# ‘Humpy Wheeler, NASCAR's Greatest Showman, Dies at 86’

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919 "2025-08-24T23:04:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/1 "2025-08-24T23:04:21Z")

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[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/sports/autoracing/humpy-wheeler-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/sports/autoracing/humpy-wheeler-dead.html)

[https://archive.is/cnGLT](https://archive.is/cnGLT) for those who need an alternative URI. I didn’t; I don’t know why: I have no subscription.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/2 "2025-08-25T01:06:25Z")

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Already read it in another article.

NASCAR’s greatest promoter that helped it become so successful in the 80s to about 2007 or so. Humpy retired and the series has slipped since.

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**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/3 "2025-08-27T00:21:57Z")

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The series started slipping when Hendrick teams started winning events nearly every weekend of a season.

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/4 "2025-08-27T00:22:24Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> Already read it in another article.

Would you favor us with the URI?

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/5 "2025-08-27T12:49:44Z")

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> [@RandomTroll](#):
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> Would you favor us with the URI?

Why would you like to see that?

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humpy-wheeler-nascars-greatest-showman-dies-at-86/203919/6 "2025-08-28T10:03:42Z")

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> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#):
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> The series started slipping when Hendrick teams started winning events nearly every weekend of a season.

Nope, it was when Dodge pulled out of Nascar (both times)…  
🤣 😂 🤣😁