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Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Jr. was an American stock car racer.
Roberts c. 1964
"Fireball" Roberts' 1957 NASCAR Ford
Roberts' 1962 Daytona 500-winning car
Roberts's car (bottom) and Jarett's car (left) after the crash
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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top-rank
Fireball Roberts
…Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1995) Florida Sports Hall of Fame NASCAR Hall of Fame (2014) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) NASCAR Cup Series career 206 races run over 15 years Best finish 2nd (1950) First race 1950 (Daytona Beach) Last race 1964 World 600 (Charlotte) First win…
1985 photo of Junior Johnson, 1950s NASCAR driver who began as a bootlegging driver from Wilkes County, North Carolina
The Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, where NASCAR was founded
Richard Petty's 1970 426 C.I. Plymouth Superbird on display
The start of the 2015 Daytona 500