Elmo Langley
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| Birthplace: | Landover, Maryland | |
| Born: | August 21, 1928 | |
| Died: | November 21, 1996 | |
| Cause of Death: | heart attack | |
| Awards: | ||
| NASCAR Cup statistics | ||
| 536 races run over 27 years. | ||
| Best Cup Position: | 5th - 1969 (Grand National) and 1971 (Winston Cup) | |
| First Race: | 1954 Southern 500 (Darlington) | |
| Last Race: | 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 (Dover) | |
| First Win: | 1966 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds | |
| Last Win: | 1966 Old Dominion Speedway | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 2 | 193 | 1 |
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Pace car driver
Langley was the NASCAR Pace Car driver from 1990 to 1996. On November 21, 1996, Elmo died of a heart attack while driving the pace car at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan in the days leading up to an exhibition with some of the NASCAR drivers.
