In the wake of Jimmy Carter’s death at age 100, the former president’s NASCAR connections have been mentioned in many of the reflections. President Carter’s love of NASCAR was genuine and ...

The late former US president, who passed away in December at age 100, was a lifelong racing fan, who frequently made the long treks to tracks like Sebring to appreciate the sights and sounds as much ...

was also a fan of the NASCAR stock car racing series, and may very well have been the only US President to have been employed by the racing series. Jimmy Carter’s family inhabited the region we ...

Jimmy Carter won the presidency in 1976. To fulfill a campaign promise, in the summer of 1978, invitations went out to drivers and other NASCAR figures to visit the White House. As it turned out ...