Thomas Taylor Warren, known as "T" to his friends, has been a part of NASCAR since its formative years. He got into photography at the age of ten, while playing with a card-board box, pretending it was a camera (with no film). By the time he got into high school, he was using a real camera, developing photos in his own darkroom. Afterwards, he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, where he learned more about the craft of photography.

T's introduction to auto racing came by way of his brother, who bought a midget race car and took it to a race in the Washington, D.C. area, where he was living at the time. From that moment on, T was hooked motor-sports photography. Since then he has combined his two passions and established himself as one of the most important photographers in NASCAR. Over the years, he has become a fixture on the racing circuit, working with the biggest names in the sport. Among his accomplishments in the sport was his photograph of the finish of the inaugural race of the Daytona 500. It was a very close finish and the officials declared Johnny Beauchamp the winner. However, once T developed his photos it was clear that Lee Petty nudged out Beauchamp. After three days of investigation by a number of officials and additional photographic evidence, NASCAR officially declared Lee Petty to be the real winner. In 2006, the International Racing Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama, conferred on Warren the Henry T. McLemore Award for achievement in journalism. Previously, this award had only been given to writers and broadcasters, so presenting it to a photographer is a first for the IRH and the McLemore Award.

More information of the collection is available in the T. Taylor Warren Collection Inventory.