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Carl Adams (racing driver)

{{short description|Racecar driver}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|

name = Carl Adams|

birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|8|3}}|

Total_Cup_Races = 28|

Years_In_Cup = 4|

Best_Cup_Pos = 23rd - 1975|

Cup_Top_Tens = 5|

First_Cup_Race = 1972 Miller High Life 500 (Ontario Motor Speedway)|

Last_Cup_Race = 1975 Los Angeles Times 500 (Ontario Motor Speedway)|

|Cup_Wins=0|Cup_Poles=0}}

Carl Adams (born August 3, 1942) is a former NASCAR driver from National City, California. He made 28 Cup Series starts in his career. He earned five top-ten finishes and had a best effort of 23rd in the point standings in 1975.

Adams began racing at Cajon Speedway near San Diego, California in 1962; eventually racing concurrently in both Super Stocks and the open wheel Modified Sportsman classes and winning feature events in both before moving into CRA Sprint Cars.

Additionally, Adams had great success racing Super Modifieds on a winter tour of ovals in South Africa. Adams won three CRA Sprint Car features before turning to the NASCAR Grand National West division in 1972. He was named GNW rookie of the year for 1972. Adams competed on the GNW circuit in 1973 before heading off to the premier series in 1974 and 1975.

Racing career results

= NASCAR Winston Cup Series =

class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="38" |NASCAR Winston Cup Series results

Year

!Owner/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

!NWCC

!Pts

!Ref

rowspan="2" |1972

! rowspan="2" |Paul Burchard

!39W

! rowspan="9" |Ford

| colspan="3" |

|ONT

30

| colspan="27" |

! rowspan="2" |75th

! rowspan="2" |530

! rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|title=Driver Carl Adams 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/adamsca01/1972/W|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.racing-reference.info}}

09W

| colspan="14" |

|RIV

7

| colspan="16" |

1973

! rowspan="3" |Richard Mummert

!9

|RIV

13

| colspan="13" |

|RIV

22

| colspan="16" |

!69th

!N/A

!{{Cite web|title=Driver Carl Adams 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/adamsca01/1973/W|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.racing-reference.info}}

rowspan="3" |1974

!56

|RIV

13

| colspan="4" |

|ATL

18

| colspan="3" |

|TAL

22

| colspan="21" |

! rowspan="3" |51st

! rowspan="3" |19.2

! rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|title=Driver Carl Adams 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/adamsca01/1974/W|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.racing-reference.info}}

56W

| colspan="29" |

|ONT

40

|

Dick Mummert

! rowspan="2" |56

| colspan="6" |

|DAR

DNQ

| colspan="24" |

rowspan="4" |1975

!Richard Mummert

|RIV

34

| colspan="30" |

! rowspan="4" |23rd

! rowspan="4" |2182

! rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|title=Driver Carl Adams 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/adamsca01/1975/W|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.racing-reference.info}}

Ray Mommery

! rowspan="2" |65

|

|DAY

DNQ

| colspan="29" |

Richard Mummert

| colspan="3" |

|ROC

13

|

|ATL

16

|NWI

18

|DAR

12

|MAR

12

|TAL

44

| colspan="3" |

|RIV

23

|MCH

21

|DAY

9

|NSH

8

|POC

6

|TAL

23

|MCH

29

| colspan="2" |

|NWI

20

|MAR

7

|

|RCH

11

|

|BRI

14

|ATL

16

|ONT

28

|

Bill Hollar

!29

!Chevrolet

| colspan="20" |

|DAR

DNQ

| colspan="10" |

References

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  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Carl_Adams}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1942 births

Category:People from National City, California

Category:Racing drivers from San Diego

Category:NASCAR drivers

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