Fireball Roberts
| Fireball Roberts | |||||||
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| Lahir | Edward Glenn Roberts, Jr. 20 Januari 1929 Tavares, Florida | ||||||
| Meninggal | 2 Juli 1964 (umur 35) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| Sebab meninggal | Complications due to racing crash on May 24, 1964, during the 1964 World 600 | ||||||
| Pencapaian | 1962 Daytona 500 winner 1958, 1963 Southern 500 winner | ||||||
| Penghargaan | 1957 Grand National Series Most Popular Driver Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee(1990) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1995) Florida Sports Hall of Fame inductee NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee(2014) | ||||||
| Karier NASCAR Seri Piala | |||||||
| 206 lomba dalam kurun waktu 15 tahun | |||||||
| Hasil terbaik | 2nd (1950) | ||||||
| Lomba pertama | 1950 (Daytona Beach) | ||||||
| Lomba terakhir | 1964 World 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Menang pertama | 1950 (Hillsboro) | ||||||
| Menang terakhir | 1964 (Augusta) | ||||||
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| Terakhir diperbarui pada: February 23, 2013. | |||||||
Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, Jr. (20 Januari 1929 – 2 Juli 1964) merupakan salah satu pembalap perintis ajang NASCAR.
Ia meninggal dunia saat sedang berlomba di lomba World 600 di Charlotte Motor Speedway.[1][2]
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ "Fireball Roberts Home Page". www.fireballroberts.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-04-29. Diakses tanggal 10 April 2018.
- ^ Houston, Rick (2012-10-09). "Dressing the part". NASCAR. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-10-11. Diakses tanggal 2012-10-25.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- "Fireball" Roberts web site Diarsipkan 2012-04-29 di Wayback Machine.
- "Fireball" Roberts' Gravesite Diarsipkan 2017-02-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Glenn "Fireball" Roberts at NASCAR.com Diarsipkan 2004-12-12 di Wayback Machine.
- [1] Diarsipkan 2005-04-08 di Wayback Machine.Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Diarsipkan 2004-12-12 di Wayback Machine. at the Diarsipkan 2004-12-12 di Wayback Machine.International Motorsports Hall of Fame
- Glenn "Fireball" Roberts website and career stats by son-in-law Diarsipkan 2017-09-26 di Wayback Machine.
- Statistik Fireball Roberts sebagai pembalap di Racing-Reference