| 词条 | Waddell Wilson |
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| name = Waddell Wilson | image = WaddellWilson1985.jpg | alt = man standing on racetrack pit lane talking to his driver on a headset | caption = Wilson in 1985 | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|12|29}} | birth_place = Bakersville, North Carolina | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = NASCAR engine builder/crew chief }}Waddell Wilson is a former NASCAR Winston Cup (now Monster Energy Cup Series) crew chief and engine builder. He was the winning crew chief for the Daytona 500 in 1980, 1983, and 1984.[1] He was crew chief or engine builder for Holman Moody, Harry Ranier, and Hendrick Motorsports.[2] Drivers included Bobby Allison, Mario Andretti, Buddy Baker, Geoff Bodine, A. J. Foyt, Junior Johnson, Fred Lorenzen, Cale Yarborough and Ricky Rudd.[2] BackgroundWilson grew up Bakersville, North Carolina.[2] After graduating from the Nashville Auto and Diesel College in Tennessee, he worked for Cummins Diesel in Miami.[2] CareerHe started driving jalopies, street stocks, and modifieds at the Hialeah, Palmetto and Hollywood short tracks in Florida.[2] "I won a few," Waddell said, "but before long I figured building engines really was my niche."[2] Wilson began as an engine builder for Holman Moody in the early 1960s and he worked for them into the 1970s.[3] He became recognized after building the engine that Fireball Roberts used to win the 1963 Southern 500.[2] Engines built by Wilson had 109 wins, earned 123 pole positions, and won three championships (David Pearson in 1968-69, Benny Parsons in 1973).[3] Parsons set the record for the first {{convert|200|mph|km/h|adj=on|sp=us}} qualifying lap at Talladega using an engine built by Wilson.[3] Wilson later took over as a crew chief. His driver Buddy Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500. Cale Yarborough drove a Wilson-prepared car to victory in the 1983 Daytona 500, and the combination repeated their win in 1984 Daytona 500.[3] Yarborough and Wilson worked together for Harry Ranier in the early to mid-1980s.[4] Between 1983 and 1986, Yarborough/Wilson won nine races in only 60 starts, including four of sixteen in 1983.[4] Wilson prepared an engine for Hendrick Motorsports that Darrell Waltrip used in a practice session to set an unofficial track record at Daytona that exceeded Bill Elliott's 1985 mark.[5] Rick Hendrick named Wilson to be the crew chief for his new third Hendrick Motorsports team in 1988. Wilson worked with driver Darrell Waltrip.[6] The friends didn't mesh well together as teammates, earning only one win, and Wilson was named the team manager after one season.[6] He was replaced by Jeff Hammond.[6] Wilson became Ricky Rudd's crew chief in 1990 after Hendrick reduced to a two car team.[6] Hendrick had Wilson be the crew chief for IndyCar driver Al Unser Jr.'s only NASCAR start at the 1993 Daytona 500.[7] Unser finished 36th after crashing out.[8] Between 1979 and 1993, Wilson was the crew chief for 22 NASCAR Winston Cup race wins.[4] Yarborough later became a car owner. After working for Jim Mattei at Mattei Motorsports in 1998, Wayne Burdette who was purchasing Yarborough Motorsports hired Wilson to be his team's general manager for the 1999 season with driver Rick Mast.[4] Wilson retired from racing in 2000 and he became a consultant for Jerico Performance Products.[2][9] LegacyWilson received the "Golden Wrench Award" by the North Carolina Stock Car Racing Hall Of Fame in 2006, the same year that Waltrip was inducted in the hall of Fame.[10] Wilson was selected to be one of three retired crew chiefs to vote for the inaugural class for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.[11] He was featured on the April 9, 2003 episode of the Speed television channel's show Men Behind the Wrenches.[12] Personal lifeWilson is married to Barbara Wilson. They have two sons and one daughter, and they all work in motorsports.[2] AuthorIn 1990, Wilson released a book on preparing race motors called Race Engine Preparation.[13]
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/bantam10/3240331136/|title=Crew chiefs driving force for Daytona 500 winners|last=Aumann|first=Mark|date=February 4, 2008|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=7 January 2010}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Waddell}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|url=http://blogs.thatsracin.com/scuffs/2006/10/wilson_to_recei.html|title=Wilson to receive Hall of Fame's Golden Wrench|last=Higgins|first=Tom|publisher=Thatsracin|accessdate=7 January 2010}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/official/08/17/nmpa.hof.candidates/index.html|title=Wallace leads candidates for '09 NMPA HOF ballot|date=August 17, 2009|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=7 January 2010}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=23450&FS=NASCAR*|title=Mast and Wilson to Lead Yarborough Team|date=December 31, 1998|publisher=Motorsport.com|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/04/sports/sports-people-waltrip-sets-mark.html?scp=4&sq=%22waddell%20wilson%22&st=cse|title=Waltrip Sets Mark|date=January 4, 1987|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Golenbock|first=Peter|title=NASCAR confidential: stories of the men and women who made stock car racing |publisher=MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company|year=2004|pages=285–287|isbn=0-7603-1483-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krK2mvd5Z9YC&pg=PA286&dq=%22waddell+wilson%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22waddell%20wilson%22&f=false}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/07/sports/auto-racing-speeding-into-a-hard-new-world.html?scp=1&sq=%22waddell%20wilson%22&st=cse|title=Speeding Into a Hard New World|last=Siano|first=Joseph|date=February 7, 1993|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=unseral02|title=Al Unser, Jr. NASCAR statistics|publisher=Racing-Reference|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jericoperformance.com/27.html |title=September 18th, 2000 - Wadell (sic) Wilson |date=September 18, 2000 |publisher=Jerico Performance Products |accessdate=7 January 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207070209/http://www.jericoperformance.com/27.html |archivedate=December 7, 2009 }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ncarhof.com/about_us.html|title=Inductees & Snap-On Golden Wrench Recipients |publisher=North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/features/04/29/hall.of.fame.committee/index.html|title=Hall of Fame nominating, voting members named|date=October 13, 2009|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=7 January 2010}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://television.aol.com/show/men-behind-the-wrenches/281437/episodes|title=Men Behind the Wrenches Episode Guide|publisher=AOL|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://stason.org/TULARC/vehicles/vw-performance/18-What-are-some-of-the-Performance-books-to-Read.html|title=What are some of the Performance books to Read?|publisher=Stason.org|accessdate=9 January 2010}} 4 : Living people|NASCAR crew chiefs|People from Bakersville, North Carolina|1936 births |
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