Bill Blair (racing driver)
Bill Blair was an American stock car racing driver in the 1940s and the 1950s, and he was one of the pioneers of NASCAR.Racing career
Blair started his racing career as a bootlegger in the 1930s. In 1939, he began racing at the newly-constructed High Point Speedway, and he opened his own track Tri-City Speedway after World War II.
Blair won three NASCAR Strictly Stock/Grand National races:
Blair, Jimmie Lewallen, and Fred Harb are the subject of the independent movie Red Dirt Rising" which is based on the book Red Dirt Tracks: The Forgotten Heroes of Early Stockcar Racing by Gail Cauble Gurley.
