Bill Snowden

Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Bill Snowden
Birthdate = May 6, 1910 | Birthplace = St. Augustine, Florida
Died = |1957Cause of Death = |unknownAwards =
Achievements =

Best_Cup_Pos = 9th - 1951 (Grand National)
Cup_Wins = 0
Cup_Top_Tens = 15
Cup_Poles = 0
First_Cup_Race = 1949 Charlotte Speedway
Last_Cup_Race = 1952 Central City Speedway (Macon, Georgia)
Total_Cup_Races = 24
Years_In_Cup = 4

Bill Snowden (born May 6 1910-1957 was a NASCAR driver from St. Augustine, Florida. He was one of the racers who career was interrupted by World War II. He was nicknamed "Wild Bill" and the "Florida Hurricane". [cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/opinion/02/17/jmenzer.daytona.legends/index.html|title=Daytona legends recall good ol' days on beach|last=Menzer|first=Joe|date=2007-02-17|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=2008-07-09]

Snowden competed on various circuits before NASCAR was organize, and he had second place finishes at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1941 and 1948. [cite web|url=http://www.racinhistory.com/gallery.asp?photo=53|title=Bill Snowden|publisher=Racin History|accessdate=2008-07-09] He competed in NASCAR's Strictly Stock/Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) races between the series' inception in 1949 and 1952. He had 15 Top 10 and 5 Top 5 finishes in those 24 races.cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=snowdbi01|title=Strictly Stock/Grand National Driver's statistics|publisher=Racing Reference|accessdate=2008-07-09]

NASCAR career

In the series' first year in 1949, he competed in four of the eight events, with three Top 10s and a season-best fifth place finish at Occoneechee Speedway at Hillsboro, North Carolina. Snowden finished 11th in the season points.

Snowden competed in four events in the next season, finishing 40th in season points with 2 Top 10s. His season-best fifth place finish happened at Charlotte Speedway.

Snowden had a career-best ninth place season points finish in 1951. In 21 starts, he had 9 Top 10 finishes with two career-best fourth place finishes at Martinsville Speedway and Speedway Park in Jacksonville.

1952 was Snowden's final season in Grand National. He competed in four events, with one Top 10 with his sixth place finish at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia. Fireball Roberts raced one event in Snowden's car that season, and Banjo Matthews used Snowden's car in three events with one fifth place finish at Darlington Raceway.cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/owner?id=snowdbi01|title=Bill Snowden's NASCAR Owner's statistics|publisher=Racing Reference|accessdate=2008-07-09]

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