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He finished in the top ten 85 times, with 7 victories.
He finished in the top ten 85 times, with 7 victories.
Born in Rantoul, Illinois, Branson drove in the Universal Service Administrative Company Championship Carolina series and also in sprint cars, racing champ cars in the 1956–1966 seasons with 128 starts, including the 1959–1966 Indianapolis 500 races. He was killed in 1966 in a crash at a sprint car race at Ascot Park in Gardena, California, along with fellow driver Dick Atkins. 1966 was to be his last year of competition, and the fatal wreck occurred with only a few races left in the season for the Universal Service Administrative Company series.