Bill Blair

Born	July 14, 1911(1911-07-14)
Hometown	High Point, North Carolina
Died	November 2, 1995 (aged 84)
Cause of death	Unknown
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series statistics
123 races run over 10 years
Best cup position	4th - 1949
First race	1949 Charlotte Speedway
Last race	1958 Lakewood Speedway (Atlanta)
First win	1950 Vernon Fairgrounds (Vernon, NY)
Last win	1953 Daytona Beach
Wins Top tens Poles 3 54 1

Bill Blair (July 14, 1911 in High Point, North Carolina - November 2, 1995) was an American stock car driver in the 1940s and 50s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR.

[edit] Wins

Blair won three NASCAR Strictly Stock/Grand National (now Sprint Cup) races:

June 18, 1950 - Blair piloted a 1950 Mercury owned by Sam Rice to victory in a race at Vernon Faigrounds in Vernon, NY.

April 20, 1952 - Blair drove a 1952 Oldsmobile owned by George Hutchens to his second win at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, GA.

February 15, 1953 - In his final series victory, Blair drove his 1953 Oldsmobile to victory lane at the Beach & Road Course in Daytona Beach, FL.^[1]

[edit] Memorial

Blair, Jimmie Lewallen, and Fred Harb are the subject of the upcoming independent movie "Red Dirt Rising", which is based on the book "Red Dirt Tracks: The Forgotten Heroes of Early Stockcar Racing" by Gail Cauble Gurley.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Film of 1953 Daytona Beach event
2. ^ Movie tells stories of race drivers and the community they live in; Jamie Kennedy Jones, July 15, 2007, Greensboro News & Record; Retrieved December 24, 2007

• Bill Blair's driving statistics at racing-reference.info

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