Conrad "Connie" Saylor (June 3, 1940 – February 4, 199

was a journeyman

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racecar driver.

Career

Saylor did one-off events in the

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Series during the 1980s and early 1990s, and also raced in ARCA and late model sportsman series

His most well-known moment came in the 1981 Twin 125s, qualifying races for the Daytona 500, in which he spun off turn two and flipped, sliding down the backstretch on his roof for about 1,000 feet. He was uninjured in the crash, and did not qualify for the race. He won a consolation race at Daytona in 1984. In Winston Cup racing, he picked up his best finish in his debut race, in 1978, eight

Personal life

Connie was married to Shirley Nowlin and had two children, Tracy and Tim Saylor. He started a mining and industrial tire and wheel business in Johnson city, Tennessee, in 1977, which is still in operation by his family. Saylor was from

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, . As verified by his family, he died at the age of 52 from cancer

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( Template:NASCAR driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

=Daytona 500

Busch Series

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

( Template:NASCAR driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saylor, Connie 1940 births 1993 deaths ARCA Menards Series drivers Deaths from cancer in Tennessee NASCAR drivers People from Johnson City, Tennessee Racing drivers from Tennessee