By Cody Dinsmore

Back in the mid 1920’s, a boy named Jimmy Mosteller was born in the rural part of Roswell, Georgia. He grew up around a farming community, where your friends and neighbors always were willing to help if needed and could be depended on. As a young boy, Jimmy was smart when it came to saving his money, he worked in soda fountains, general stores, on dairy farms, and also helped out by delivering goods and always willing to lend a hand. Before the sport of stock car racing swept him away, he also developed a love for riding horses where he was even a jockey for sometime in the late 40’s.

Jimmy grew up with Jack Smith, who became a national champion stock-car racer and a Nascar legend. Jack built Jimmy’s first car, a yellow 37’ Ford sedan with the top cut off; he bought it for only $50.