His average start was 20th place while his average finish was 15th. Derrington also earned three finishes in the "top five" and raced a distance of 9,856.2 miles (15,862.0 km) - the equivalent of 13,427 laps.[1]
However, he only managed to lead a single lap in his entire career and earned a meager $26,530 ($221,573.12 when adjusted for inflation).[1] Derrington had an 80-race winless streak during his NASCAR career. Finishing an average of 15th place, he managed to qualify in 20th place during an average qualifying session; making his finishes better on average than his starts.[2]
During his career, Derrington was caught by NASCAR officials for having a 23-gallon tank in his vehicle instead of the mandated 22-gallon tank. His vehicle had to go to a nearby welding shop to make the fuel tank conform to the NASCAR standards at that time.[3]
References
^ abcBob Derrington racing information at Racing Reference
^Bob Derrington's Complete Race Information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
^Declaration of Stock Car Independents at Google Books
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derrington, nascar, grand, national, series, race, driver, whose, career, spanned, from, 1964, 1966, born, 1930, november, 1930houston, texas, united, statesdiedoctober, 2011, 2011, aged, nascar, series, career80, races, over, yearsbest, finish6th, 1965, nasca. Bob Derrington was a NASCAR Grand National Series race car driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1966 1 Bob DerringtonBorn 1930 11 22 November 22 1930Houston Texas United StatesDiedOctober 14 2011 2011 10 14 aged 80 NASCAR Cup Series career80 races run over 3 yearsBest finish6th 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series seasonFirst race1964 World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Last race1966 Southern 500 Darlington Speedway Wins Top tens Poles0 22 0Career EditHis average start was 20th place while his average finish was 15th Derrington also earned three finishes in the top five and raced a distance of 9 856 2 miles 15 862 0 km the equivalent of 13 427 laps 1 However he only managed to lead a single lap in his entire career and earned a meager 26 530 221 573 12 when adjusted for inflation 1 Derrington had an 80 race winless streak during his NASCAR career Finishing an average of 15th place he managed to qualify in 20th place during an average qualifying session making his finishes better on average than his starts 2 During his career Derrington was caught by NASCAR officials for having a 23 gallon tank in his vehicle instead of the mandated 22 gallon tank His vehicle had to go to a nearby welding shop to make the fuel tank conform to the NASCAR standards at that time 3 References Edit a b c Bob Derrington racing information at Racing Reference Bob Derrington s Complete Race Information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet Declaration of Stock Car Independents at Google Books This biographical article related to NASCAR is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Derrington amp oldid 1057243501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
