.