Race Weekend Central

NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: Stars of the ’60s & ’70s

LeeRoy Yarbrough

LeeRoy Yarbrough in 1968. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

Fred Lorenzen, Bobby Isaac and more are up next in our recurring series.

NASCAR 101: Most Dominating Coca-Cola 600 Performances

2015 Charlotte I Cup Jeb Burton Jimmie Johnson Casey Mears Credit Amy Henderson

Photo Credit: Amy Henderson, Frontstretch

This weekend marks the 56th running of the Coca-Cola 600, or, for longtime fans of the sport, the World 600. The premise of the race when it first began was simple: pit man against machine. What would tire first: an overworked engine or a weary driver? 400 laps of exhausting wrestling of the steering wheel …

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