Career
He began stock car racing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He made 43 starts in three professional seasons and earned $17,018. He was a resident of Pensacola until his death at the age of 69.
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The great success achieved there led him to Fayetteville, North Carolina and to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Grand National (now Sprint Cup). His rookie year 1958, he had one win at State Lincolnshire Speedway, 12 top five finishes and 22 top ten finishes in 29 starts with car owner Spook Crawford. He won the first stock car race at the Daytona International Speedway, a 100-lap qualifying race in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Convertible Division, which gave him a second place start in the first Daytona 500 in 1959.
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