Patrick "Pat" Kirkwood was a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Grand National Driver from 1949 to 1957.
Education
Kirkwood completed 1479 laps and 1,899.6 miles (3,0571 km) of stock car racing action during his four non-consecutive year career. On average, Kirkwood started and finished a race in 15th place with a total career earning of $3290 ($27,71942 when adjusted for inflation).
Career
As a driver
In 1956, Kirkwood finished 56th in the entire season"s championship standings. However he did worse in 1957 with a final result of 178th in that season"s championship standings. Funding for teams and drivers were so sparse back then that none of the teams could race in all eight races of the 1949 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Strictly Stock season.
As an owner
Kirkwood was also briefly a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing owner who had his vehicles race in one race in the 1949 season in addition to four races in the 1952 season.
The vehicles under his ownership managed to earn two finishes in the top five, two finishes in the top ten, one pole position, 764 laps of racing, and 971.9 miles (1,5641 km) of experience. With an average start of 14th and an average finish of 15th, Kirkwood"s vehicles had an average finish for the time.