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His is a name that NASCAR fans would probably not recognize. Yet, he did arguably as much for the sport of NASCAR as any star driver ever did. While Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and other big name drivers were attracting fans on the track, he worked tirelessly behind the scenes helping to keep fans informed about their favorite sport.
The name Jim Hunter doesn’t appear in any NASCAR stat; he never won a race, nor lead a lap.
Jim hunter nascar biography for kids
Yet without him, NASCAR would not be as popular as it is today. Jim spent nearly his entire life around NASCAR, after an early life far from the racetrack.
As a young man, he was a football and baseball player at the University of South Carolina but was soon attracted to motorsports.
Hunter was the sports editor of the Columbia (SC) Record newspaper.
He also had an award-winning stint at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was a columnist for Stock Car Racing magazine. He also authored a number of books, including a widely read biography on NASCAR