- Dick May
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Dick May Born November 7, 1930
Harrisburg, North CarolinaDied June 9, 2009 (aged 78)NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career 185 races run over 16 years Best finish 15th - 1978 Winston Cup Series season First race 1970 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2 (Daytona International Speedway) Last race 1985 Northwestern Bank 400 (North Wilkesboro Speedway) Wins Top tens Poles 0 8 0 Dick May (November 7, 1930 - June 9, 2009) was a NASCAR driver who competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) between 1967 and 1985.
In the 1975 running of the Mason-Dixon 500, May drove five different cars but did not finish the race.[1] May began his racing career at the Watertown Speedway, where he was 1962 Track Champion.[2] May was inducted into the Dirt Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007.[3]
On June 9, 2009, May died following a long illness.[4]
References
- ^ goNASCARgo
- ^ The Legends of Watertown Speedway
- ^ DIRT Motorsports
- ^ "Former area driver May dies". Watertown Daily Times. 2009-06-11. http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090611/SPORTS01/306119979/-1/SPORTS. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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- 2009 deaths
- American racecar drivers
- NASCAR drivers
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