Walter Ballard

Born

January 12, 1933 (age 79)

Awards

1971 NASCAR Rookie of the Year

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

176 races run over 9 years

Best finish

6th - 1972 Winston Cup Series season

First race

1966 Rebel 400 (Darlington)

Last race

1977 Wilkes 400 (North Wilkesboro)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	34	0

Walter Ballard (born January 12, 1933) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Houston, Texas.

He made a single Grand National start in 1966 and did not return to the series until 1971 when he ran a nearly full season in a car owned by his father Vic capturing 11 top tens on his way to Rookie of the Year honors and a tenth place finish in points. The next season was even better, capturing 7 top tens to a 6th place finish in points. He continued full-time with the team until 1975. He then participated part time in the 1976 and 1977 seasons and then retired from NASCAR. His best Cup finish was a 3rd at Meyer Speedway in Houston Speedway in 1971. In 1979 Ballard started an automotive repair business with his sons Daniel, Stoney and Clint.

In November 2005 he retired and currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Katie.

External links

Stats from Racing-Reference.info

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt \| 1957: Rush \| 1958: Rollins \| 1959: R. Petty \| 1960: D. Pearson \| 1961: Wilson \| 1962: Cox \| 1963: Wade \| 1964: Cooper \| 1965: McQuagg \| 1966: Hylton \| 1967: Do. Allison \| 1968: P. Hamilton \| 1969: Brooks \| 1970: Dennis \| 1971: Ballard \| 1972: L. Smith \| 1973: Pond \| 1974: Ross \| 1975: B. Hill \| 1976: Manning \| 1977: Rudd \| 1978: Thomas \| 1979: Earnhardt \| 1980: Ridley \| 1981: R. Bouchard \| 1982: G. Bodine \| 1983: Marlin \| 1984: R. Wallace \| 1985: Schrader \| 1986: Kulwicki \| 1987: Da. Allison \| 1988: K. Bouchard \| 1989: Trickle \| 1990: Moroso \| 1991: B. Hamilton \| 1992: Hensley \| 1993: Gordon \| 1994: J. Burton \| 1995: Craven \| 1996: Benson \| 1997: Skinner \| 1998: Irwin \| 1999: Stewart \| 2000: Kenseth \| 2001: Harvick \| 2002: Newman \| 2003: McMurray \| 2004: Kahne \| 2005: Ky. Busch \| 2006: Hamlin \| 2007: Montoya \| 2008: Smith \| 2009: Logano \| 2010: Conway \| 2011: Lally

Nationwide Series	1989: K. Wallace \| 1990: Nemechek \| 1991: J. Gordon \| 1992: Craven \| 1993: H. Sadler \| 1994: Benson \| 1995: J. Fuller \| 1996: G. Allen, Jr. \| 1997: Park \| 1998: Santerre \| 1999: Raines \| 2000: Harvick \| 2001: Biffle \| 2002: Riggs \| 2003: Stremme \| 2004: Ky. Busch \| 2005: C. Edwards \| 2006: O'Quinn \| 2007: Ragan \| 2008: Cassill \| 2009: Allgaier \| 2010: Stenhouse, Jr.\| 2011: T. Hill

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner \| 1997: Irwin \| 1998: Biffle \| 1999: Stefanik \| 2000: Kurt Busch \| 2001: Kvapil \| 2002: Gaughan \| 2003: C. Edwards \| 2004: Reutimann \| 2005: Kluever \| 2006: Darnell \| 2007: W. Allen \| 2008: Braun \| 2009: Jo. Sauter \| 2010: A. Dillon \| 2011: Coulter

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