Bill Snowden | |||||||
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Born | May 6, 1910 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
Died | February 2, 1959 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | (aged 48)||||||
Cause of death | Heart Attack | ||||||
Awards | 1992 inductee in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame [1] | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th ( 1951) | ||||||
First race | 1949 Race No. 1 ( Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 1952 Central City Speedway ( Macon, Georgia) | ||||||
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William Andrew Snowden (May 6, 1910 – February 2, 1959) was a NASCAR driver from St. Augustine, Florida, USA. He was one of the racers whose career was interrupted by World War II. He was nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "the Florida Hurricane". [2]
Snowden competed on various circuits before NASCAR was organized, and he had second-place finishes at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1941 and 1948. [3] He competed in NASCAR's Strictly Stock/Grand National Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) races between the series' inception in 1949 and 1952. [4] He had 15 Top 10 and 5 Top 5 finishes in those 24 races. [4]
In the series' first year in 1949, he competed in four of the eight events, with three Top 10s and a season-best fifth-place finish at Occoneechee Speedway at Hillsboro, North Carolina. Snowden finished 11th in the season points. [4]
Snowden competed in four events in the next season, finishing 40th in season points with 2 Top 10s. His season-best fifth-place finish happened at Charlotte Speedway. [4]
Snowden had a career-best ninth place season points finish in 1951. In 21 starts, he had 9 Top 10 finishes with two career-best fourth-place finishes at Martinsville Speedway and Speedway Park in Jacksonville. [4]
1952 was Snowden's final season in Grand National. He competed in four events, with one Top 10 with his sixth-place finish at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia. [4] Fireball Roberts raced one event in Snowden's car that season, and Banjo Matthews used Snowden's car in three events with one fifth-place finish at Darlington Raceway. [5]
After his retirement from racing, Snowden became a shrimp boat operator. He died on February 2, 1959. [6] In 1992, he was inducted in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame. [1]
Bill Snowden | |||||||
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Born | May 6, 1910 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
Died | February 2, 1959 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | (aged 48)||||||
Cause of death | Heart Attack | ||||||
Awards | 1992 inductee in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame [1] | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th ( 1951) | ||||||
First race | 1949 Race No. 1 ( Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 1952 Central City Speedway ( Macon, Georgia) | ||||||
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William Andrew Snowden (May 6, 1910 – February 2, 1959) was a NASCAR driver from St. Augustine, Florida, USA. He was one of the racers whose career was interrupted by World War II. He was nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "the Florida Hurricane". [2]
Snowden competed on various circuits before NASCAR was organized, and he had second-place finishes at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1941 and 1948. [3] He competed in NASCAR's Strictly Stock/Grand National Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) races between the series' inception in 1949 and 1952. [4] He had 15 Top 10 and 5 Top 5 finishes in those 24 races. [4]
In the series' first year in 1949, he competed in four of the eight events, with three Top 10s and a season-best fifth-place finish at Occoneechee Speedway at Hillsboro, North Carolina. Snowden finished 11th in the season points. [4]
Snowden competed in four events in the next season, finishing 40th in season points with 2 Top 10s. His season-best fifth-place finish happened at Charlotte Speedway. [4]
Snowden had a career-best ninth place season points finish in 1951. In 21 starts, he had 9 Top 10 finishes with two career-best fourth-place finishes at Martinsville Speedway and Speedway Park in Jacksonville. [4]
1952 was Snowden's final season in Grand National. He competed in four events, with one Top 10 with his sixth-place finish at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia. [4] Fireball Roberts raced one event in Snowden's car that season, and Banjo Matthews used Snowden's car in three events with one fifth-place finish at Darlington Raceway. [5]
After his retirement from racing, Snowden became a shrimp boat operator. He died on February 2, 1959. [6] In 1992, he was inducted in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame. [1]