Friday

81-year-old NASCAR driver will outdrive you punk kids any day

All the talk these days is about how amazing it is that half-century-old Mark Martin is winning races. To which I say, pshaw! There’s a driver out there who was winning races years before Martin was even born, and he’s getting back on the track. Hide the women and children, Hershel McGriff is back!

McGriff, a NASCAR on-and-offer for most of his life, won 4 races in 85 Sprint Cup-level starts, and ran all over the country in every series you could imagine, and some you probably don’t even want to know about. He raced in 27 seasons over more than 40 years, occasionally pausing his career for family or other reasons. When he stepped away from NASCAR He now manages a copper mine near Tucson, Arizona, but since sitting behind a desk doesn’t give you the same juice as sitting behind a wheel, he’s still got a competitive urge flowing.

- Yahoo!