At Talladega in 1982, some random guy told everyone he was a veteran driver, scammed a car from Sterling Marlin, and raced as "LW Wright" despite never driving a race car before.

Now you can watch his race, in high quality on NASCAR's YouTube channel. 😁
I love this starting lineup graphic. Remember when networks used to introduce the starting positions?
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