found: Legends of NASCAR, 2003:title page verso (Jason Mitchell is a veteran NASCAR Winston Cup Series freelance writer who resides in Concord, North Carolina. Mitchell was born August 14, 1972, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. His family moved to North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. He graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, in 1996. Upon graduation, Mitchell became assistant sports editor at the Wilkes Journal-Patriot. He spent four years as the motorsports writer with the Independent Tribune in Concord.)