John Robert Fish ( – May 11, 1958) was a

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race car owner whose career spanned from

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Career

He was the possible inventor of the "

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" (formally known as a negative pressure ventilator) for his wife who was suffering from circulation problems. Another occasion had Fish cable the President of the United States on a lecture about using a simple pressure box to rescue sailors on a submarine. He employed

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and

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as his main drivers. They started an average of 11th place and finished an average of 45th place. Fish's drivers would lead only 4 laps out of 106. However, they did manage one finish in the top ten while driving only a grand total of . Fireball Roberts' 11th place championship finish in 1958 was the best accomplishment in Fish's career. Mr. Fish would eventually walk away from his NASCAR career earning a meager $390 ($ when adjusted for inflation). Fish would also be the inventor of the famous " Fish Carburetor" which was first made in the early 1930s. However, the "Original Equipment" establishment felt that it was an intolerable threat, and Mr. Fish would suffer many years of dirty tricks, harassment and persecution. Fish would eventually move to Florida where he could sell his products to wealthy game fishermen without the harassment he had back in California. Compared to the standard carburetors of that time, Fish's carburetor helped to stop the needless waste of fuel on cornering, braking, and hard acceleration. For the time, it was considered to be "environmentally friendly" for that reason alone. Today, NASCAR uses

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, which has made carburetors obsolete in the Sprint Cup Series. Fish died on May 11, 1958 after suffering a stroke the previous month.

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