title: NASCAR: The Complete History 2017 Edition
author:  Auto Editors of Consumer Guide 
description: Established in 1967, Consumer Guide is one of the longest-running auto-review operations in the country. Our full-time editorial and review team has been gathered from every corner of the auto industry, including sales, repair, public relations, and market research. Our staff also reflects broad segments of the general population, including young professionals, parents, grandparents, city dwellers, and suburbanites-of every shape and size.
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  # Growing Up  
  NASCAR
  
  
  
  
  
  Racing’s Most Outrageous  
  Promoter Tells All
  
  
  Humpy Wheeler and  
  Peter Golenbock
  
  
  ![Image](../images/pub.jpg)
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [1 We Watched the Race Cars Go By](ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [2 The Scotch-Irish and the Segregated South](ch02.html#ch02)
  
  
  [3 Learning the Ropes](ch03.html#ch03)
  
  
  [4 Moonshine and Racing](ch04.html#ch04)
  
  
  [5 The Robinwood Speedway](ch05.html#ch05)
  
  
  [6 Slick](ch06.html#ch06)
  
  
  [7 Witness to Disaster](ch07_split_000.html#ch07)
  
  
  [8 When the Rubber Meets the Road](ch08.html#ch08)
  
  
  [9 Big Bill France](ch09.html#ch09)
  
  
  [10 Ralph and the Indian](ch10.html#ch10)
  
  
  [11 Bobby Allison](ch11.html#ch11)
  
  
  [12 Junior Johnson](ch12.html#ch12)
  
  
  [13 Driving for Junior](ch13.html#ch13)
  
  
  [14 Curtis and Bruton Go Bust](ch14.html#ch14)
  
  
  [15 Hired to Run the Charlotte Motor Speedway](ch15.html#ch15)
  
  
  [16 Bruton and I](ch16.html#ch16)
  
  
  [17 Dirt Poor Dale](ch17.html#ch17)
  
  
  [18 Dale and Richard Childress](ch18.html#ch