Charles Vincent Jarzombek Sr. (September 30, 1942 – March 22, 1987) was an American racecar driver from Baiting Hollow,

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Racing career

He started racing in 1962 on the Long Island tracks of Islip Speedway, Riverhead Raceway and Freeport Stadium.Biography
at the

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, Retrieved October 2, 2007 Jarzombek won on Long Island and other tracks throughout the years. Jarzombek won 187 feature events at 16 different racetracks from

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in his career. Career race win highlights include winning the 1986 Icebreaker at

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. He won the 1985 Stafford Speedway Modified Championship. He also raced on the

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(then known as the NASCAR Winston Modified Series). Jarzombek drove modifieds at Waterford-New London and Plainville, as well as southern tracks including

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, Martinsville, Trenton and New Smyrna.

Death and memorials

Jarzombek died from injuries sustained in a racing accident, when his throttle appeared to hang, at

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during the March 22, 1987 event. Jarzombek was inducted posthumously into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in the Auto Racing Category with the Class of 1995. He was inducted posthumously in the

in 2004. For many years at Riverhead Raceway in New York State, the NASCAR

would run one extra lap in their feature races in his memory.

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