Richard Brickhouse (born October 27, 1939, in
Rocky Point, North Carolina
Rocky Point is a census-designated place and unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina, Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,476 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
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) is a retired
NASCAR
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driver. He is best known for winning the inaugural
Talladega 500 The Talladega Superspeedway hosts two 500-mile races in the NASCAR Cup Series calendar, both generically referred as "Talladega 500".
* The spring race, currently known as Jack Link's 500
* The fall race, currently known as YellaWood 500
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in 1969 after a boycott of the top stars of the sport at the time because concerns with tire wear with the high rate of speeds at the racetrack.
Though Brickhouse ran his final race in 1982, he did attempt a comeback in 1995 at age 55 at Rockingham driving for former driver
Dick Skillen
Dick Skillen (born August 5, 1945) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, where he ran from 1974 to 1986 and achieved a best finish of seventeenth at Daytona Interna ...
. The comeback was cut short, as Brickhouse crashed his No. 14 Chevy in qualifying. Brickhouse concluded his career with one win, four top fives and 13 career top 10s in 39 races.
He held the Guinness book of world records for fastest time on a closed circuit for many years.
Motorsports results
NASCAR
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key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
Winston Cup Series
=Daytona 500
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References
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1939 births
Living people
NASCAR drivers
People from Pender County, North Carolina
Racing drivers from North Carolina
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