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He was one of eight drivers inducted in the first class of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, along with his cousin [[Lloyd Seay]], Byron, [[Tim Flock]], and [[Bill Elliott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderroadusa.com/Inductees.html|title=Inductees|year=2008|publisher=Georgia Racing Hall of Fame|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref> He was inducted in the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 2009. |
He was one of eight drivers inducted in the first class of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, along with his cousin [[Lloyd Seay]], Byron, [[Tim Flock]], and [[Bill Elliott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderroadusa.com/Inductees.html|title=Inductees|year=2008|publisher=Georgia Racing Hall of Fame|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref> He was inducted in the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 2009. |
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Raymond Parks is among the 25 nominees for the 2010 inaugural class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Fans are invited to participate by voting for up to five nominees to be inducted. The NASCAR Hall of Fame (HOF) voting committee will hold a ballot to select the inductees to the HOF. The top five nominees in fan voting will be submitted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel to be cast as the Fan Vote Ballot. NASCAR is the only professional sports league where fans can vote for the Hall of Fame inductees. Voting is only available on NASCAR.COM; to cast your vote, go to http://www.nascar.com/halloffame |
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Revision as of 15:16, 29 July 2009
Raymond Parks (born in 1914 in Dawsonville, Georgia) was the owner of Red Byron's car which won NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now Sprint Cup) championship in 1949.
Background
Parks was the first child of Alfred and Leila Parks and great-great-nephew of settler Benny Parks, who found gold in the state of Georgia in the early nineteenth century. Raymond was the oldest of his father's sixteen children, six of whom were born to Leila, and ten of whom were born to Leila's sister, Ila. Parks left home at age 14[1] and began driving moonshine. He served nine months of a one-year and one-day sentence in the federal penitentiary in Chillicothe, Ohio, from from 1936 to 1937.[2] Parks served in World War II during the famous Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.[3] He served in the 99th Infantry Division and was briefly stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia.[4]
Racing/NASCAR
Most famous for being a moonshine runner who helped to start NASCAR, Parks was the car owner for moonshine runner and nephew Lloyd Seay. He won the first two ever NASCAR championships.[5]
Awards
He was one of eight drivers inducted in the first class of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, along with his cousin Lloyd Seay, Byron, Tim Flock, and Bill Elliott.[6] He was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009.
Raymond Parks is among the 25 nominees for the 2010 inaugural class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Fans are invited to participate by voting for up to five nominees to be inducted. The NASCAR Hall of Fame (HOF) voting committee will hold a ballot to select the inductees to the HOF. The top five nominees in fan voting will be submitted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel to be cast as the Fan Vote Ballot. NASCAR is the only professional sports league where fans can vote for the Hall of Fame inductees. Voting is only available on NASCAR.COM; to cast your vote, go to http://www.nascar.com/halloffame
References
- ^ Driving With the Devil,by Neal Thompson, page 241. Caption of bottom picture
- ^ Driving With the Devil, by Neal Thompson, page 47
- ^ Driving With the Devil, by Neal Thompson, page 149
- ^ Driving With the Devil, by Neal Thompson, page 150
- ^ http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/features/03/07/raymond.parks.donation/index.html
- ^ "Inductees". Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
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