Now, 44, Alabama native Steve Grissom was one of NASCAR’s rising stars during the early 1990s.
Having won the All Pro late-model championship, Grissom graduated to the NASCAR Busch Series. He won his first of 11 Busch Series races in 1988, and he claimed the series championship in 1993.
Grissom advanced to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series full-time in 1994. He has 151 Cup Series starts to his credit with five top-five finishes and no victories.
Grissom, who has raced just once this season, has 307 Busch Series starts and 42 top-five efforts in that division.
Grissom’s son, Kyle, is an up-and-coming late-model driver.
Featured here (clockwise from top left):  Posing with his 1993 Busch Series Championship trophy; In the garage in 1996; Taking it easy on pit road in 1993; Celebrating his victory in the Busch Series opener at Daytona Int’l Speedway in 1996; In victory lane in 1995 at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he swept both events; At the track with car owner Gary Bechtel; Spending time with his son at the track. 
— NSSN Archives