Wright falsely claimed to have a successful racing background and fabricated connections to country music stars to secure funding and a way into a NASCAR race. A Tennessean columnist's ...

On this very date 40 years ago, a man named L.W. Wright competed at stock car racing's highest level on its fastest racetrack, starting 36th and finishing 39th in one of NASCAR's crown jewel ...

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 ...

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 ...

And then, there's L.W. Wright. For 40 years, Wright has stood as one of the most mysterious and dubious characters in the history of NASCAR. Wright entered the 1982 Talladega 500 with a team based ...

Star Race, featuring the best Cup Series drivers in the sport. Joey Logano is the winner of the All-Star Race on ...

LW WRIGHT PART ONE: The long Talladega con: How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track The AdventHealth 400 is running at Kansas Speedway. The race started just after 2 p.m. CT on ...

Here are the results from the NASCAR Kansas race. LEGEND OF L.W. WRIGHT: The long Talladega con: After getting a black flag, would LW Wright outrun the law?

Wright said when he was in his 20s and early 30s, he raced short tracks in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series. He told everyone he had 43 starts. He also said he ran "outlaw" races ...