No one knows for sure when Tim Richmond contracted HIV ... Then there was the time the Charlotte Motor Speedway arranged the Hayride 500, asking race teams to borrow their 18-wheelers to deliver ...

In true rebel fashion, he hired a plane to pull a banner over the track during the Daytona 500: "Fans, I Miss You -- Tim Richmond." "Colorful doesn't do him justice," Waltrip said, shaking his head.

A fella by the name of Jim Yates suggested they find a ride for Tim Richmond, a young, hot-shot driver who’d nearly won the Indianapolis 500 in May. On July 27, Richmond made his NASCAR debut ...

No one knows for sure when Tim Richmond contracted HIV ... Then there was the time the Charlotte Motor Speedway arranged the Hayride 500, asking race teams to borrow their 18-wheelers to deliver ...

Tim Richmond lived too fast, partied too hard and died too young. That's what many of us remember. But let's not forget this: He was one heckuva race car driver.