Dick Passwater

Dick Passwater
Born	Indianapolis, Indiana
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
20 races run over 2 years
Best finish	25th - 1953 (Grand National)
First race	1952 Motor City 250 (Michigan State Fairgrounds)
Last race	1953 Southern 500 (Darlington)
First win	1953 Race #5 (Charlotte Speedway)
Last win	1953 Race #5 (Charlotte Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 14 0

Richard "Dick" Passwater (born July 25, 1925) is a retired American racecar driver who raced in NASCAR and USAC.

Born in Indianapolis, Passwater started racing after World War II, and was active in the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] He won the fifth race of the 1953 NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) season at Charlotte Speedway in his 1953 Oldsmobile.^[2] He won the race after most of the top contenders either fell out of the race or had to make a late pit stop at the 3/4 mile long dirt track.^[3] The race saw a then-record six drivers take the lead with 18 lead changes.^[3] One of Passwater's Oldsmobiles is in a museum in Lansing, Michigan.^[1] He retired because car owner Frank Arford had died in a crash in Langhorne, PA while attempting to qualify for the race. Passwater's generosity of letting the owner race backfired, and he returned to Indianapolis. He campaigned a self-owned Olds for his last race in the '53 Southern 500, finishing ninth.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Interview, Fall 2001, Jet Trust News, Retrieved July 5, 2007
2. ^ Driving statistics, Retrieved July 5, 2007
3. ^ ^{a b} (NASCAR) Timelines at Fireball Roberts' website, Retrieved July 5, 2007

External links

• Interview

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Name	Passwater, Dick
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Date of birth	July 25, 1925
Place of birth	Indianapolis, Indiana
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