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Title: Bill Blair Jr. oral history interview, 2007 October 11
Creator: Blair, Bill, Jr., 1938-
Date Created: 2007-10-11
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Distilling, illicit
Description: Bill Blair Jr. recalls the stock car racing career of his father during the late 1940s and 1950s. He describes Bill Sr.'s experiences growing up on a farm with his brothers near High Point, North Carolina. Bill Sr. dabbled in moonshine running and...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
Description: Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
Description: Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2016-08-10
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Aircraft accidents, Visits of state
Description: Bryant McMurray describes his career as a photojournalist and sports photographer and his lifelong involvement with the motorsports industry. He recalls his upbringing in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and early interest in photography and stock car r...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 2, 2016 December 14
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2016-12-14
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Cameras--Equipment and supplies, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Portrait photography, Photographic collections--Management
Description: In this second part of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the photographic equipment, camera models, and film types he employed throughout his career as a successful sports photojournalist as well as the techniques he used to captur...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 3, 2017 January 18
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2017-01-18
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers
Description: In this third installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the evolution of stock car racing from a hardscrabble, do-it-yourself sport to a multimillion dollar industry with highly paid celebrity drivers and lucrative corporate...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 4, 2017 April 26
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Subjects--Topical: Photography of sports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Motorsports--Marketing, Stock car drivers, Advertising campaigns, Sports--Public relations, Television--Production and direction, College teaching, Entrepreneurship
Description: In this fourth installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray describes his work in public relations and marketing campaigns for companies heavily involved with the motorsports industry such as STP Corporation, Hardee’s, and R.J. Reynolds....

Title: Eb Clifton oral history interview, 2008 March 11
Creator: Clifton, Eb, 1927-
Date Created: 2008-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Automobile mechanics, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Motorsports
Description: Eb Clifton recalls his 60-year career as a stock car racing mechanic and driver. After serving in the military during World War II, he opened a garage in King, North Carolina in 1949. Mr. Clifton describes how he learned to build race cars and fie...

Title: Everett "Cotton" Owens oral history interview, 2007 November 19
Creator: Owens, Cotton, 1924-2012
Date Created: 2007-11-19
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing--accidents, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors
Description: Everett "Cotton" Owens recalls his thirty-year career as a stock car racing driver, team owner, and mechanic. Mr. Owens got his start in racing during the 1940s by working on cars with friends and family members. He began driving with more regular...

Title: Harold Smith oral history interview 1, 2007 November 10
Creator: Smith, Harold, 1932-
Date Created: 2007-11-10
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Automobile racing, Drag racing, Automobile mechanics, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Alcohol trafficking, Automobile racing--Accidents
Description: Harold Smith recounts his experiences as a member of the motorsports community of Virginia. He discusses his work as a auto mechanic and drag racer for William Mason's organization during the 1960s and 1970s. Mr. Smith recounts building and operat...

Title: Harold Smith oral history interview 2, 2008 March 19
Creator: Smith, Harold, 1932-
Date Created: 2008-03-19
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Drag racing, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors--Modification, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing--Accidents, Automobiles, Racing--Maintenance and repair, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships
Description: In this second interview, modified stock car mechanic, pit crew member, and motorsports enthusiast Harold Smith reflects on his experiences in the racing community from the 1950s through the time of interview. Mr. Smith describes how he began work...

Title: Howard DeHart oral history interview, 2008 March 20
Creator: DeHart, Howard
Date Created: 2008-03-20
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile mechanics, Pit crew chiefs, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors
Description: Howard DeHart reflects on his life, the early days of NASCAR, and his career with the Holman Moody racing shop in Charlotte. Growing up on his family's farm in rural Virginia during the Great Depression, Mr. DeHart explains how his interest in mec...

Title: Rex White oral history interview, 2008 May 15
Creator: White, Rex, 1930-
Date Created: 2008-05-15
Subjects--Topical: Farm life, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Chassis, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Sports--Corrupt practices, Automobile racing--Psychological aspects
Description: In this interview, Rex White recounts his early life and his career as a stock car driver from the 1950s to 1965. He begins by describing his life growing up in rural Taylorsville, North Carolina, including experience working on his father's Ford ...

Title: T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7
Creator: Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
Date Created: 2005-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Stock car racing, Motorsports, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Photography--Equipment and supplies, Hasselblad camera, Photography--Techniques
Description: T. Taylor Warren reflects on his life, his photography career, and the early days of photographing NASCAR racing. He recalls his budding interest in photography as a boy and describes his education at Rochester Institute of Technology and the teac...

Title: T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
Creator: Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
Date Created: 2006-01-12
Subjects--Topical: Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
Description: Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...

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