NASCAR Convertible Division
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The NASCAR Convertible Division was a division of convertible cars early in NASCAR's history.
[edit] History
NASCAR purchased SAFE (Society of Auto Sports, Fellowship, and Education)'s all-convertible Circuit of Champions “All Stars” circuit late in 1955.[1] Most drivers did not make the transition to NASCAR's sanction. NASCAR ran the division ran from 1956 until 1959.[2] Some Convertibles raced against the Grand National (now Sprint Cup) hardtop cars in the same race.[3] The 1959 Daytona 500 had one qualifying race for Convertibles and one for the hardtop Grand National cars. 20 of the 59 cars in the Daytona 500 were convertibles.[4]
A single Convertible race happened at Darlington Speedway in 1960, which was won by Joe Weatherly. The season was abandoned after that race. Darlington held a Convertible race on May 6, 1961 which was won by Fred Lorenzen, and another race on May 12, 1962 which was won by Nelson Stacy.[5]
[edit] List of champions
- 1956 Bob Welborn[6]
- 1957 Bob Welborn
- 1958 Bob Welborn
- 1959 Joe Lee Johnson[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Bob Pronger - Biography; Stan Kalwasinski; Chicagoland Auto Racing, Retrieved February 20, 2008
- ^ Coulter, Bill (1998). Building and Detailing Scale Model Cars. Kalmbach Publishing, Co., page 5. ISBN 0890242852.
- ^ Pepsi 400: Nothing like racing at night; NASCAR.com; Dave Rodman; July 3, 2002; Retrieved February 21, 2008
- ^ Daytona 500 Anniversary - The 50th Run; Stock Car Racing magazine; Benny Phillips; July 3, 2002; Retrieved February 21, 2008
- ^ Nelson Stacy; legendsofnascar.com; Retrieved February 20, 2008
- ^ 1956 NASCAR Convertible statistics, Retrieved February 20, 2008
- ^ 1959 NASCAR Convertible statistics, Retrieved February 20, 2008
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