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The article profiles Chrysler-Plymouth executive Robert Anderson who helped his team win in the Daytona 500 Stock Car Race in 1966. Anderson developed the merchandising plans for the Plymouth car that was used by the firm in the race. It states that he managed to maintain a cool exterior on the observation tower as well as in the pit area. According to the author, he also improved the sales performance of the firm by 46.7 per cent.

The article reports on the growing popularity of stock car racing in the U.S. established by the National Association for Stock Car Racing Inc. (NASCAR). Data shows that NASCAR has approved 1,029 races on 93 tracks in 1952, with money paid to drivers reaching 1.2 million U.S. dollars. Automobile makers in Detroit, Michigan are reportedly keeping their attention on stock car racing as a potential marketing channel. Promoters are reportedly planning to launch team races to improve fans attendance.

The article discusses the author's experience as an automobile racer. He had won the championship in the American Automobile Association stock-car racing in 1954 and 1955. The author considers car racing as a business in which he gained money and excitement. He was disqualified from the 500-Mile Memorial Day race in Indianapolis, Indiana after his car failed to make necessary mechanical adjustments during test runs.

The article profiles Jody David Scheckter of East London, South Africa who won the four straight Formula 5,000 races as of 1973. According to British racer Brian Redman, Scheckter has an eccentric style and he can handle early models of automobiles sideways in every corner. His victories in South African stock-car racing took him to Europe in the Formula 5,000 1971 season. Even if many athletes considered him as a rookie, he already had 95 points and he won 87,350 U.S. dollars at the tournament.

The article highlights the Atlanta 500 stock-car racing event held in Hampton, Georgia on April 1, 1973. The race was won by stock-car racer David Pearson. It details the accident that left race car driver Richard Petty spinning in smoke. The article highlights the performance of the other race car drivers including Andy Granatelli, A. J. Foyt and Mark Donohue.

The article highlights automobile company Ford Motor Co.'s participation in stock-car racing to promote its vehicles. There are Ford cars or, at least, Ford engines in nearly every type of competition. Most Formula 1 cars are powered by Ford. According to the author, a growing number of Ford engines are being utilized in the so-called weird, fuming, hydra-headed, supercarbonated, twinkle-cammed drag machines. In 1968, Ford got 23.7% of the 9.4 million cars sold in the U.S.

The article profiles stock-car driver Cale Yarborough, who won the Firecracker 400 Grand National stock-car race held at the Daytona International Speedway on July 4, 1968. He is said to be one of the likely three to succeed in such career, including Lee Roy Yarbrough and Buddy Baker. The 400 was Yarborough's third consecutive victory at Daytona.

The article reports on the victory of stock car racer Bobby Allison in the Southern 500 race held at the Darlington International Raceway in South Carolina in 1966. It details a tumble incident involving Allison and Curtis Turner during the race. It provides a comparison between modified circuit racing and the Grand National racing. Allison won the first two Grand Nationals of his career during a northern tour in July 1966.

The article covers issues on sports in the U.S. as of September 1962. Racing driver Larry Frank was found to be the winner of the Southern stock car race held at the Darlington International Raceway in South Carolina on May 1 after a review of scoring cards revealed that he was deprived of one lap in the scoring. Coach Darrell Royal offers 30 minutes-break for his team members at the University of Texas. Golfer Mike Wolveridge reportedly failed to win money in 31 tournaments he had participated.

The article focuses on stock care race driver Julius Timothy Flock of Hapeville, Georgia. Flock's estimated income for the 1952 season is 40,000 U.S. dollars. At the 1952 final race sponsored by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) held at West Palm Beach in California, Flock competed against defending national champion Herb Thomas. Flock has earned enough starting and lap points to edge Thomas for the national title.

The article reports on the famed Brickyard car driving competition in Indianapolis, Indiana. It mentions that 56 drivers compete for 33 starting positions in the fastest, scariest, and most intriguing Memorial Day 500 competition. It notes that participants in the competition include Lloyd Ruby who hit 165.2 meters per hour (mph), Dan Gurney, who blasted the track at a fantastic 167.2 mph, and Mario Andretti, who came enticingly close at 169.7 mph.

The article discusses the highlights of the second pan-American stock-car race in Mexico. The race, sponsored by Mexico's National Automobile Association, is a five-day, 1,933-mile event. Participating teams include the U.S., Canada, Peru, Colombia, Italy, Venezuela, France and Mexico. The race's winner was Italy's Piero Taruffi. Alberto Ascari, another Italian, was runner up.

The article reports on the first California 500 automobile racing event to be held on Ontario Motor Speedway outside Los Angeles, California. The event has been designed on the pattern of the Indianapolis 500. Various U.S. automakers have different take on automobile racing. While General Motors Corp. insists that it does not directly sponsor car racing, Chrysler Corp. is supporting stock car racing and runs drag clinics.

The article presents information on the stock cars race in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The five eighth mile of hard-packed red clay out front is the fastest track of its size in the southern region of the country. The thirty weirdly decorated cars over in the pits are tuned for rapid transit, and the 10,000 people who jam the premises are not out for a rest cure.

The article reports on Richard Petty's victory at the Dixie 500 car racing in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the article, he won the cash prize amounting to 20,560 U.S. dollars to become the richest stock-car racer in the history. He beat Bobby Allison in the last 28 laps, making the event his 13th Super Speedway win. After his Dixie 500 victory, Petty's 1971 earnings totaled to 189,295 U.S. dollars.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of competing and winning at the stock car racing in Rockingham, North Carolina held in November 1967.

The article features Richard Petty, who is considered as a big man in southern U.S. as he got no contemporaries in the area aside from the still-active-but-has-seen-his-end Curtis Turner. Petty had always ruled the Daytona 500, which is one of the most glamorous event of stock car racing and a win from it could make a driver's year. His father, Lee, has won the first race of the Daytona 500 in 1959, which makes it already a given that he would win the 1964 title.

The article presents updates on sports for the week of July 12, 1965. In golf, Carol Mann of Tow-son, Maryland won the National Women's Open Championship at the Atlantic City Country Club ahead by two strokes over Mrs. Kathy Cornelius of Rancho Santa Fe, California. Makoto Sakamoto, a Los Angeles high school won the all-round men's division and the six events he joined at the National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Men's Gymnastics Championships in Cleveland. A. J. Foyt won the Firecracker 400 Grand National stock-car race in a factory-backed 1965 Ford.

This section offers news briefs on sports as of September 1962. Racing driver Larry Frank won in the Southern 500-mile National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) race held in Darlington, South Carolina. The Japanese team made a lead over 16 other countries in the Fourth Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia by winning gold medals in volleyball and tennis. Businessman and sportsman William J. Clothier died at the age of 80 after suffering from a series of strokes.

The article explains the success of Indy 500 racer Rufus Parnell Jones, who drove a Buick stock passenger car to win the race in 1962. During the 150-mile-per-hour (mph) qualifiers, Jones broke a lap record by riding less than 1 minute. His car was powered by an Offenhauser engine that performs at 400 horsepower (hp) and has a solid-axle roadster chassis created by Frank Kurtis.

The article focuses on the success of Bill France who made Daytona, Florida the capital of stock-car racing. It states that France decided to concentrate on the promotion of stock-car races and together with some friends formed the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), which has sanctioned numerous races around the world. It notes that France also made enemies along the way by banning General Motors' fuel injection system and Chrysler's hemi-head engine from the races.

The article focuses on Richard Petty who was noted born with a silver spanner wrench in his mouth in relation with his interest and achievements in stock-car racing, similarly with his father Lee. It relates on the continuous achievements of Petty, including Southern 500 where he won his 21st race, noting that his retired father has won 54 Grand National races. It also refers Petty as an innovator for his styles in racing, particularly in braking and shifting.

This section presents a schedule of television and radio broadcasting of sports events in the U.S. from September 28 to October 7, 1956, including the Davis Cup in Forest Hills, New York, the U.S. Auto Club stock car racing in Vonelli, California, and the Track & Field National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) marathon in Yonkers, New York.

The article discusses the 250-mile Road America stock car race held at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The 15,000 U.S. dollar leg on the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing's (NASCAR) Grand National championship is said to be extraordinary because it was held on a road course where American stock cars will have to prove that their brakes and suspension systems are tough enough to withstand the 62-lap grind. Winner of the race was Julius Timothy Frock in his Mercury, racing at an average of 71.485 miles per hour (mph)

A calendar of sports events from June 15-24, 1956 is presented which includes the NASCAR 100-mile Grand National Championship Circuit Race in North Carolina, the Olympics Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Horse Racing Grand Prix de Paris at the Longchamps Track in Paris, France.

A calendar of sports events to be aired in the U.S. from May 4 to May 13, 1956 is presented including the Great Lakes Autorama in Cleveland, Ohio, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Grand National Championship Circuit car race in Columbia, South Carolina, and Judo World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

This section presents news briefs related to sports in the U.S. compiled as of August 1972. David Pearson won the Yankee 400 stock car race held in Cambridge Junction, Michigan. Thirteen-year-old Jean Balukas and 27-year-old schoolteacher Steve Mizerak won their respective divisions in the seventh U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championships held in Chicago, Illinois. Mary Budke defeated Cynthia Hill in the 36-hole final of the U.S. Women's Amateur golf tournament.

The article reports on the rescheduled Indy car racing in the stock-car racing division of the U.S. Auto Club (USAC). It cites Gordon Johncock who led Bobby Unser who in turn was in close pursuit with Mario Andretti. Bobby led for five laps before pitting to replace a rear tire while the lead changed between Andretti and Johncock. Gary Bettenhausen led for 40 laps until he lost ignition on the backstretch midway through lap 78. Joe Leonard was proclaimed winner giving him a commanding lead in points for his second straight USAC driving championship.

This section offers sports news briefs in the U.S. and in other countries as of July 1972. Bobby Allison won the Dixie 500 stock car race in Hampton, Georgia. Sandy Satullo won the Hennessy Grand Prix boating race off Point Pleasant, New Jersey in his 36-foot boat named Cigarette Copper Kettle. Lyudmila Bragina broke the women's world record for the 1,500-meter race when she won the race in the Soviet championships in Moscow, Russia.

The article features several personalities and the events or activities that they are involved in. It cites the case of singer Sammy Davis Jr., who was victimized by Gaetano Vastola, a crime figure in New Jersey. Jerry Lucas, a basketball player from the New York Knicks team, will host a children's educational television magic show. Singer Marty Robbins participated at the Winston 500 Grand National stock-car race in Alabama with his 1972 Dodge car.

The article reports on the victory of stock car racer Richard Petty on his Plymouth sports car in the 13th annual running of the 500-mile season opener of Daytona 500 held at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida in February 1971. In an effort to reduce the speed of big stockers, a restriction on carburetor size was imposed by National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) boss Bill France. Petty won 203,000 U.S. dollars in prize money defeating A. J. Foyt, who ran out of gas during the race and teammate Buddy Baker.

The article focuses on the victory of Lee Roy Yarbrough in the Daytona 500 stock car race held at the Daytona International track in Florida in February 1969. He has defeated Charlie Glotzbach, whom he trailed for the previous 14 laps. Don MacTavish of New York died a day before the event after he lost control of his vehicle. The decision of Yarbrough to make a move at the entrance of the third turn has led to his victory.

The article offers sports news briefs. In basketball, the Chicago Bulls was said to be in a position to hire the first foreign national to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In dog shows, a 7-year-old Afghan was Best-in-Show at the Ox Ridge Kennel Club's event held at Darrien, Connecticut. In stock car racing, Richard Petty registered his 14th stock-car race of the season win at the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville, Virginia.

The article discusses details of racing in the Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 stock car-race that was won by Cale Yarborough was said to be memorable due to its numerous racing accidents. Several of the mishaps that happened include Mario Andretti's and Buddy Baker's car ending in a violent crash and spinning in the infield in front of the grandstand, Richard Petty's Plymouth losing a molding around his windshield, and Donnie Allison hitting a wall that crumpled his Ford's suspension.

The article reports on the victory of Plymouth driver Richard Petty in Daytona's stock car 500 in Florida. Petty, the 1964 champion, led all qualifiers with a mark of 175 miles-per-hour and won a full lap ahead of second-place Cale Yarborough's Ford, the 1965 champion. Petty skipped the 1965 season after Daytona International Speedway proprietor and promoter Bill France banned the Plymouth and Dodge hemi-head engine.

The article presents a brief profile of stock-car racer Larry (Butch) Hartman. Hartman has won the United States Auto Club (USAC) stock-car championship for the last four years and is gunning for a fifth title. However, nobody is aware of his achievements, which the author says is the best-kept secret in auto racing. It is noted that even his own home state of Ohio hardly appreciates his accomplishments. Hartman wishes to be recognized outside the USAC's race tracks.

A calendar of radio and television broadcasting of sports is presented which includes the broadcasting of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Grand National Division 100-mile Race in Rochester, New York on June 13, 1958, the Newport-to-Bermuda 635-mile Ocean Race on June 14, 1958 and the American Power Boat Association Canyon Country River Marathon boat race in Greenriver, Utah on June 15, 1958.

This section offers world news briefs related to sports in September 1957. Jerry Unser of California won the U.S. Auto Club (USAC) 100-meter national championship stock car race in Du Quoin, Illinois. Charley Joseph scored a 10-round decision win over Charley Smith in their middleweight boxing match in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in their National Football League (NFL) exhibition game.

A 1954 calendar of sports events for the week covering August 27 to September 2 is presented, including a Baseball Little League World Series final in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 27, a National Association for Stock Car Association Grand National 100-meter race at Raleigh Speedway, North Carolina on August 28, and an exhibition football match between the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Cardinals at San Francisco on August 29.