The Bryant McMurray motorsports photographs collection contains images of motorsports races, personalities, and events shot between 1969 and 2016. Capturing the speed and danger of NASCAR, IMSA, Grand Prix, and other races, boisterous victory lane celebrations, pit crews in the heat of action, and the rambunctious spirit of motorsports fans in the grandstands, the collection offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of motorsports culture in its unvarnished heyday that spotlights a range of diverse participants. Making their appearance in innumerable candid shots and portraits in the collection are stock car racing luminaries like Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough and Dale Earnhardt, track owners and mechanics, sportscasters and beauty queens, politicians and movie stars, and ordinary racing fans whose fierce devotion and loyalty to racing continue to fuel the sport. Whether taken from a distance or at close range, shot in [...] Read more