Stan Meserve (born August 23, 1941 in Winslow,

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'' driver who competed in one year of NASCAR racing.

Career

He earned a grand total $7,745 through his entire NASCAR racing career (which did not reach beyond

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). Of the 31 races in which he participated in his career, Meserve had one top-ten finish in 4283 laps (2758.8 miles) of racing. He started and finished in 22nd place on average in his career and was a competitor at the 1968 Fireball 300. All of Meserve's races were done in a 1967

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vehicle. However, his later races for the Late Model Sportsman Series (which evolved into the

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) and the Grand National North Series were done in a

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vehicle and a

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vehicle. Meserve raced in the

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, dropping out after 34 laps. After retiring from NASCAR using an underfunded 1967 Dodge Charger stock car, Meserve founded Distance Racing Products in 1983, a company that specialized in fabricating race cars and selling products to drivers throughout the

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. He quickly retired from driving stock cars to become the

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for the ACT Tour. He returned to driving full-time in 1998. Meserve is the only driver to win championships at Wiscasset Speedway, Oxford Plains Speedway, Speedway 95, and Unity Speedway. As of 2007, Meserve was working at

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and occasionally raced in Maine or on a short track in the

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as a Pro Stock driver.

References

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