NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers: Those Destined To Be Legends

Fans watching the drivers in NASCAR's top tier are seeing the future legends in action.  They are witnessing history as it is being made. A legend can be defined as a story or person with historical significance enduring through generations among people. Those fortunate enough to have cheered for Pearson, Petty, Yarborough, Allison, and others of that era never realized the respect these drivers would garner as time moved ahead. The hard charging, cigarette smoking tough guys were just racers.  They provided entertainment with daring feats in actual stock cars, with little safety equipment on tracks with flimsy walls to contain them.  Now as history reveals, these men are legends to us. Jimmie Johnson has already made his mar...

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