Junior Johnson decides to leave the troubling moonshine business for a promising career in racecar driving.  Junior's early racing success led to winning the 1960 Daytona 500.  His Daytona win help propel him to the front of an elite team of early NASCAR legends.

Junior Johnson decides to leave the troubling moonshine business for a promising career in racecar driving. Junior's early racing success led to winning the 1960 Daytona 500. His Daytona win help propel him to the front of an elite team of early NASCAR legends.

Junior Johnson Part One: Growing up in rural North Carolina

North Carolina, a state rich in history and tradition. It is the Old North State, the Tar Heel State, our state. Over the decades and centuries since its inception, our state has produced artists, writers, politicians and athletes that have erupted onto the national scene. UNC-TV captures on tape the biographical reminiscences of these extraordinary North Carolinians whose impact and vision have earned them national prominence and a place in history. These one-on-one conversations provide a rare and revealing look, offering unfiltered conversations with exceptional individuals telling their life stories. The format is direct and straightforward, with interviewers asking questions. Vintage and current photographs are used to help viewers visualize referred people and events.

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Junior Johnson Part One: Growing up in rural North Carolina

Junior Johnson Part One: Growing up in rural North Carolina