The STOCK CAR CLASSICS story begins with an eye doctor named Brinkley Whiteside, or “Doc”, to his patients and friends. Doc’s father took him to races when he was a boy, and he was enamored with the cars and stars of the NASCAR circuit.

In 2021, he and some friends got together and decided to form a group to celebrate their shared bond not just of buying and restoring, but of taking laps in the former chariots of NASCAR stars. Doc set up a Facebook page and, a year later, had over 9,000 followers and a subgroup of 15-20 Southeast-based car owners.