Bill Blair (NASCAR)

Infobox NASCAR driver


Name = Bill Blair
Birthdate = birth date|1911|7|14|mf=y
Died = death date and age|1995|11|2|1911|7|14|mf=y
Birthplace = flagicon|USA High Point, North Carolina
Cause of Death = Unknown
Best_Cup_Pos = 4th - 1949
Cup_Wins = 3
Cup_Top_Tens = 54
Cup_Poles = 1
First_Cup_Race = 1949 Charlotte Speedway
First_Cup_Win = 1950 Vernon Fairgrounds (Vernon, NY)
Last_Cup_Win = 1953 Daytona Beach
Last_Cup_Race = 1958 Lakewood Speedway (Atlanta)
Awards =
Years_In_Cup = 10
Total_Cup_Races = 123

Bill Blair (July 14, 1911 in High Point, North Carolina - November 2, 1995) was an American stock car driver in the 1940s and 50s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR.

Wins

Blair won three NASCAR Strictly Stock/Grand National (now Sprint Cup) races:

June 18, 1950 - Blair piloted a 1950 Mercury owned by Sam Rice to victory in a race at Vernon Faigrounds in Vernon, NY.

April 20, 1952 - Blair drove a 1952 Oldsmobile owned by George Hutchens to his second win at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, GA.

February 15, 1953 - In his final series victory, Blair drove his 1953 Oldsmobile to victory lane at the Beach & Road Course in Daytona Beach, FL. [ [http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=2343811&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=6.1.1: Film of 1953 Daytona Beach event] ]

Memorial

Blair, Jimmie Lewallen, and Fred Harb are the subject of the upcoming independent movie "Red Dirt Rising", which is based on the book "Red Dirt Tracks: The Forgotten Heroes of Early Stockcar Racing" by Gail Cauble Gurley. [ [http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070715/NEWSREC0112/707150308/1066/NEWSREC0112 Movie tells stories of race drivers and the community they live in] ; Jamie Kennedy Jones, July 15 2007, Greensboro News & Record; Retrieved December 24 2007]

References

* [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=blairbi01 Bill Blair's driving statistics at racing-reference.info]