Frog Fagan
| Harold "Frog" Fagan | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 11, 1940 Willowdale, North York, Ontario | ||||||
| Died | August 6, 1993 (aged 53) | ||||||
| Cause of death | Unknown | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 20 race(s) run over 4 year(s) | |||||||
| Best finish | 89th - 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | ||||||
| First race | 1967 Capital City 300 (Virginia State Fairgrounds) | ||||||
| Last race | 1971 Islip 250 (Islip Speedway) | ||||||
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Harold "Frog" Fagan (March 11, 1940 – August 6, 1993) was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from the Toronto subdivision of Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.[1]
History
Harold Fagan is the son of Mrs. Yvonne Fagan (who was the owner of the Northway Restaurant on Yonge Street north of Sheppard).[2] Fagan served his country in the Royal Canadian Navy and would go to his mother's restaurant while on shore leave.[3] His mother's 1957 Dodge Custom Royal would be Fagan's first ride; he would punch some holes in the muffler to make it sound better.[3] Pinecrest Speedway was Fagan's first ever experience racing stock cars at any level.[3]
He had one top-ten finish (eighth at the 1968 Fireball 300 race that took place at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina).[4] Fagan also accomplished 2297 laps of racing experience; the equivalent of 2,018.8 miles or 3,248.9 kilometres.[1] His monetary achievement was earning $6,305 ($36,343.12 in today's money) in total career earnings.[1] On average, Fagan started his races in 28th place and finished them in 23rd place.[1] Fagan's career stretched for four years and twenty races.[1] The majority of Fagan's races were driven in Ford vehicles; most notably in the #95 entry owned by Neil Castles while also racing in the #77 entry driven during his rookie season in 1967. Other manufacturers that Fagan raced for included Dodge (with the #06 entry)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Frog Fagan information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ↑ "Yvonne Fagan information". Wheels.ca. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Frog Fagan facts". Topix. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "1968 Fireball 300 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-21.