| Born: | September 4, 1939 | |
| Birthplace: | Villa Park, Illinois | |
| Died: | April 17, 2004 | |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | ||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics | ||
| 141 races run over 17 years. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Villa Park is a Suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. | ||
| Best Cup Position: | 22nd - 1974 (Winston Cup) | |
| First Race: | 1965 Southern 500 (Darlington) | |
| Last Race: | 1988 Daytona 500 qualifier #1 (Daytona) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 41 | 0 |
Bobby Wawak (September 4, 1939 – April 17, 2004) was an American NASCAR driver from Villa Park, Illinois. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington South Carolina, USA Darlington Raceway is a Race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington South Carolina. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Villa Park is a Suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. He made 141 Grand National/Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) starts, with 14 Top 10 finishes. [1]
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Racing career
Local racing
He began drag racing as a teenager. Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line He raced in his first stock car race at around 1958 at Mance Park Speedway in Hodgkins, Illinois. Stock car racing is a form of Automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Great Britain Hodgkins is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. [2] He raced regularly at the O’Hare Stadium in Schiller Park, Illinois. Schiller Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. He competing in both the cadet (sportsman) and late model divisions. [2]
In 1974 he was the 1974 late model stock car champion at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana. Stock car racing is a form of Automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Great Britain The Illiana Motor Speedway is a race track located in Schererville Indiana, United States and was built in 1947 Schererville is a town in St John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. He competed at the track in 1973 and 1974, winning 14 features at that half mile asphalt track in his 1971 Ford Torino. The Ford Torino was an intermediate car produced by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market between 1968 and 1976 He won 21 total races (including preliminary events) in 1974. [2]
National touring series
USAC
Wawak competed on the USAC stock car circuit in 1965. The United States Automobile Club (USAC is an Open-wheel Auto racing sanctioning body He made six races with a sixth place finish in one event during his rookie season. He finished 18th in the final USAC standings that year. Wawak did not return to USAC racing until 1969 and would compete on a limited basis into the early 1970s. [2]
NASCAR
Wawak made occasional NASCAR starts before 1976, except for making 14 NASCAR starts in 1967. His first start was in the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Speedway. The Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington South Carolina, USA Darlington Raceway is a Race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington South Carolina. [2] He started 27th, and finished 36th with engine problems. [2]
His most successful year was 1976, when he finished 22nd in the points. [1] His highest career finish was a sixth place finish in the final race of the season at Ontario. The Ontario Motor Speedway (located in Ontario California) was a 2
The fuel line on his car came loose on the third lap of the 1977 Daytona 500, and the fire came into the car's cockpit. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Wawak jumped from the car while it was still moving (and slammed into the inside wall moments later), held up his burnt hands, and ran to the infield care center. [2] "It was like sitting in front of a blow torch," Wawak said later. [2] He made six more starts that year.
He continued racing in NASCAR, and made 96 more NASCAR starts. His career ended when he crashed in the first qualifier for the 1988 Daytona 500. The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 7 and ended November 20. Wawak suffering a fractured vertebra and detached retinas. A vertebra (plural vertebrae) is an individual Irregular bone in the spinal or Vertebral column ( aka ischis a flexuous and flexible column The vertebrate retina is a light sensitive part inside the inner layer of the Eye. [2] Randy Lajoie raced in one race in his car in 1988, and Mike Potter raced three races in 1990. Randall LaJoie (born August 28 1961, Norwalk Connecticut, USA is a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series, where he is a two-time champion Mike Potter may refer to Mike Potter (NASCAR, racecar driver Mike Potter (baseball player, 1970s baseball player Mike
After his NASCAR career ended, he helped Hendrick Motorsports with their show cars. Hendrick Motorsports is a Stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. A show car, sometimes called a dream car, is a custom-made Automobile created specifically for public display rather than sale [2]
Death
Wawak died on April 17, 2004 at age 64. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " He was survived by his wife Stevi and two daughters. [2]
References
- ^ a b Driver's statistics at racing-reference, Retrieved September 13, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bobby Wawak"; Stan Kalwasinski; ChicagolandAutoRacing. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. com; Retrieved September 13, 2007
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