Joe Penland : the story of a NASCAR champion : 1996 Mar. ; [typescript] / by David "Turbo" Thompson, Ph. D.

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Joe Penland : the story of a NASCAR champion : 1996 Mar. ; [typescript] / by David "Turbo" Thompson, Ph. D.

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Essay and text of interview in which champion stock car racer Joe Penland discusses his 27-year career marked by 311 wins; Penland raced from the mid-1950s until 1981; early in his career, drivers ran ca. 125 races each season, many on tracks in Lancaster, Columbia, and Greenville, S.C., as well as Asheville, N.C., Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla.; a native of Gray Court in Laurens County, S.C., Penland retired to West Columbia, S.C. Appendix includes photocopies of newspaper articles about Penland's success, ca. 1950s and 1960s.

1 folder [ca. 25] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) 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 ranked motorsports organizations in the world, and is one of the largest spectator sports in America. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and his son, Jim France, has been the CEO since August 2018. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Each yea...