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Bobby Isaac

{{short description|American racing driver (1932–1977)}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Bobby Isaac

| birth_name = Robert Vance Isaac

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|8|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Catawba, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|8|14|1932|8|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_cause = Heart attack due to heat exhaustion

| achievements = 1970 Grand National Series champion
Holds Cup Series record for most poles in a season (20 poles in 1969)

| awards = 1969 Grand National Series Most Popular Driver
National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (1979)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1996)
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
NASCAR Hall of Fame (2016)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)

| Total_Cup_Races = 308

| Years_In_Cup = 14

| Best_Cup_Pos = 1st (1970)

| First_Cup_Race = 1961 World 600 qualifier No. 1 (Charlotte)

| Last_Cup_Race = 1976 World 600 (Charlotte)

| First_Cup_Win = 1964 Daytona 500 qualifier No. 2 (Daytona)

| Last_Cup_Win = 1972 Carolina 500 (Rockingham)

| Cup_Wins = 37[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=isaacbo01 Driver's statistics at racing-reference.info]

| Cup_Top_Tens = 170

| Cup_Poles = 48

| Total_GNEast_Races = 8

| Years_In_GNEast = 2

| Best_GNEast_Pos = 30th (1973)

| First_GNEast_Race = 1972 Hickory 276 (Hickory)

| Last_GNEast_Race = 1973 Buddy Shuman 100 (Hickory)

| First_GNEast_Win = 1972 Albany-Saratoga 250 (Malta)

| Last_GNEast_Win = 1972 Coalminers 200 (Lonesome Pine)

| GNEast_Wins = 4

| GNEast_Top_Tens = 6

| GNEast_Poles = 4

| updated = April 17, 2013

}}

Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s. He was most famously associated with driving Nord Krauskopf's red No. 71 K&K Insurance Dodge Charger. Isaac was NASCAR's Grand National Series champion in 1970. Isaac abruptly retired from full-time top-level competition in 1973 and died of a heart attack during a late model race at Hickory Motor Speedway in 1977. For his achievements, Isaac was named as one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers and inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Early life

Isaac grew up on a farm near Catawba, North Carolina, the second-youngest of nine children. He finished school after the sixth grade, which led to the incorrect rumor that he could neither read nor write.{{Cite web |url=http://www.decadesofracing.net/BobbyIsaac.htm |title=Decades of Racing - Bobby Isaac |access-date=2006-04-18 |archive-date=2006-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615033638/http://www.decadesofracing.net/BobbyIsaac.htm |url-status=dead }}

NASCAR career

File:Bobby Isaac 71 Dodge NASCAR Hall of Fame.jpg]]

He began racing full-time in 1956, but it took him seven years to break into the Grand National division. Isaac won the championship in 1970 driving the No. 71 Dodge Charger Daytona sponsored by K&K Insurance. His crew chief was Harry Hyde. Isaac and Hyde took the car to Talladega in November and set a closed-course speed record.

Isaac won 37 races in NASCAR's top series during his career, including 11 in his championship season, and started from the pole position 49 times. Isaac currently holds the NASCAR record for most poles in a single season, with 20 in 1969. In 1970 he turned a 201.104 mph lap at Talladega, a record that stood until 1983.

Isaac dropped out of the 1973 Talladega 500 mid-race in an impulsive decision which surprised his pit crew and the team owner. "I wasn't afraid I was going to wreck...I don't have anything to prove to myself or to anybody else. I know how it feels to win and lose. I know how it feels to be a champion. And now I know how it feels to quit. It just entered my mind at that moment," Isaac said. "I decided to quit and that was that. (Team owner) Bud Moore didn't know I had quit until after the race. I didn't know about (Larry) Smith at that time." (Larry Smith was the first fatality at Talladega Superspeedway, which happened earlier in the race).{{Cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/showblog?id=2297|title=Historical Motorsports Stories: NASCAR's Urban Legends: Larry Smith & Bobby Isaac - Racing-Reference.info|website=racing-reference.info|access-date=2016-03-22|archive-date=2018-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211134744/https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=2297|url-status=dead}} Isaac did not participate in any further 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup races after Talladega, and the presumption by sports commentators in late 1973 was that he was retiring from the sport.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jX8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OqoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1017%2C2559199|title=A Champion Quits|last=McLeod|first=Mac|date=1973-08-20|website=The Sumter Daily Item}}

Ultimately, Isaac did return to NASCAR racing as a driver from 1974 through 1976, on a reduced schedule.

Land speed records

Isaac also made his mark outside of NASCAR.[http://aerowarriors.com/bv.html First hand account of Bonneville Salt Flats land speed record attempts][http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/halloffame/1996/Bobby_Isaac_main.htm International Motorsports Hall of Fame page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508044153/http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/halloffame/1996/Bobby_Isaac_main.htm |date=2006-05-08 }} In September 1971, he went to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and set 28 world speed records, some of which still stand.

Awards

Bobby Isaac was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1979, and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1998 NASCAR honored Isaac as one of its 50 greatest drivers. On May 20, 2015, Isaac was announced as a member of the 2016 induction class to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Death

On Saturday night, August 13, 1977, while running fourth, Isaac pulled out of the Winston 200 late model sportsman race at Hickory Motor Speedway with 40 laps left, and called for a relief driver, collapsing on pit road of heat exhaustion. Weather reports for the area that day showed temperatures which had reached {{convert|91|F|C}} at mid-afternoon, and were still around {{convert|80|F|C}} at the time of Isaac's collapse.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KHKY/1977/8/13/DailyHistory.html|title=Weather History for Hickory, NC {{!}} Weather Underground|website=www.wunderground.com|access-date=2016-03-23}} Though Isaac was revived briefly at the hospital and was conversing with friends, he later died from a heart attack caused by heat exhaustion, at 12:45 a.m. on August 14, 13 days after his 45th birthday.{{cite news|title=Hickory victory to Ingram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4372204/|newspaper=Statesville Record & Landmark|date=August 15, 1977|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731203008/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4372204/collapse_of_race_car_driver_bobby_isaac/|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Bobby Isaac dead at 43|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fXAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6182%2C2717989|newspaper=The Spartanburg Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=August 15, 1977}}

Details of Isaac's pit lane collapse on the night of his death were given to reporters by friend and former racing driver Ned Jarrett. Jarrett asserted at that time that the reason Isaac left the 1973 Talladega 500 was because he "had heard a voice that told him to quit".

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan="69" | 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

! 42

! 43

! 44

! 45

! 46

! 47

! 48

! 49

! 50

! 51

! 52

! 53

! 54

! 55

! 56

! 57

! 58

! 59

! 60

! 61

! 62

! {{Tooltip|NGNC|NASCAR Grand National classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1961

! Rex Lovette

! 27

! Pontiac

| CLT

| JSP

| DAY

| DAY

| DAY

| PIF

| AWS

| HMS

| ATL

| GPS

| HBO

| BGS

| MAR

| NWS

| CLB

| HCY

| RCH

| MAR

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|18}}

| CLT

| RSD

| ASP

| CLT

| PIF

| BIR

| GPS

| BGS

| NOR

| HAS

| STR

| DAY

| ATL

| CLB

| MBS

| BRI

| NSV

| BGS

| AWS

| RCH

| SBO

| DAR

| HCY

| RCH

| CSF

| ATL

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| BRI

| GPS

| HBO

| colspan=10|

! 158th

! -

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1961/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

rowspan=4| 1963

! rowspan=3| Bondy Long

! 90

! rowspan=2| Plymouth

| BIR

| GGS

| THS

| RSD

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|22}}

| colspan=56|

! rowspan=4| 20th

! rowspan=4| 12858

! rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1963/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

rowspan=2| 99

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIF
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AWS
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
{{small|20}}

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUG
{{small|7}}

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
{{small|16}}

| SBO

| BGS

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
{{small|21}}

| THS

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ASH
{{small|16}}

| colspan=28|

Ford

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|20}}

| HCY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|27}}

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
{{small|8}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|21}}

| ODS

| RCH

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|11}}

| BIR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
{{small|18}}

| SVH

| DTS

| BGS

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OBS
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRR
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIF
{{small|14}}

| BGS

| ONA

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|11}}

| HCY

| RCH

| MAR

| DTS

| NWS

| THS

Smokey Yunick

! 13

! Chevy

| colspan=51|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|31}}

| SBO

| HBO

| RSD

| colspan=7|

rowspan=3| 1964

! Nichels Engineering

! 26

! Dodge

| CON

| AUG

| JSP

| SVH

| RSD

| DAY

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|15}}

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|27}}

| GPS

| BGS

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|2}}

| AWS

| HBO

| PIF

| CLB

| NWS

| MAR

| SVH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|27}}

| LGY

| HCY

| SBO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|25}}

| GPS

| ASH

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
{{small|7}}

| CON

| NSV

| CHT

| BIR

| VAL

| PIF

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|2}}

| ODS

| OBS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRR
{{small|17}}

| ISP

| GLN

| LIN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|23}}

| NSV

| MBS

| AWS

| DTS

| ONA

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|20}}

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
{{small|7}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|27}}

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=3| 18th

! rowspan=3| 13252

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1964/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Louis Weathersbee

! 45

! Plymouth

| colspan=47|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
{{small|11}}

| BGS

| STR

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|17}}

| ODS

| HBO

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SVH
{{small|13}}

| NWS

| colspan=4|

Owens Racing

! 5

! Dodge

| colspan=59|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HAR
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JAC
{{small|17}}

rowspan=2| 1965

! Nichels Engineering

! 35

! Dodge

| RSD

| DAY

| DAY

| DAY

| PIF

| ASW

| RCH

| HBO

| ATL

| GPS

| NWS

| MAR

| CLB

| BRI

| DAR

| LGY

| BGS

| HCY

| CLT

| CCF

| ASH

| HAR

| NSV

| BIR

| ATL

| GPS

| MBS

| VAL

| DAY

| ODS

| OBS

| ISP

| GLN

| BRI

| NSV

| CCF

| AWS

| SMR

| PIF

| AUG

| CLB

| DTS

| BLV

| BGS

| DAR

| HCY

| LIN

| ODS

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|34}}

| CLT

| HBO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|21}}

| colspan=8|

! rowspan=2| 75th

! rowspan=2| 980

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1965/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

rowspan=2| Junior Johnson & Associates

! rowspan=2| 26

! rowspan=2| Ford

| colspan=54|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DTS
{{small|2*}}

| colspan=7|

rowspan=2| 1966

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|29}}

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|37}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
{{small|3}}

| CLB

| GPS

| BGS

| NWS

| MAR

| DAR

| LGY

| MGR

| MON

| RCH

| CLT

| DTS

| ASH

| PIF

| SMR

| AWS

| BLV

| GPS

| DAY

| ODS

| BRR

| OXF

| FON

| ISP

| BRI

| SMR

| NSV

| ATL

| CLB

| AWS

| BLV

| BGS

| DAR

| HCY

| RCH

| HBO

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| colspan=14|

! rowspan=2| 53rd

! rowspan=2| 3438

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1966/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Owens Racing

! 5

! Dodge

| colspan=48|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|30}}

| colspan=13|

rowspan=3| 1967

! rowspan=2| K&K Insurance Racing

! 71

! rowspan=2| Dodge

| AUG

| RSD

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|11}}

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|19}}

| AWS

| BRI

| GPS

| BGS

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|5}}

| CLB

| HCY

| NWS

| MAR

| SVH

| RCH

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|11}}

| ASH

| MGR

| SMR

| BIR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|16}}

| GPS

| MGY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|5}}

| TRN

| OXF

| FDA

| ISP

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|33}}

| BGS

| CLB

| SVH

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
{{small|6}}

| HCY

| RCH

| BLV

| HBO

| MAR

| NWS

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|36}}

| AWS

| colspan=13|

! rowspan=3| 14th

! rowspan=3| 19698

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1967/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

37

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
{{small|8}}

| BLV

| LGY

| colspan=43|

King Enterprises

! 53

! Dodge

| colspan=32|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|32}}

| SMR

| NSV

| colspan=27|

rowspan=2| 1968

! rowspan=5| K&K Insurance Racing

! 37

! rowspan=5| Dodge

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MGR
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGY
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
{{small|7}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|13}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
{{small|1*}}

| colspan=52|

! rowspan=2| 2nd

! rowspan=2| 3373

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1968/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

rowspan=4| 71

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|5}}

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
{{small|3*}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUG
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLV
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LGY
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ASH
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ISP
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OXF
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FDA
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRN
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LGY
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLV
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HBO
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JFC
9*

| colspan=13|

1969

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MGR
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGY
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|38}}

| DAY

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
14*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLV
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LGY
{{small|4*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGR
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KPT
{{small|11*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NCF
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|29}}

| DOV

| TPN

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TRN
{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BLV
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
{{small|1*}}

| DAR

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|41}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVH
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUG
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JFC
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TWS
{{small|1}}

| colspan=8|

! 6th

! 3301

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1969/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

1970

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|2}}

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLV
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KPT
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AST
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TPN
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRN
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SMR
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|35}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONA
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NCF
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LGY
{{small|23}}

| colspan=14|

! 1st

! 3911

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1970/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

1971

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
{{small|4}}

| DAY

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
{{small|2}}

| HCY

| BRI

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|5}}

| CLB

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
{{small|1*}}

| SMR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
13*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
13*

| TAL

| ASH

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| KPT
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
{{small|2}}

| RSD

| HOU

| GPS

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
{{small|1*}}

| BRI

| AST

| ISP

| TRN

| NSV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|33}}

| BGS

| ONA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|39}}

| TAL

| CLB

| HCY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
{{small|5}}

| MGR

| RCH

| NWS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
49

| colspan=14|

! 23rd

! 1819

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1971/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

==Winston Cup Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup 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

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=3| 1972

! K&K Insurance Racing

! 71

! Dodge

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
{{small|45}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
19*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TWS
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TRN
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|31}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|42}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|40}}

| RCH

| DOV

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=3| 19th

! rowspan=3| 5050.85

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1972/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Donlavey Racing

! 98

! Ford

| colspan=26|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|35}}

| NWS

| colspan=3|

Matthews Racing

! 27

! Chevy

| colspan=28|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|36}}

| TWS

1973

! Bud Moore Engineering

! 15

! Ford

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|33}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
{{small|32}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|33}}

| MCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|39}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|35}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
{{small|13}}

| NSV

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| NWS

| MAR

| CLT

| CAR

| colspan=3|

! 26th

! 3352.4

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1973/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

rowspan=5| 1974

! Matthews Racing

! 27

! Chevy

| RSD

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|8}}

| RCH

| CAR

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|2}}

| ATL

| colspan=25|

! rowspan=5| 33rd

! rowspan=5| 152.94

! rowspan=5| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1974/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Donlavey Racing

! 90

! Ford

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|33}}

| NWS

| colspan=23|

rowspan=2| Ellington Racing

! 28

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|25}}

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
{{small|6}}

| BRI

| NSV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|34}}

| POC

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
{{small|8}}

| MCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|37}}

| RCH

| DOV

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
{{small|6}}

| MAR

| colspan=4|

29

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|33}}

| RSD

| MCH

| colspan=16|

K&K Insurance Racing

! 17

! Dodge

| colspan=27|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|32}}

| CAR

| ONT

|

rowspan=4| 1975

! Ellington Racing

! 28

! Chevy

| RSD

| DAY

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|29}}

| BRI

| ATL

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| colspan=19|

! rowspan=4| 48th

! rowspan=4| 405

! rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1975/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Norris Reed

! 83

! Chevy

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|35}}

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| NSV

| POC

| TAL

| MCH

| DAR

| DOV

| NWS

| MAR

| colspan=7|

Puro Racing

! 75

! Mercury

| colspan=24|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|37}}

| RCH

| colspan=5|

Ed Gibson

! 3

! Chevy

| colspan=26|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|30}}

| ONT

|

rowspan=2| 1976

! Howard & Egerton Racing

! rowspan=2| 6

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| RSD

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
{{small|6}}

| RCH

| BRI

| ATL

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| colspan=19|

! rowspan=2| 114th

! rowspan=2| 49

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/isaacbo01/1976/W|title=Bobby Isaac – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=May 26, 2016}}

Neil Castles

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|38}}

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| NSV

| POC

| TAL

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| ATL

| ONT

|

===Daytona 500===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1963

| Bondy Long

| Plymouth

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

1964

| Nichels Engineering

| Dodge

|align=center| 4

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 15

1966

| Junior Johnson & Associates

| Ford

|align=center| 14

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 21

1967

| rowspan=6| K&K Insurance Racing

| rowspan=6| Dodge

|align=center| 23

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 19

1968

|align=center| 11

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36

1969

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 30

1970

|align=center| 3

|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5

1971

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10

1972

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33

1973

| Bud Moore Engineering

| Ford

|align=center| 10

|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

1974

| Matthews Racing

| Chevrolet

|align=center| 3

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Bobby_Isaac}}
  • [http://www.decadesofracing.net/BobbyIsaac.htm Biography, part 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615033638/http://www.decadesofracing.net/BobbyIsaac.htm |date=2006-06-15 }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613141154/http://www.yourfunshop.com/home/archive3/index14.html Biography, part 2]
  • [https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Isaac-NASCARs-Champion-ebook/dp/B004ZH3PWO/ Bobby Isaac: NASCAR's First Modern Champion]
  • {{Find a Grave|14437934|Bobby Isaac}}

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