Doug Carlyle
{{short description|Canadian Dirt Modified racing driver (1954 - 2017)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Doug (The Ox) Carlyle
| image =
| birth_name = Douglas Ford Carlyle
| birth_date = May 22, 1954
| birth_place = Kingston, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|16|1954|5|22|mf=y}}
| first year =
| car number = 11
| championships = 11
| wins =
| last finish =
| titles = 1986 Mr. Dirt 358 Modified Champion
| awards=
| updated=
|last series=Modified racing career|retired=|years active=1972 - 1993}}
Douglas "Doug" Carlyle (May 22, 1954 - January 16, 2017) was a Canadian dirt modified racing driver. He competed successfully at race venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River, including Brockville Speedway ON, Fonda Speedway NY, Grandview Speedway PA, and Rolling Wheels Raceway NY.{{cite news|last=Blai |first=Eddy |title=Let's go racing |url= https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/pennsylvania/doylestown/doylestown-intelligencer/1977/09-22/page-28/|publisher=The Intelligencer |page=28 |date= September 22, 1977 |via=NewspaperArchive |accessdate=October 15, 2023}}{{cite news|last=Gerard |first= Steve |title=Local DIRTcar Hall of Famer Dies at Age 62 |url= https://kingstonherald.com/featured/doug-carlyle-2010318007|publisher=The Kingston Herald |date= January 18, 2017 |accessdate=October 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Doug_Carlyle|title=Doug Carlyle-Career Results by Series|publisher = The Third Turn| access-date=October 15, 2023}}
Racing career
Doug Carlyle started racing small block modifieds in 1973 at age 18 at the Kingston (ON) and Watertown (NY) Speedways. He won his first feature a year later, and by 1976 had claimed the final year track championship at Kingston.{{cite news|last=Hill |first=John|title= Shampine among Dirt Inductees |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/2004/03-17/page-29/|publisher=The Post Standard |page=29 |date= March 17, 2004 |via=NewspaperArchive |accessdate=October 15, 2023}}{{cite news|last= Kennedy | first=Patrick |title= Kingston Speedway still holds special memories, 45 years after the end | url= https://www.thewhig.com/opinion/columnists/kingston-speedway-still-holds-special-memories-45-years-after-last-race |newspaper=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=October 15, 2023}}
Carlyle also claimed four track championships at Cornwall Motor Speedway ON and three at Can-Am Speedway NY.{{cite news|title= Kingston's Carlyle wins Can Am title |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/1979/09-03/page-33/|publisher=The Post Standard |page=33 |date= September 9, 1979|via=NewspaperArchive |accessdate=October 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://sites.google.com/site/arradocumentingracinghistory/|title= ARRA - Documenting Racing History |publisher = Auto Racing Research Associate| access-date=October 15, 2023}} He then came out of retirement in 1990 to claim three track championships at Frogtown International Speedway NY before a second retirement in 1993.{{cite news|last=Gay |first= Gregory |title=This ox is not ready to be put out to pasturel|url= https://nny360.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB098AA7A2548CB?pdate=1991-06-07|newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |date=June 7, 1991|via= NNY360 Archives |access-date=October 15, 2023}}{{cite news|last=Selkirk |first=Kirby |title= Carlyle claims Frogtown title|url= https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=prre19930910-01.1.17&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |newspaper=Press-Republican |date=September 10, 1993|page=17 |via= NYS Historic Newspapers |access-date=October 19, 2023}}
The 1986 Mr. Dirt 320/358 Modified Champion, Carlyle was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2004.{{cite news|last=O'Donnell |first=John |title=Dirt Motorsports Hall of Fame |url= https://nny360.newsbank.com/doc/news/102DB4FDF1E23E41?pdate=2004-05-27|newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |date=May 27, 2004|via= NNY360 Archives |access-date=October 15, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.canadianracer.com/visitor-photos/kingston/photos/images/kingston03.jpg Doug Carlyle race car]
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Category:Canadian racing drivers