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Reed finished the highest in championship standings in 1959 being 9th place overall and the lowest in 1963 being 139th place overall for the year.
Reed finished the highest in championship standings in 1959 being 9th place overall and the lowest in 1963 being 139th place overall for the year.
Reed has raced 16,299 laps (and successfully led 1428 of them) – the equivalent of 14,017.3 miles (22,5587 km) from his humble beginnings 1951 to his final National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing season as a driver in 1963. His total career earnings is $16,299 ($125,98064 when adjusted for inflation). His average career start was 12th and his average career finish was 16th.
A wreck while driving a Ford in late in the 1963 Grand National season caused a broken vertebrae.
Reed eventually retired from National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. People who suffer from broken vertebrae usually end up paralyzed, deceased, or both. Reed performed the best at short tracks and restrictor plate tracks.
Finishing 11th on average while finishing in a mediocre 34th on average while driving on tri-oval intermediate tracks. In 1965, Reed left the motorsports scene to start a truck dealership.
While it started out as a General Medical Council dealership, the business eventually moved onto selling Mitsubishi trucks as General Medical Council trucks became less desirable.
Sales have mostly been either the first or second best in the Peekskill, New York region.