In the early 1980s, Tim Richmond hit the NASCAR circuit and most immediately noticed that he was an outsider. He wasn't your typical good-old-boy driver. Richmond came from money, and he showed it off with his fancy clothes and Hollywood friendships. Richmond—and his crazy antics—brought loads of publicity to NASCAR, which they loved. But when Richmond got a stunning diagnosis, the folks at NASCAR could not get far enough away from their golden boy driver.






