Johnny Halford

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Johnny Halford
Born (1930-10-15) October 15, 1930
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
41 race(s) run over 5 year(s)
Best finish 36th - 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season
First race 1969 Sandlapper 200 (Columbia Speedway)
Last race 1978 American 500 (North Carolina Motor Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
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Johnny Halford is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1969 to 1978.[1]

Career

He would earn one top ten finish in the 1972 Firecracker 400[2] while leading 16 laps out of 6924 - the equivalent of 7,723.0 miles (12,429.0 km).[1] Halford's average starting position would be 24th while he would finish 21st on average.[1] An attempt to qualify for the 1972 Miller High Life 500 would end up in failure.[1] After the end of his career, Halford had earned $27,129 in total race earnings ($97,096.91 in today's money).[1]

Halford's primary ride would be the Satterfield Heating-sponsored #87 Chevrolet for Mr. Don Satterfield.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Johnny Halford racing information at Racing Reference
  2. 2.0 2.1 Johnny Halford racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet


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