Charlie Schwam

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Charlie Schwam
Nationality	United States
Occupation	NASCAR car owner
Known for	For employing some of the best NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the 1950s

Charlie Schwam is a former NASCAR Grand National Series race car owner whose career spanned from 1955 to 1956.^[1]

Summary

As a true showman, he would paint his vehicles in a bright shade of purple and would have cartoon boars on the vehicle.^[2]

His employees included Billy Carden, Curtis Turner, and Joe Weatherly.^[1] Out of 38 races, Schwam's vehicles have created one win for themselves (at the 1956 Southern 500) in addition to ten finishes in the "top five" and 18 finishes in the "top ten.^[1]" They have led 461 laps out of 5455 and have finished an average of 17th place overall.^[1] The number of miles that these three drivers have raced for Charlie Schwam equals to 4,789.5 miles (7,708.0 km).^[1]

Schwam's total earnings for his NASCAR career was $21,310 ($182,973.87 in today's money).^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Charlie Schwam career information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
↑ "Charlie Schwam's showmanship". Joe Weatherly.com. Retrieved 2011-07-22.

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Name	Schwa, Charlie
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Short description	NASCAR team owner
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