NASCAR Dads For Obama

Junior Johnson, pretty good get.

Junior Johnson is one of the founding fathers of NASCAR.  Tom Wolfe's story, Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamlined Baby was about Junior.  He was a convicted Moonshiner and when they talk about how NASCAR grew from the high speed cars of the moonshine era, Junior is one of those guys.  He was also one of the biggest and best cheaters in NASCAR. Even late in his car owner career (early 90's) he got caught cheating with one of his cars and they suspended him for a month.  His wife ran the team for him until he came back. As a car owner in the sport, guys Like Darrel Waltrip and Bill Eliott drove for him.  As his legend has grown he has become rather beloved by the race fans. I never saw him race but I have watched him working the pits in Charlotte when he was still active in the sport. 

From this Kos diary.