Billy Wade (racing driver)
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Billy Drew Wade (February 28, 1930Template:Spaced ndashJanuary 5, 1965) was an American stock car racing driver.
Career
Billy was the 1963 NASCAR Rookie of the Year for car owner Cotton Owens. He finished the season with 14 Top 10 finishes in 31 races. He won four consecutive races the following year for Bud Moore Engineering between July 10 and July 19, 1964. The four wins give Wade the sole distinction of being the only driver to accomplish this feat with victories at Old Bridge Stadium on July 10, the road course at Bridgehampton, N.Y on the 12th, a July 15 win at Islip Speedway in New York, and his fourth (and final) win at Watkins Glen. Dick Linder also followed his first victory at Dayton with a win at Hamburg; but Wade is the only driver to string four victories in a row once he got his first.[1] He also accumulated five poles and 25 Top 10 finishes in his 35 starts. As of 2017, he is the most recent driver in NASCAR to get his first pole and win in the same weekend.
On January 5, 1965, Wade was performing a tire test at Daytona International Speedway, when a tire blowout caused his car to crash in the west turn, killing the 34-year-old Texan.[2]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Grand National Series
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| Year | Team/Owner | 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 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | NGNC | Pts | Ref |
| 1962 | Luther Costales | 01 | Ford | CON | AWS | DAY | DAY | DAY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CON | AWS | SVH | HBO | RCH | CLB | 46th | 2,008 | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Turner | 24 | Pontiac | NWS 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GPS | MBS | MAR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BOW 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI | RCH | HCY | CON | DAR | PIF | CLT | ATL | BGS | AUG | RCH | SBO | DAY | CLB | ASH | GPS | AUG | SVH | MBS | BRI | CHT | NSV | HUN | AWS | STR | BGS | PIF | VAL | DAR | HCY | RCH | DTS | AUG | MAR | NWS | CLT | ATL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Cotton Owens | 5 | Dodge | BIR | GGS | THS | RIV 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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HBO | BRI 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AUG | RCH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SBO 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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NWS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLB | THS | DAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ODS | RCH | CLT 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BIR | ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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MBS | SVH | DTS | BRD 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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GRE 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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DTS | NWS | THS | CLT 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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OCC 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16th | 14,646 | [4] | |||||||||||||
| 6 | ATL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Bill Church | 0 | Chevrolet | BOW 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Mark Hurley | 61 | Ford | BOW 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1964 | Cotton Owens | 6 | Dodge | CON 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4th | 28,474 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | AUG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
JAC 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Rex White | 4 | Mercury | RIV 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Bud Moore Engineering | 1 | DAY 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY | DAY 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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GPS | BGS | ATL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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HBO | PIF 6*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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SVH | DAR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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GPS | ASH | ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CON | NSV | CHT | BIR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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LIN | BRI 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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MBS | AWS 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DTS | HUN 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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BGS | STR | DAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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ODS | HBO | MAR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SVH | NWS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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References
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External links
- Template:Racing-Reference driver
- Billy Wade at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Webshot of newspaper article on Billy Wade
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