She had tried for more than a year not to think about this day. She had school to focus on, songs to record, a driver’s license to earn. She didn’t want to fly halfway across the country to fight for ...

On a blustery December Wednesday in Washington, DC, hundreds of protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court to advocate for trans rights. “I came out here to show my pride and support ...

For as long as there have been organized stock car races, there has been a long rap sheet of hucksters, swindlers and con artists who have associated themselves with racing: some with get-rich-quick ...

He’s one of the most famous NASCAR drivers of all time, even though he only completed 13 laps in his career. L.W. Wright was an unknown racer who entered and qualified for the 1982 Winston 500 at ...

The superspeedway at Talladega is massive and has a capacity for 175,000 people in its stands. The track is 2.66 miles long and its curves are a steep 33-degrees. So could L.W. Wright race around the ...

L.W. Wright, a con man, convinced Coo Coo Marlin and his son Sterling to sell him a race car and act as his pit crew chief for the 1982 Winston 500 at Talladega. Wright falsely claimed to have a ...

L.W. continued to obfuscate (a fancy word for hemming and hawing) right up to qualifying time. His first lap was good enough to make the race, 36th of 40 starters. He smacked the wall on his second ...

L.W. Wright was a con man who talked his way into a car and onto one of the fastest tracks in all of NASCAR at Talladega. The man qualified for the race but he vanished after receiving a black flag ...