He has not won a race since 1984. His last championship came in 1979. But Richard Petty's big sunglasses, cowboy hat and that ...
NASCAR was a well-kept southern secret until a massive snowstorm trapped the Eastern Seaboard indoors on Feb. 18, 1979 — the day of the first-ever live, flag-to-flag national broadcast. As over 15 ...
In 1979, the incidents on the final lap of the Daytona 500 catapulted NASCAR into the national sports spotlight, and its popularity exploded due to Cale Yarborough fighting with brothers Bobby and ...