Got Your Number: Wood Brothers Racing Made the No. 41 a Winner
By Ben White For nearly 70 years, Wood Brothers Racing has built the iconic No. 21 into one of the most successful car numbers in NASCAR history. Late into the 1965 season, team owner Glen Wood fielded the team’s customary maroon and white paint scheme on a second entry out of his Stuart, Va. shop. His choice of driver was fellow Virginia native Curtis Turner, a longtime popular star that had been banned from NASCAR since 1961 due to a dispute with its founder, Bill France Sr., over driver unionization. As a way to boost attendance, France finally agreed to reinstate Turner…