Neil Cole (racing driver)

Neil Cole (May 27, 1926 – February 16, 2016) was an American stock car racing driver who competed in 19 NASCAR Grand National events between 1950 and 1953.^[1] Cole finished his NASCAR career with 10 top tens^[2] and 1 career win, which came at Thompson Speedway in 1951.^[3]

Neil Cole
Born	(1926-05-27) May 27, 1926 (age 98) Oakland, New Jersey
Died	February 16, 2016(2016-02-16) (aged 89)
NASCAR Cup Series career
19 races run over 4 years
Best finish	19th (1952)
First race	1950 Race 6 (Vernon)
Last race	1953 Race 8 (Langhorne)
First win	1951 Race 32 (Thompson)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 11 1

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1950		89	Ford	DAB	CLT	LAN	MAR	CAN	VER 18	DSP	MCF	CLT	HBO	DSP	HAM	DAR	LAN 5	NWS	VER	MAR	WIN	HBO																							31st	183.5	[4]
1951	John Golabek	52	Olds	DAB	CLT	NMO	GAR	HBO 5	ASF	NWS	MAR	CAN	CLS	CLB	DSP	GAR	GRS	BAI	HEI	AWS	MCF	ALS	MSF	FMS	MOR 25	ABS	DAR	CLB	CCS	LAN	CLT	DSP 2	WIL	HBO	TPN 1	PGS	MAR 17	OAK	NWS	HMS	JSP	ATL	GAR	NMO	33rd	382	[5]
1952		53	Plymouth	PBS	DAB	JSP	NWS 6	MAR 6	CLB	ATL	CCS								CLT 21	MSF	NIF 6	OSW 9	MON	MOR 3	PPS	MCF 9	AWS	DAR	CCS	LAN 7	DSP	WIL	HBO	MAR	NWS	ATL	PBS								19th	1618	[6]
			Hudson									LAN 12	DAR	DSP	CAN 14	HAY	FMS 20	HBO
1953		24	Plymouth	PBS	DAB	HAR	NWS	CLT	RCH	CCS	LAN	CLB	HCY	MAR	PMS	RSP	LOU	FFS	LAN 24	TCS	WIL	MCF	PIF	MOR	ATL	RVS	LCF	DAV	HBO	AWS	PAS	HCY	DAR	CCS	LAN	BLF	WIL	NWS	MAR	ATL					165th	24	[7]

References

1. Dec 15, Chase Wilhelm; ET, 2016 at 10:00a. "List of one-hit wonders in the NASCAR Premier Series". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "NASCAR Statistics: Neil Cole [DriverAverages.com]". www.driveraverages.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
3. "Driver Neil Cole's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
4. "Neil Cole – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
5. "Neil Cole – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
6. "Neil Cole – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
7. "Neil Cole – 1953 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.

External links

• Neil Cole driver statistics at Racing-Reference