| 词条 | Bill Snowden |
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name = Bill Snowden | birth_date = May 6, 1910 | birth_place = St. Augustine, Florida | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|2|2|1910|5|6}}| death_cause = Heart Attack| awards = 1992 inductee in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame[1] | achievements = | image= | Best_Cup_Pos = 9th (1951) | Cup_Wins = 0 | Cup_Top_Tens = 15 | Cup_Poles = 0 | First_Cup_Race = 1949 Race No. 1 (Charlotte) | Last_Cup_Race = 1952 Central City Speedway (Macon, Georgia) | Total_Cup_Races = 24 | Years_In_Cup = 4 | }}Bill Snowden (May 6, 1910 – 1959) was a NASCAR driver from St. Augustine, Florida, USA. He was one of the racers whose career was interrupted by World War II. He was nicknamed "Wild Bill" and the "Florida Hurricane".[2] Snowden competed on various circuits before NASCAR was organize, and he had second-place finishes at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1941 and 1948.[3] He competed in NASCAR's Strictly Stock/Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) races between the series' inception in 1949 and 1952.[4] He had 15 Top 10 and 5 Top 5 finishes in those 24 races.[4] NASCAR careerIn the series' first year in 1949, he competed in four of the eight events, with three Top 10s and a season-best fifth-place finish at Occoneechee Speedway at Hillsboro, North Carolina. Snowden finished 11th in the season points.[4] Snowden competed in four events in the next season, finishing 40th in season points with 2 Top 10s. His season-best fifth-place finish happened at Charlotte Speedway.[4] Snowden had a career-best ninth place season points finish in 1951. In 21 starts, he had 9 Top 10 finishes with two career-best fourth-place finishes at Martinsville Speedway and Speedway Park in Jacksonville.[4] 1952 was Snowden's final season in Grand National. He competed in four events, with one Top 10 with his sixth-place finish at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia.[4] Fireball Roberts raced one event in Snowden's car that season, and Banjo Matthews used Snowden's car in three events with one fifth-place finish at Darlington Raceway.[5] Snowden died in February 2, 1959. In 1992, he was inducted in the Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://jacksonvillestockcarracinghalloffame.com/Gallery1/Hall-of-Fame-Members/bill_snowden |title=1991 & 1992 Hall of Fame Inductees |year=1992 |publisher=Jacksonville Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame |accessdate=2009-04-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222154341/http://jacksonvillestockcarracinghalloffame.com/Gallery1/Hall-of-Fame-Members/bill_snowden |archivedate=February 22, 2012 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Snowden, Bill}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/opinion/02/17/jmenzer.daytona.legends/index.html|title=Daytona legends recall good ol' days on beach|last=Menzer|first=Joe|date=2007-02-17|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=2008-07-09}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racinhistory.com/gallery.asp?photo=53|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030914094256/http://www.racinhistory.com/gallery.asp?photo=53|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2003-09-14|title=Bill Snowden|publisher=Racin History|accessdate=2008-07-09}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=snowdbi01|title=Strictly Stock/Grand National Driver's statistics|publisher=Racing Reference|accessdate=2008-07-09}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/owner?id=snowdbi01|title=Bill Snowden's NASCAR Owner's statistics|publisher=Racing Reference|accessdate=2008-07-09}} 6 : 1910 births|1959 deaths|NASCAR drivers|People from St. Augustine, Florida|Racing drivers from Florida|20th-century American racing drivers |
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