Neil Cole (racing driver)

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
Born (1926-05-27) May 27, 1926
Oakland, New Jersey
DiedFebruary 16, 2016(2016-02-16) (aged 89)
NASCAR Cup Series career
19 races run over 4 years
Best finish19th (1952)
First race1950 Race 6 (Vernon)
Last race1953 Race 8 (Langhorne)
First win1951 Race 32 (Thompson)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 11 1

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
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

  1. 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.
  2. "NASCAR Statistics: Neil Cole [DriverAverages.com]". www.driveraverages.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. "Driver Neil Cole's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. "Neil Cole – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  5. "Neil Cole – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. "Neil Cole – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. "Neil Cole – 1953 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  • Neil Cole driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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