Lloyd Holt (December 31, 1937 – June 4, 2022) was a pioneering driver of dirt modified stock cars on the

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. In 1970, he became the inaugural track champion at the

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Racing career

Holt got his start in 1957, when he entered a stock Hudson with a big six-cylinder engine in the jalopy class at Merrittville Speedway in Ontario. He soon moved up to the modified class where he also competed and was victorious in New York at Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, Ransomville Speedway, Skyline Raceway in Virgil, and

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, as well as Speedway Park in Stony Brook, Ontario. Holt claimed the 1967 Humberstone Speedway, Ontario track title as well as 1969 track championship at the Maple Grove Speedway in

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. He was inducted into Merrittville Wall of Fame in 2013 and into the

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2014.

References

External links

Merittville Memories – Lloyd Holt
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