1965 -- 05/08/1965 Junior Johnson__Charlotte Observer File Photo Observer file photo His first stock-car race came by chance, NASCAR said, citing North Wilkesboro Speedway founder Enoch Staley.

Forever immortalized by Tom Wolfe's short story "The Last American Hero is Junior ... me a-haulin." Johnson will tell you with a straight-on, dead-level look that Stock Car racing was a comedown ...

Junior Johnson, a stock-car racing giant whose career spanned the ... RELATED: Junior Johnson’s life in photos Johnson’s earliest aspirations were first aimed at a different professional ...

Junior Johnson is a name in the NASCAR community that will always be considered a legend. Although he never won a Cup Series championship in his career, he made a name for himself as a title ...

Junior Johnson had a very sharp-looking car for the 1963 Daytona 500, but he and car owner Ray Fox suffered disappointment over a bad distributor that dropped them out of the race on lap 26.

Bill Elliott had one win in 1994 driving for Junior Johnson and it came ... to smoke toward the end of the race. Luckily for Elliott and Johnson, the car held together and they closed the day ...

Bootlegging was, rather, a night job, and actually racing the cars for prize ... and winning driver Junior Johnson (R) hold the Daytona 500 winner’s trophy. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives ...

Stock-car racing ... or off the track, that Junior Johnson had. For this top-notch driver, successful team owner, gentleman farmer and transporter of illicit whiskey, racing was always about ...

HAMPTONVILLE, N.C. — Junior ... car culture and car symbolism in the South. A wild new thing.” Johnson was 33 years old when Wolfe wrote about him in 1963. In those days, his own stock-car ...

Forever immortalized by Tom Wolfe's short story "The Last American Hero is Junior ... me a-haulin." Johnson will tell you with a straight-on, dead-level look that Stock Car racing was a comedown ...

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson ... 1977 and 1978 with Johnson. “He could drive a moonshine car and he could drive a race car, too.” Johnson liked to race up front, said Yarborough, who ...