Neil Cole (May 27, 1926 – February 16, 2016) was an American stock car racing driver who competed in 19 NASCAR Grand National events between 1950 and 1953.[1] Cole finished his NASCAR career with 10 top tens[2] and 1 career win, which came at Thompson Speedway in 1951.[3]
| Neil Cole | |||||||
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| Born | May 27, 1926 Oakland, New Jersey | ||||||
| Died | February 16, 2016 (aged 89) | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 19 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 19th (1952) | ||||||
| First race | 1950 Race 6 (Vernon) | ||||||
| Last race | 1953 Race 8 (Langhorne) | ||||||
| First win | 1951 Race 32 (Thompson) | ||||||
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Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
edit| NASCAR Grand National Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | 89 | Ford | DAB | CLT | LAN | MAR | CAN | VER 18 |
DSP | MCF | CLT | HBO | DSP | HAM | DAR | LAN 5 |
NWS | VER | MAR | WIN | HBO | 31st | 183.5 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | John Golabek | 52 | Olds | DAB | CLT | NMO | GAR | HBO 5 |
ASF | NWS | MAR | CAN | CLS | CLB | DSP | GAR | GRS | BAI | HEI | AWS | MCF | ALS | MSF | FMS | MOR 25 |
ABS | DAR | CLB | CCS | LAN | CLT | DSP 2 |
WIL | HBO | TPN 1 |
PGS | MAR 17 |
OAK | NWS | HMS | JSP | ATL | GAR | NMO | 33rd | 382 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 53 | Plymouth | PBS | DAB | JSP | NWS 6 |
MAR 6 |
CLB | ATL | CCS | CLT 21 |
MSF | NIF 6 |
OSW 9 |
MON | MOR 3 |
PPS | MCF 9 |
AWS | DAR | CCS | LAN 7 |
DSP | WIL | HBO | MAR | NWS | ATL | PBS | 19th | 1618 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hudson | LAN 12 |
DAR | DSP | CAN 14 |
HAY | FMS 20 |
HBO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | 24 | Plymouth | PBS | DAB | HAR | NWS | CLT | RCH | CCS | LAN | CLB | HCY | MAR | PMS | RSP | LOU | FFS | LAN 24 |
TCS | WIL | MCF | PIF | MOR | ATL | RVS | LCF | DAV | HBO | AWS | PAS | HCY | DAR | CCS | LAN | BLF | WIL | NWS | MAR | ATL | 165th | 24 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dec 15, Chase Wilhelm; ET, 2016 at 10:00a. "List of one-hit wonders in the NASCAR Premier Series". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "NASCAR Statistics: Neil Cole [DriverAverages.com]". www.driveraverages.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Driver Neil Cole's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Neil Cole – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "Neil Cole – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "Neil Cole – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ "Neil Cole – 1953 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
External links
edit- Neil Cole driver statistics at Racing-Reference