Fred Gibson (born November 4, 1936) is a retired pioneering Canadian driver of dirt modified stock cars. In 1967 he set a record at the Kingston Speedway in Ontario, Canada, by winning 13 consecutive features.

Racing career

Fred Gibson was always among the top point leaders at the

Kingston Speedway Kingston Speedway was a quarter-mile dirt oval raceway located in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario, Canada. Overview In 1951 Rod Cutway organized a group of racing enthusiasts and roughed-out a version of a three-eighths-mile racetrack o ...

from the time he and friend Gord Botting got involved in racing as teens. Between 1962 and 1967, Gibson won five championships at three different tracks, including 1965 when he won 15 features and the second of three track championships at Kingson Speedway. In 1966 Gibson claimed the track crown at the

Watertown Speedway Watertown Speedway was a 1/2 mile dirt oval raceway located at the Jefferson County fairgrounds in Watertown, New York. History Auto racing was first presented at the former horse track located on Coffeen St in 1936 and again in 1940, when ...

in New York. The following year he won the inaugural track championship at Evans Mills Speedway in New York, as well as his third Kingston title. Gibson retired from driving and purchased the Kingston Speedway in 1971. Gibson later owned Kingston Park Raceway, a standardbred horse racing track, and was inducted to the Kingston District Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Fred Gibson early stock car
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