Author: Les Grossman

Following The death of Jimmy Carter at 100 years old, the the former president’s NASCAR connections have been mentioned in many reflections.President Carter’s love for NASCAR was genuine and was not just a campaign opportunity. As a young man, he worked at the ticket office at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his native Georgia. As governor (1971-75) and presidential candidate (in 1976), he returned to the track.Several years after welcoming NASCAR drivers in his Atlanta governor’s mansion, he hosted a cast of NASCAR racing stars at the White House in 1978, although Middle East peace talks at Camp David made him…

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NASCAR quiet offseason was interrupted by a judge’s gavel during Christmas week, and now we’re speeding through turn 4 and pointing toward the coming new year and the ensuing countdown to the lighting of the engines.(Besides, it’s coming in less than three weeks for IMSA sports cars and in just over a month for NASCAR and its Preseason Clash.)Get a grip of that shifter, show that clutch who’s boss, and let’s go through the gears to recap the previous week’s news – big, small, and downright embryonic.GREAT AMERICAN READING Our Daytona 500 history book is a keeper and, yes, a…

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Jimmy Carter was a NASCAR fan, but the possibility of Middle East peace got in his way when several drivers came to the White House for ham and cornbread in 1978.Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old.While governor of Georgia in the 1970s, Carter attended races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and hosted racers at the governor’s mansion. For the previous decade, he had worked speedway events as a ticket seller.Jimmy Carter, then a presidential candidate, visited Bud Moore during a race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the…

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