Larry Phillips may be the greatest NASCAR driver you never knew

When you think of the most successful drivers in NASCAR history, names like Petty, Earnhardt, and Pearson come to mind. Well, there is one driver who competed locally that regularly makes the list for people in-the-know, and you may have never even heard his name.

Larry Phillips from Springfield, Mo., is one of the greatest stock car drivers who ever lived, and he had much of his success here in the Kansas City area.

So why haven’t you heard of him? Well, he only raced one event in what is now called the Sprint Cup series, that in 1976. He was not a media mogul, an attention hound, or a socialite. In reality, he was a crabby loner. But his accomplishments on the short tracks of the Midwest are nothing short of legendary.

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