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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: 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: Ned Jarrett oral history interview 1, 2007 June 6
Creator: Jarrett, Ned, 1932-
Date Created: 2007-06-06
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Automobile racing, Automobile racing drivers, Farm life, Automobile racing--accidents, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Pit crews, Success
Description: In this first of two interviews, Ned Jarrett recalls his driving career in stock car racing during the 1940s through 1960s. He talks about his experiences growing up on a farm in Catawba County in North Carolina. Mr. Jarrett explains that he learn...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 1, 2007 April 4
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Distilling, Illicit, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobile mechanics
Description: In this first of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum describe the racing career of their father, Gordon Mangum, in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon Mangum raced primarily on Virginia short tracks several times a week during a four month raci...

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: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 1, 2009 May 6
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-05-06
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile racing drivers, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Description: In this first of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens recalls his career in stock car racing as a mechanic and parts distributor during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Growing up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mr. Owens first became involved in rac...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 2, 2009 September 3
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-09-03
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobiles--Parts
Description: In this second of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens continues to discuss his career as a mechanic and parts distributor in stock car racing from the 1960s into the 1990s. Mr. Owens describes the operations of the Holman-Moody racing team. His ...

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: 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 ...