Ratus Walters

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Ratus Walters
Nationality  United States
Occupation NASCAR car owner
Known for Being the car owner to win the 1962 running of the Southern 500

Ratus Walters is a former NASCAR Grand National Series owner whose career spanned from 1958 to 1964.[1]

Summary

His employees included drivers like Reds Kagle, Elmo Langley, Larry Frank, Ralph Moody, Jim Reed, and Johnny Allen.[1] Out of 69 wins, Walters' only major victory as an owner came at the 1962 Southern 500 - employing Larry Frank as the driver for the event in a 1962 Ford Galaxie.[2] Meanwhile, in major races, his drivers managed to crank out four finishes in the "top five" and 16 finishes in the "top ten.[1]" Again, in major races, only 85 laps were lead out of 9976 laps - the equivalent of driving 9,988.6 miles (16,075.1 km) on regular roads.[1] Walters managed to accumulate $42,365 at major races during his 7-year career as a NASCAR owner ($318,873.9 in today's money).[1] In major races, his cars started an average of 17th place and finished an average of 22nd place.[1]During a 4 month suspension from NASCAR in 1959, Walters, himself drove his 1957 Ford at 5 dirt tracks (one track twice), winning one and finishing in the top 5 the other 5 times. Ratus Walters built his own cars and "blue printed" his engines during his racing career.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Ratus Walters' NASCAR career". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
  2. ↑ "1962 Southern 500 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 


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