Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews (February 14, 1932 – October 2, 1996) was an American NASCAR driver, car owner, and builder.
[2] Matthews served as car owner for several of the biggest names in NASCAR in the 1960s and 1970s, including Fireball Roberts, A. J. Foyt, Junior Johnson, Donnie Allison, and Cale Yarborough.
[3][2] He first worked for Holman Moody's Ford Motor Company factory team before starting his shop called Banjo's Performance Center in Arden, North Carolina in 1970.
"[2] Matthews had failing health for his last two years, and he died in a nursing home in Hendersonville, North Carolina on October 2, 1996.
He also received the Buddy Shuman Award for his contributions to the sport, the Smokey Yunick Award for his mechanical ability, and was inducted in the inducted National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Hall of Fame in 1996.