Neil Bonnett
Race Car Driver
One of NASCAR's top drivers in the late 1970s and '80s, he won 18 races, finishing nearly half the time in the Top Ten.
He began as a protege of Bobby Allison and later became part of the their Alabama Gang.
A 1990 crash at the the Darlington International Speedway in South Carolina nearly sidelined him for good, but he made a comeback and continued racing.
He had a son and a daughter with his wife Susan.
He made an appearance in the 1990 film Days of Thunder, starring Tom Cruise.