Elmo Langley

Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Elmo Langley
Birthdate = birth date|1928|8|21
Died = death date and age|1996|11|21|1928|8|21
Birthplace = flagicon|USA Landover, Maryland
Cause of Death = heart attack
Best_Cup_Pos = 5th - 1969 (Grand National) and 1971 (Winston Cup)
Cup_Wins = 2
Cup_Top_Tens = 193
Cup_Poles = 1
First_Cup_Race = 1954 Southern 500 (Darlington)
First_Cup_Win = 1966 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
Last_Cup_Win = 1966 Old Dominion Speedway
Last_Cup_Race = 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 (Dover)
Years_In_Cup = 27
Total_Cup_Races = 536

Elmo Langley (August 21 1928 - November 21 1996) was a NASCAR driver and owner. He was born in Landover, Maryland. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.

Racing career

Langley began his racing career racing modified cars in Virginia and Maryland in 1952. Langley came in to NASCAR as a Driver/Owner in 1954. In 1966 in partnered with Henry Woodfield and created Langley-Woodfield Racing. That same year Langley won the only two races of his long career. After the second race of the 1969 season, Langley and Woodfield split and Langley continued to run team on his own returning to the driver/owner role. He finished in the Top-10 in season points from 1967 until his final full season as a driver for Langley Racing in 1975 (except 1974). He continued to drive in a few select races until 1981 when he hung up the helmet for good. Langley shut down his team after the 1987 season.

External links

* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=langlel01 Elmo Langley's Drivers Statistics]
* [http://racing-reference.info/owner?id=langlel01 Elmo's Langley's Owners Statistics]
* [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/loudfast/writeweb/elmo.htm Photo and Biography]
* [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=7227&FS=NASCAR-CUP Press release on Langley's death]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e67jjvNI608 Elmo getting played with by Dale Earnhardt]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qQg9tsovo Elmo and Rusty having fun]