NASCAR 75: No. 10 in a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
To fulfill a campaign promise, in the summer of 1978, invitations went out to drivers and otherAs it turned out, Carter missed the big evening at the White House because he was at nearby Camp David working on a Mideast peace agreement.
Carter was not considered a favorite in presidential speculation, and many in NASCAR assumed he wouldn’t remember the promise even if he happened to move into the White House. President Jimmy Carter was known to invite NASCAR drivers to the governor’s mansion when governor of Georgia.As a bright moon watched over the festivities on a nearly perfect September evening, NASCAR drivers and officials partied with White House officials and news media representatives.
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