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"Fireball" Roberts' 1957 NASCAR Ford Roberts' 1962 Daytona 500 winning car. He attended the University of Florida and raced on dirt tracks on weekends. In 1947, at the age of 18, he raced on the Daytona Beach Road Course at Daytona, for the first time. He won a 150-mile race at Daytona Beach the following year.
Fireball Roberts Fireball Roberts '57 Ford 101 crash: 41 460 34 22 11 Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples '57 Ford 99 crash: 0 100 35 50 75 Jim Paschal Frank Hayworth '57 Ford 84 piston: 0 100 36 36 17 Shorty York Jim Paschal '57 Mercury 79 engine: 0 300 37 16 89 Joe Caspolich Pappy Crane '57 Ford 66 crash: 0 200 38 46 26 Bill Blair Sam Rice '57 Ford ...
Fireball Roberts would ultimately beat Tim Flock by two laps in front of 17,000 people. ... Fireball Roberts '57 Ford 219 181 running 2 7 15 Tim Flock '57 Mercury 217 0
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In February 1957 the first '57 Chevy, affectionately known as the 'Black Widow' made its debut in NASCAR at the Daytona Beach and Road Course. Throughout the year drivers Buck Baker, Marvin Panch, Fireball Roberts, Larry Frank, Speedy Thompson, and Bob Welborn would pilot these now classic vehicles.
The Occoneechee Speedway hosted stock car racing legends such as Fireball Roberts, ... Fireball Roberts: 1956 Ford.900: 99: $4,560: 88.067: 72.734 1957-07: 03/24/57 ...
The Ford factory was also in dispute with NASCAR over the SOHC engine, which faced a joint NASCAR-USAC ban on December 17, 1965. [ 14 ] Turner, then 41, soon notched the first victory of his comeback in a Ford at the inaugural American 500, at the North Carolina Motor Speedway , Rockingham, North Carolina, on October 31, 1965, winning a purse ...
'57 Ford: Pete DePaolo 27.530 65.383 6 14: Billy Myers '57 Mercury: Bill Stroppe 27.620 65.170 7 22: Fireball Roberts '57 Ford: Pete DePaolo 27.710 64.958 8 42: Lee Petty '57 Oldsmobile: Petty Enterprises 27.720 64.935 9 88: Ralph Earnhardt '57 Oldsmobile: Petty Enterprises 27.890 64.539 10 99: Curtis Turner '57 Ford: Pete DePaolo 27.950 64.401 ...