The NASCAR touring series that began in 1982 as Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series then evolved through several names involving the Busch beer sponsorship, is known today as the NASCAR Xfinity Series. When you look at a chart that lists who won the Series' championships and who the championship crew chiefs were from 1982 to 2021 only one name is the same in both columns, Jack Ingram. He's listed as the championship car owner too. Jack Ingram did it all, winning two championships and thirty-one races and a place in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Here he's getting his car ready for the spring race at Darlington in 1986. This photo appeared in the book "Second To None: The History of the NASCAR Busch Series," by Rick Houston.
Ray Hendrick in the Junie Donlavey #90 in the 1978 Permatex 300 at Daytona International Speedway. He would start 5th and finish 4th in the race. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007 and in 1998, he was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers. During his 36-year career in motorsports he collected more than 700 victories.
In April of 1980 I visited the home of Ray and Janet Hendrick with Randy Hallman to photograph Ray in his trophy room for an article Randy was writing for the Richmond News Leader. We had heard that it was very special, and we weren't disappointed. Ray is said to have won more than 700 races and there were trophies covering the walls around the room. Among them were trophies from Talladega Superspeedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Langhorne Speedway and the Moyock Dog Track. And since he is first on the all-time winners list at Martinsville Speedway with 20 wins between 1963 and 1975, there were some grandfather clocks. We set this one up with the checkered flag since one was waved over Ray and whatever car he was driving, every time he won one of these beauties. Interestingly this is not the image made that night that was used in Randy's article, the one that was used is seen on this site too.
