- Billy Wade (NASCAR)
Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = William Wade
Birthdate = birth date|1930|2|28
Died = death date and age|1965|1|5|1930|2|28
Birthplace = flagicon|USA Houston,Texas
Cause of Death = Practice crash at Daytona
Best_Cup_Pos = 4th - 1964 (Grand National)
Cup_Wins = 4
Cup_Top_Tens = 41
Cup_Poles = 5
First_Cup_Race = 1962Daytona 500 (Daytona)
First_Cup_Win = 1964Fireball Roberts 200 (Old Bridge Stadium )
Last_Cup_Win = 1964The Glen 151.8 (Watkins Glen)
Last_Cup_Race = 1964Jaycee 300 (Augusta Speedway )
Awards = 1963NASCAR Rookie of the Year
Years_In_Cup = 3
Total_Cup_Races = 70Billy Wade (
February 28 ,1930 inHouston, Texas -January 5 ,1965 ) had a brief yet successful stint inNASCAR .a.k.a (Wade Lavender), Billy was the 1963
NASCAR Rookie of the Year for car ownerCotton Owens . He finished the season with 14 Top 10 finishes in 31 races.He won four consecutive races the following year for
Bud Moore Engineering betweenJuly 10 andJuly 19 ,1964 . He also accumulated 5 poles and 25 Top 10 finishes in his 35 starts.He died during a tire test at
Daytona International Raceway in 1965.External links
* [http://www.racing-reference.com/driver?id=wadebi01 Drivers statistics at racing-reference.com]
* [http://www.cottonowens.com/meet_wade.html Webshot of newspaper article on Billy Wade]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.