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The race was completed with an average speed of 101.074 mph (two hours, 38 minutes) at the.533-mile track.
The race was completed with an average speed of 101.074 mph (two hours, 38 minutes) at the.533-mile track.
Charlie holds one of the oldest race records in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. He has the record for fastest pace at Bristol Motor Speedway for a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing race. He was also known as "The Chargin" Comet" and "Chargin" Charlie". Glotzbach required relief during the middle of the race from Friday Hassler.
The track is known for a high number of cautions.
His first National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup race was in 1960. While never running a full Winston Cup schedule, he ran a partial schedule every year from 1967 to 1975.
The most he ran in a single year was in 1968, when he raced in 22 of 48 events. In 1969 he finished second in the Daytona 500 after being passed on the last lap by LeeRoy Yarbrough.
In late 1969, Glotzbach received broken ribs and was shot twice after firing an employee of his trucking company.
He returned the next season and continued to run competitively with one of the bullets still in his upper arm. (American Broadcasting Company Wide World of Sports Broadcast, 1970 Daytona 500)
Glotzbach set a World Record of 199.466 mph in September 1969 at Talladega, driving the Chrysler Engineering #88 Dodge Charger Daytona. His last National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup race was in 1992, a season when he competed in seven events.
He has four wins and 12 poles in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing and his last attempt was in 1994 for the inaugural Brickyard 400 when he did not qualify.
He also attempted to qualify for the 1969 and 1970 Indianapolis 500 races, but failed to qualify for both. Glotzbach now runs a truck sales business named "Charlie"s Truck Sales" in Sellersburg, Indiana.
In a charity legends race on March 20, 2010, Glotzbach was involved in a horrifying crash at Bristol Motor Speedway. He T-boned the drivers" side of Larry Pearson at near full speed after Pearson spun.
Both drivers were injured, but none are life-threatening.