Bill Elliott at Darlington Raceway in 1987. Elliott was a five-time winner at the historic 1.366-mile track, including three Southern 500 victories and a season sweep of its events in 1985. His remarkable Darlington record consisted of 52 Cup starts with only four races listed as DNF. He completed 97.8% of his laps there running 17,477 of a possible 17,868. He finished 42.3 % of the time in the Top 5 and 67.3% in the Top Ten. This photo appeared in the book, "50 First Victories - Nascar Drivers' Breakthrough Wins," by Al Pearce and Mike Hembree.
Cale Yarborough leads Darrell Waltrip through turn four at the February 29,1976 Carolina 500 at Rockingham, NC. Yarborough would win the first of his three in a row Winston Cup Championships this year. In this race Richard Petty would win by two laps over Waltrip in second and Yarborough in third. The 492-lap race would take 4:24:08 to run with five cautions for 45 laps. Petty would lead the final 220 laps of the race in his win. Both of these cars are listed as Chevrolets in the race rundown. Getting a close look here at the different detail work on the grills and duct work on the noses of the two cars gives an insight into the license teams had when bringing a car to the track in these days.
Dale Earnhardt Sr just before the 1990 fall race at Richmond. He would start sixth and finish first that day. He would win nine races on his way to that year's the Winston Cup Championship. He had been shut out of the championship since 1987. In 1990 he would win the fourth of his seven Winston Cup Championships. This photo appeared in the book, "Unseen Earnhardt - The Man Behind the Mask."
