Career
Hall was also involved in the moonshine trade in north Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s, and would compete in three events in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Strictly Stock Series shortly following its formation. Hall"s racing skills were honed though his prowess at moonshine-running in the hills of northern Georgia. A mechanic described Hall"s driving style as ".. what a brake was".
His first major stock car race was at Lakewood Speedway near Atlanta, Georgia on November 11, 1938.
He was credited with a fifth-place finish. Hall would beat France again on the Daytona course in June 1946, leading to France choosing to retire from driving in favor of promoting races exclusively.
Not long afterwards, he was arrested, charged, and convicted for a $40,000 bank robbery that took place near Atlanta. Sentenced to six years in prison, Hall was released after three years for good behavior.
Hardened by the experience, Hall returned to compete in the newly formed National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Strictly Stock series at North Wilkesboro Speedway in October 1949, finishing sixth.
Two weeks later in a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Modified race at Tri-City Speedway, Hall suffered a serious accident, leaving him in the hospital for over a month. Hall would return to the track at Darlington Raceway in 1952, driving a DeSoto in the Southern 500 and finishing forty-eighth in a field of sixty-six cars. He would drive only one further race in his career, at Lakewood Speedway in 1960, where he crashed.
He then retired, becoming a car dealer in Atlanta, and died in 1991.
Through his exploits moonshining and racing, Hall became a Southern legend. In addition to being considered "one of the best early stock car racers", ballads were written about him by Blind Willie McTell and Jim Croce.
National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time * – Most laps led)
= Grand National Series =.