Bobby Allison

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

A look at NASCAR Grand National stock car racing circa 1976-7. The stars include Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, and Buddy Baker, and includes upstart female racer Janet Guthrie. The sport in the mid-1970s was undergoing a surge of national popularity after Petty and Pearson crashed fighting for the win within sight of the checkered flag of the 1976 Daytona 500, telecast live on ABC Sports, and the surging interest triggered renewed media interest in the sport.

A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.

Documentary produced by Marty Robbins.

ilmmaker John Lyons Murphy offers a look into a side of auto racing history most corporate sponsors prefer to ignore in Moonshine To The Finish Line: The Unofficial Beginnings Of NASCAR, which includes rare footage of early stock car races, vintage photographs and interviews with racing legends Junior Johnson, Bobby Allison and Tiger Tom Pistone.