Jim Vandiver

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Jim Vandiver (December 13, 1939Template:Spaced ndashJune 18, 2015) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1968 to 1983.[1][2] As an independent driver, he had limited financial resources but enjoyed a level of success that relatively few independent drivers had during the formative years of NASCAR.

Career

Vandiver competed in 85 races with five finishes in the top-five, 24 top-ten finishes, 117 laps led out of 16529, and a total mileage count of 24247.8 miles.[1][2] Over his career, he had a total of $167,703 in winnings earned on the track ($Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". when adjusted for inflation).[1][2]

At the 1972 Daytona 500, Vandiver finished third to winner A. J. Foyt. Vandiver is also the only undefeated ARCA driver at Talladega Superspeedway with victories in 1970 and 1975.[1][2]

Most of Vandiver's earlier racers were done in Dodge vehicles. In his later career, he drove Oldsmobile and Chevrolet racecars.

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He was involved in the controversial 1969 Talladega 500, where he came in second place to Richard Brickhouse in a questionable finish. Both Vandiver and car owner Ray Fox Sr. were adamant that Brickhouse was a lap down because he had stopped to pit under the green flag (Vandiver only pitted under the Caution). Even after three hours of arguing the decision, Brickhouse was still made the winner of the event. Conspiracy theorists cite the difference in the Dodges as the determining factor since Vandiver was in an older Charger 500 and Brickhouse was in the brand new, winged Dodge Daytona.[3]

Vandiver is known for an unusual exit to the 1973 Southern 500 in Darlington, South Carolina. He was due to be arrested for not showing up to divorce court for a child custody hearing, and had to figure out a way to avoid going to jail. His engine began running worse and worse so he waved goodbye to his pit crew and intentionally spun out his Dodge. To avoid the authorities seizing him on the track in front of the spectators, he ran across the track to escape and hitchhiked a ride to Charlotte, North Carolina in order to get home.[4][3]

Personal life and death

Vandiver was divorced and had four children; Emory, Rhett, Nicole and Shannon. Emory is a former softball player, Rhett also drives race cars, Nicole and Shannon are practicing lawyers in Davidson, North Carolina.[5]

Vandiver's sister, Lillian, also raced - participating in the 1976 and 1977 Nascar DASH series. [6]

On June 15, 2015, Vandiver was admitted to a Charlotte hospital for chest pains. He died three days later at the age of 75.[7]

Motorsports 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 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NGNCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1968 Tom Vandiver 1 Chevy MGR MGY RSD DAY BRI RCH ATL HCY
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GPS CLB NWS MAR AUG AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS DAY ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS AUG CLT CAR JFC 124th 0 [8]
1969 Fox Racing 3 Dodge MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH SBO BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL
2*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLB CLT
43Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SVH AUG CAR JFC MGR TWS 96th 24 [9]
Jim Lineberger 13 Chevy MAR
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS
1970 Fox Racing 3 Dodge RSD DAY
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAY DAY
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR SVH ATL
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI 46th 519 [10]
Jim Vandiver 31 Dodge TAL
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS CLB DAR
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BLV LGY CLT
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SMR MAR MCH
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSD HCY KPT GPS DAY
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AST TPN TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLB ONA MCH TAL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BGS SBO DAR HCY RCH DOV NCF NWS CLT
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAR CAR
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Bub Strickler 58 Chevy MGR
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Cecil Gordon 97 Chevy LGY
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1971 O. L. Nixon 31 Dodge RSD DAY DAY
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAY
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ONT RCH CAR HCY BRI ATL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLB GPS SMR NWS MAR DAR
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SBO TAL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ASH KPT CLT
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV MCH RSD HOU GPS DAY BRI AST ISP TRN NSV ATL BGS ONA MCH TAL CLB HCY DAR MAR 48th 553 [11]
Faustina Racing 5 Plymouth CLT
42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV CAR MGR RCH NWS TWS

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NWCCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1972 O. L. Nixon 31 Dodge RSD DAY
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ONT
51Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAR
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TAL
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT
40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV DAR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TWS 31st 2514.35 [12]
Bill Strong 51 Chevy MAR
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
A. J. Cox 81 Dodge DOV
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH RSD TWS DAY BRI TRN ATL TAL
1973 O. L. Nixon 31 Dodge RSD DAY
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI ATL
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS DAR MAR TAL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV CLT
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV TWS RSD MCH DAY
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI ATL DAR
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		31st 2508.85 [13]
J. Marvin Millis 4 Dodge TAL
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV
1974 O. L. Nixon 31 Dodge RSD DAY
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR BRI ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV DOV CLT
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSD MCH DAY
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI NSV ATL POC TAL
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH DAR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR ONT 40th 71.4 [14]
1975 John Keselowski 99 Dodge RSD DAY
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR BRI 30th 1228 [15]
Elder-Ranier 31 Dodge ATL
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS DAR MAR TAL
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV DOV CLT
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSD MCH DAY
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV POC TAL
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MCH DAR
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV NWS
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI ATL
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ONT
1976 RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 87th 124 [16]
1977 RSD DAY
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR ATL NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 90th 103 [17]
1978 O. L. Nixon 89 Chevy RSD DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 81st 131 [18]
1979 Olds RSD DAY
41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI CLT
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWS CAR ATL ONT 62nd 225 [19]
Elder-Ranier 9 Chevy DAR
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH DOV MAR
1980 O. L. Nixon 89 Olds RSD DAY
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV DOV CLT
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TWS RSD MCH DAY
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ATL ONT 52nd 328 [20]
1983 Gordon Racing 24 Chrysler DAY RCH CAR ATL
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 88th 88 [21]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1970 Ray Fox Dodge 17 38
1971 O. L. Nixon Dodge 32 6
1972 8 3
1973 18 28
1974 6 27
1975 John Keselowski Dodge 34 35
1977 Elder-Ranier Dodge 19 20
1978 O. L. Nixon Chevrolet 24 38
1979 Oldsmobile 39 41
1980 40 37

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External links

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