Before She Died, Louise Smith Revealed The 5 Drivers She Hated Most | Louise Smith

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Before She Died, Louise Smith Revealed The 5 Drivers She Hated Most

Louise Smith won 38 races in NASCAR’s earliest days — and she did it against five men who never made it easy for her. This is the story of the drivers who shared her world on the dirt tracks of the 1940s and 50s: Fireball Roberts, the sport’s golden boy who got the spotlight she never did. Ralph Earnhardt, whose quiet, surgical driving sent a message without a word. Curtis Turner, the reckless star who fought for the men’s interests but never hers. Buck Baker, the two-time champion she once defended in a brawl despite everything. And Lee Petty, NASCAR’s first dynasty builder, whose unspoken standard shaped the sport she was fighting to be part of. Louise broke bones, survived a 36-minute extraction from a wreck, and waited until she was 83 for the Hall of Fame to finally call. She beat every one of them. Then she outlived them too.