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Fireball Roberts

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Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Jr. (January 20, 1929July 2, 1964) was an American stock car racer. [1]

65 relations: American Legion, Apopka, Florida, Asthma, Augusta International Raceway, Banjo Matthews, Baseball, Bill France Sr., Boilersuit, Bojangles' Southern 500, Burn, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina, Coca-Cola 600, Coma, Concord, North Carolina, Curtis Turner, Dave MacDonald, Daytona 500, Daytona Beach and Road Course, Daytona Beach, Florida, Eddie Sachs, Falstaff Brewing Corporation, Fastball, Florida, Florida Sports Hall of Fame, Ford Motor Company, Holman Moody, International Motorsports Hall of Fame, James Crumley, Joe Weatherly, John Hines (NASCAR owner), Junior Johnson, Marvin Panch, Modified stock car racing, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, NASCAR, NASCAR Hall of Fame, NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers, NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award, Ned Jarrett, Nomex, Occoneechee Speedway, Pitcher, Pneumonia, Pontiac, Seminole Speedway, Sepsis, Smokey Yunick, Stock car racing, ..., Tavares, Florida, Tim Flock, Tiny Lund, United States Army Air Corps, University of Florida, 1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1959 Daytona 500, 1960 Daytona 500, 1961 Daytona 500, 1962 Daytona 500, 1963 Daytona 500, 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1964 Daytona 500, 1964 Indianapolis 500, 1964 World 600. Expand index (15 more) »

American Legion

The American Legion is a U.S. war veterans organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Apopka, Florida

Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida.

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Asthma

Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

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Augusta International Raceway

The Augusta International Raceway was a multi-use motorsports facility located in Hephzibah, Georgia, United States (just south of Augusta).

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Banjo Matthews

Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews (February 14, 1932 – October 2, 1996) was a NASCAR driver, car owner and builder.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Bill France Sr.

William Henry Getty France (September 26, 1909 – June 7, 1992), also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill, was an American racing driver.

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Boilersuit

A boilersuit is a loose fitting garment covering the whole body except for the head, hands and feet.

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Bojangles' Southern 500

The Bojangles' Southern 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, United States.

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Burn

A burn is a type of injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation.

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Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway, formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina from Charlotte.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, during Memorial Day weekend.

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Coma

Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awaken; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle; and does not initiate voluntary actions.

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Concord, North Carolina

Concord (/ˈkɒn.kɔɹd/ or /ˈkaŋ.kəɹd/) is a city in Cabarrus County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Curtis Turner

Curtis Turner (April 12, 1924 – October 4, 1970) was an American stock car racer.

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Dave MacDonald

David George MacDonald (July 23, 1936 – May 30, 1964) was an American road racing champion noted for his successes driving Corvettes and Shelby Cobras in the early 1960s.

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Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Daytona Beach and Road Course

The Daytona Beach Road Course was a race track that was instrumental in the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR.

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Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

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Eddie Sachs

Edward Julius Sachs Jr, (May 28, 1927 – May 30, 1964) was a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the "Clown Prince of Auto Racing." He coined the phrase "If you can't win, be spectacular." Sachs was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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Falstaff Brewing Corporation

The Falstaff Brewing Corporation was a major American brewery located in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Fastball

The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Florida Sports Hall of Fame

The Florida Sports Hall of Fame (FSHOF) is an association dedicated to honoring athletes with outstanding achievement in sports in Florida.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Holman Moody

Holman-Moody was an American auto racing team, racecar manufacturer, and marine engine manufacturer.

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International Motorsports Hall of Fame

The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to the sports of auto racing and motorized boat racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer.

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James Crumley

James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008)Local author James Crumley dies at 68 url.

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Joe Weatherly

Joseph Herbert "Joe" Weatherly (May 29, 1922 – January 19, 1964) was an American stock car racing driver.

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John Hines (NASCAR owner)

John Hines was a NASCAR Grand National Series race car owner.

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Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr.

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Marvin Panch

Marvin Panch (May 28, 1926December 31, 2015) was an American stock car racing driver.

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Modified stock car racing

Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

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Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum for American motorsports legends.

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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NASCAR Hall of Fame

The NASCAR Hall of Fame honors drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.

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NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers

NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers is an alphabetical list of NASCAR drivers.

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NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award

NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series every year since 1956.

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Ned Jarrett

Ned Jarrett (born October 12, 1932) is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion.

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Nomex

Nomex is a flame-resistant meta-aramid material developed in the early 1960s by DuPont and first marketed in 1967.

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Occoneechee Speedway

Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open.

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Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Pontiac

Pontiac is a now-defunct car brand that was owned, made, and sold by General Motors.

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Seminole Speedway

Seminole Speedway was a dirt oval racetrack, located in Casselberry, Florida (near Orlando in central Florida), that opened in 1945 and hosted some of the first stock car racing events following the end of World War II.

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Sepsis

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.

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Smokey Yunick

Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American mechanic and car designer associated with motorsports.

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Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly and most prominently in the United States and Canada, with Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil also having forms of stock car auto racing.

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Tavares, Florida

Tavares (pronounced tuh-vair-ees) is a city located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Tim Flock

Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock (May 11, 1924 – March 31, 1998) was an American stock car racer.

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Tiny Lund

DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund (November 14, 1929 – August 17, 1975) was an American stock car racer.

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America between 1926 and 1941.

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University of Florida

The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.

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1950 NASCAR Grand National Series

The 1950 NASCAR Grand National season was the second season of professional stock car racing in the United States.

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1959 Daytona 500

The 1959 First Annual 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at Daytona (now known as the 1959 Inaugural Daytona 500) was the second race of the 1959 NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) season.

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1960 Daytona 500

The 1960 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) stock car race that was held on February 14, 1960, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

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1961 Daytona 500

The 1961 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on February 26, 1961, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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1962 Daytona 500

The 1962 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on February 18, 1962, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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1963 Daytona 500

The 1963 Daytona 500, the 5th running of the event held on February 24, 1963, was won by Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford.

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1963 NASCAR Grand National Series

The 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series was an American stock car racing competition.

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1964 Daytona 500

The 1964 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on February 23, 1964, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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1964 Indianapolis 500

The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 30, 1964.

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1964 World 600

The 1964 World 600, the fifth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 24, 1964, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_Roberts

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