Freddy Adam

{{short description|American Dirt Modified racing driver (born 1931)}}

{{other people||Alfred Adam|Frederick Adam (disambiguation){{!}}Frederick Adam}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Freddy Adam

| image =

| birth_name = Alfred A. Adam

| birth_date = January 31, 1931

| birth_place = Kutztown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|2|1|1931|1|31|mf=y}}{{cite news| last=Mitchell| first=Lisa|title= Saying Farewell to a Racing Legend, Freddy Adam | url= https://www.readingeagle.com/2013/02/12/saying-farewell-to-a-racing-legend-freddy-adam/ |newspaper=Reading Eagle|location=PA |date=February 12, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

| current series = Modified racing

| first year = 1949

| car number =

| championships = 4

| wins =

| retired = 1986

| titles =1964 Langhorne National Open{{cite news|title= Two crashes mar race won by Adam | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/12/archives/two-crashes-mar-race-won-by-adam.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 12, 1964 |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

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| updated=

}}

Alfred A. "Freddy" Adam (January 31, 1931 – February 1, 2013) was an American stock car racing driver. Adam centered his racing career on the Mid-Atlantic states, and won three track championships at Hatfield Speedway PA, as well as the final Modified title at the Dorney Park Speedway in Allentown, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |date=April 21, 1961 |title=Fred Adam Pacesetter at Hatfield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4G4rAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22freddy+adam%22+racing&article_id=3088,1636698 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=PA |page=19 |via=Google Books}}{{cite news |date=November 2, 2011 |title=Drive into Dorney Speedway reunion |url=https://www.mcall.com/2011/11/02/drive-into-dorney-speedway-reunion/ |access-date=August 10, 2023 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown PA}}

Racing career

Freddy Adam drove for 57 car owners and successfully competed at more than 40 tracks, including Evergreen Speedway PA, Langhorne Speedway PA, Nazareth Speedway PA, Orange County Fair Speedway NY, Penn National Speedway PA, Williams Grove Speedway PA, and Yellow Jacket Speedway PA. He was the only driver to have raced at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway in every season that Modifieds competed.{{cite book| last = Weisel| first = Paul Jr.| title = The Life and Times of the Kutztown Komet, the Freddy Adam Story| publisher = KLASCAR, Inc.| date = 2010| isbn = 0615400205}}{{cite news |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame announces 2017 entrees |url=https://auburnpub.com/northeast-dirt-modified-hall-of-fame-announces-2017-entrees/article_50638f5a-745b-5ddb-b55a-e5bc3a6ea58a.html |access-date=August 3, 2023 |newspaper=The Citizen |location=Auburn NY}}

Adam was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association and the Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of Fame{{cite web |url=https://empamedia.com/halloffameFred%20Adam.html|title=EMPA Hall of Fame – Freddy Adam|publisher= Eastern Motorsports Press Association| access-date=August 10, 2023}}

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