Richard Brickhouse
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| Richard Brickhouse | |||||||
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| Born | October 27, 1939  Rocky Point, North Carolina |
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| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 39 race(s) run over 5 year(s) | |||||||
| Best finish | 25th - 1969 Grand National Series season | ||||||
| First race | 1968 Carolina 500 (Rockingham) | ||||||
| Last race | 1982 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 (Rockingham) | ||||||
| First win | 1969 Talladega 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
| Last win | 1969 Talladega 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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Richard Brickhouse (born October 27, 1939 in Rocky Point, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR driver. He is best known for winning the inaugural Talladega 500 in 1969 after a boycott of the top stars of the sport at the time because concerns with tire wear with the high rate of speeds at the racetrack.[1][2] He retired in 1982 with 13 career top 10's in 39 races.[2] His nephew Jeremy, is a longtime spotter in the Sprint Cup Series for Kurt Busch.
[edit] References
- ^ Scuffs, Tom. "A Talladega anniversary – and that scary-fast Dodge". thatsracin. http://blogs.thatsracin.com/scuffs/2009/10/a-talladega-anniversary-and-that-scaryfast-dodge.html. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ a b "NASCAR statistics". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=brickri01. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
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