RacingOne//Getty Images Rex White poses with his 1959 Chevrolet ... Daytona Beach resident Bill France began promoting stock car racing along the beach south of in his adopted hometown.

Standing at just 5-foot, 4-inches, Rex White is a monster of a man in terms ... and if you're short in a race car with your funds and doing the work yourself, you don't race until the end of ...

When Johnson saw that the track had no GUARD RAILS, he refused to drive the car! Rex White is a VERY humble ... who ONLY won one race. The points system was as screwed up then as it is NOW!

He set out to do so and first drove race cars in 1954 at the state’s West ... Reflections Retired Observer motorsports writer Tom Higgins on Rex White: I first saw him: On Sept.

So was Rex White ... This was in June of 1959 in a 150-lap race on the 1-mile dirt at Lakewood Speedway near Atlanta. The future king of stock car racing didn’t get to enjoy the “first ...

“Gettin’ old, for some reason,” Rex White acknowledges ... one of the three drivers remaining from the 250-mile stock car race held that day on a road course, of all things, in Wisconsin ...

While Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick has been making ... NASCAR Hall of Famer Rex White drove the No. 4 to his first NASCAR Premier Series championship in 1960, winning six races and beating ...

Rex White of Taylorsville, North Carolina, won the 150-lap race after inheriting the lead ... a disappointing seventh but managed to nurse his car across the start-finish line.

Jeremy Clements' Darlington throwback will honor 1960 Cup Champion Rex White’s “Gold Thunder ... our #RideWithJeremy Fan car. Please see Jeremy Clements Racing on Facebook or ...

Two of Elliott's achievements are likely to be topics of stock car racing discussion for many ... Weatherly the nickname "Clown Prince of Racing". White, 85, is the oldest surviving Cup champion.