Glenn Dunaway

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Glenn Dunaway

|image =

|caption =

|birth_name = Henry Glenn Dunaway

|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|6}}

|birth_place = Kings Mountain, North Carolina

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|3|8|1914|7|6}}

|death_place = Camden, South Carolina

|death_cause = Grade crossing accident

|Total_Cup_Races = 18

|Years_In_Cup = 3

|Best_Cup_Pos = 9th (1949)

|First_Cup_Race = 1949 Race No. 1 (Charlotte)

|Last_Cup_Race = 1951 Atlanta 100 (Lakewood)

|Cup_Wins = 0

|Cup_Top_Tens = 8

|Cup_Poles = 1

}}

Henry Glenn Dunaway{{cite web|url=http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/wire-75268-crackling-keeps.html|title=NOTEBOOK: The wire keeps right on crackling|last=Dutton|first=Monte|date=September 8, 2012|work=Gaston Gazette|accessdate=2012-09-09|location=Gastonia, NC|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911061904/http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/wire-75268-crackling-keeps.html|archivedate=September 11, 2012}} (July 6, 1914 – March 8, 1964) was an American auto racer noted for initially winning, and then being disqualified from, what is today recognized as NASCAR's first-ever race.

NASCAR career

=1949=

Dunaway competed in NASCAR first Strictly Stock (now NASCAR Cup Series) race on June 19, 1949. He won the race by three laps over Jim Roper after all 33 cars in the race were overheating. Chief NASCAR inspector Al Crisler disqualified Dunaway's car because car owner Hubert Westmoreland had shored up the chassis by spreading the rear springs, a favorite bootlegger trick to improve traction and handling.[http://www.dailypress.com/sports/motorracing/dp-68984sy0mar17,0,4238057.story?coll=dp-auto-utility Profile on motorracing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195923/http://www.dailypress.com/sports/motorracing/dp-68984sy0mar17,0,4238057.story?coll=dp-auto-utility |date=2013-10-29 }}, dailypress.com; accessed December 8, 2014.

When asked about the illegal modifications, Dunaway responded: "Just one of them deals."{{cite web |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/021598/spo_bianchi.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516174819/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/021598/spo_bianchi.shtml |archive-date=2007-05-16 |title=Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: NASCAR's 50 years recall facts, spur some fiction 02/15/98}} The night after the race ended, Dunaway went to Bill France's hotel room at the Alamo Plaza, told France that he knew he had won the race and for France to promptly gave Dunaway his winnings.[http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/stewart-5146-nascar-edwards.html Bill France incident] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717201352/http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/stewart-5146-nascar-edwards.html |date=2011-07-17 }}, gastongazette.com; accessed December 8, 2014. Westmoreland sued NASCAR for US$10,000,[http://www.tricklefan.com/racing/cheatin.html Westmoreland sues NASCAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612131303/http://www.tricklefan.com/racing/cheatin.html |date=2006-06-12 }}, tricklefan.com; accessed December 8, 2014. but Greensboro, North Carolina Judge John J. Hayes threw the case out of court, {{When|date=December 2014}} thus setting a legal precedent that recognized NASCAR's power to oversee its races. Dunaway received no money and was credited with finishing last in the 33 car field. Roper was credited with the win in NASCAR's first Strictly Stock race.[http://www.jcs-group.com/racin/rules/cheatin.html Reference to Judge Hayes' legal ruling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219040140/http://www.jcs-group.com/racin/rules/cheatin.html |date=2013-02-19 }}, jcs-group.com; accessed December 8, 2014. In 1998, fellow driver Buck Baker recalled various drivers in that race pooled money together for Dunaway so he would not leave penniless; Baker remarked: "he ended up getting more from that than he would have if he'd won the damn race."{{cite web|last=McGee|first=Ryan|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/27004848/stock-car-racing-turns-70-richard-petty-recalls-wild-first-race-1949|title=Stock car racing turns 70: Richard Petty recalls wild first race in 1949|work=ESPN.com|date=June 18, 2019|accessdate=January 17, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706062627/https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/27004848/stock-car-racing-turns-70-richard-petty-recalls-wild-first-race-1949|url-status=live}}

Dunaway used his car to compete in five more events in 1949. He finished last at the next event at the Daytona Beach Road Course. He rebounded and finished third at Occoneechee Speedway, ninth at Hamburg Speedway, and seventh at Martinsville Speedway (then a half-mile dirt track). He finished ninth in the final 1949 points standings.

=1950–1951=

He competed in seven events in 1950 and had his career-high second-place finish at Canfield Speedway. He had 3 Top-10 finishes. He competed in five events in 1951, with 2 Top-10 finishes. He finished 89th in the final points.[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=dunnagl01 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125511/http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=dunnagl01 |date=2011-11-24 }}, racing-reference.info; accessed December 8, 2014.

Death

Dunaway died at a train crossing near Camden, South Carolina on Sunday morning, March 8, 1964.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/gastonia-gazette/1964-03-09/page-9|title=Two Gastonians Killed In Train-Car Collision|date=March 9, 1964|work=The Gastonia Gazette|page=B1|accessdate=2012-09-10|location=Gastonia, NC}} He and his passenger Margaret Fox were struck by a Seaboard Air Line Railroad train, throwing Dunaway from his car. He was 49 years old.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41423986/|title=First NASCAR race winner killed|agency=AP|newspaper=Johnson City Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 9, 1964|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}

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=61\| 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 ! {{Tooltip\|NGNC\|NASCAR Grand National classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
rowspan=4\| 1949 ! Hubert Westmoreland ! 33 ! Ford \|style="background:#000000; color:white"\| CLT {{small\|33}} \| colspan=40\| !rowspan=4\| 9th !rowspan=4\| 384 !rowspan=4\| {{cite web\|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1949/W\|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group\|accessdate=March 1, 2015\|archive-date=March 18, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318083448/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1949/W\|url-status=live}}
rowspan=10\| Glenn Dunaway ! 35 ! Lincoln \| \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| DAB {{small\|28}} \| colspan=39\|
rowspan=2\| 55 ! Olds \| colspan=2\| \| style="background:#DFDFDF"\| OCC {{small\|3}} \| LAN \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| HAM {{small\|9}} \| style="background:#FFDF9F"\| MAR {{small\|7}} \| colspan=35\|
Cadillac \| colspan=6\| \| style="background:#DFFFDF"\| HEI {{small\|18}} \| NWS \| colspan=33\|
rowspan=3\| 1950 !rowspan=3\| 49 ! Plymouth \| DAB \| style="background:#FFDF9F"\| CLT {{small\|6}} \| LAN \| style="background:#DFDFDF"\| MAR {{small\|4}} \| style="background:#DFDFDF"\| CAN {{small\|2}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| VER {{small\|21}} \| DSP \| MON \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| CLT {{small\|12}} \| colspan=32\| !rowspan=3\| 141st !rowspan=3\| 0 !rowspan=3\| {{cite web\|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1950/W\|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group\|accessdate=March 1, 2015}}
Olds \| colspan=9\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| OCC {{small\|24}} \| DSP \| HAM \| colspan=29\|
Lincoln \| colspan=12\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| DAR {{small\|39}} \| LAN \| NWS \| VER \| MAR \| WIN \| OCC \| colspan=22\|
rowspan=4\| 1951 ! 55 !rowspan=2\| Plymouth \| DAB \| CLT \| NMO \| CAR \| style="background:#FFDF9F"\| OCC {{small\|10}} \| ARI \| colspan=35\| !rowspan=4\| 89th !rowspan=4\| 0 !rowspan=4\| {{cite web\|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1951/W\|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group\|accessdate=March 1, 2015\|archive-date=March 20, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320220916/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1951/W\|url-status=live}}
155 \| colspan=6\| \| style="background:#FFDF9F"\| NWS {{small\|8}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF"\| MAR {{small\|15}} \| CAN \| CLS \| CLB \| DSP \| CAR \| GRS \| BAI \| HEI \| ASW \| MCF \| ALS \| MSF \| FOM \| MOR \| GRP \| DAR \| CLB \| MGR \| LAN \| CLT \| DSP \| WIL \| OCC \| THO \| PIG \| MAR \| OAK \| colspan=6\|
rowspan=2\| ! Nash \| colspan=35\| \| style="background:#DFFFDF"\| NWS {{small\|17}} \| MAB \| JAC \| colspan=3\|
Plymouth \| colspan=38\| \| style="background:#DFFFDF"\| LKW {{small\|14}} \| CAR \| NMO

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

!colspan=61| 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

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

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=4| 1949

! Hubert Westmoreland

! 33

! Ford

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| CLT
{{small|33}}

| colspan=40|

!rowspan=4| 9th

!rowspan=4| 384

!rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1949/W|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=March 1, 2015|archive-date=March 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318083448/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1949/W|url-status=live}}

rowspan=10| Glenn Dunaway

! 35

! Lincoln

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| DAB
{{small|28}}

| colspan=39|

rowspan=2| 55

! Olds

| colspan=2|

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

| LAN

| style="background:#EFCFFF"| HAM
{{small|9}}

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

| colspan=35|

Cadillac

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#DFFFDF"| HEI
{{small|18}}

| NWS

| colspan=33|

rowspan=3| 1950

!rowspan=3| 49

! Plymouth

| DAB

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

| LAN

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

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

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| VER
{{small|21}}

| DSP

| MON

| style="background:#EFCFFF"| CLT
{{small|12}}

| colspan=32|

!rowspan=3| 141st

!rowspan=3| 0

!rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1950/W|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=March 1, 2015}}

Olds

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| OCC
{{small|24}}

| DSP

| HAM

| colspan=29|

Lincoln

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#CFCFFF"| DAR
{{small|39}}

| LAN

| NWS

| VER

| MAR

| WIN

| OCC

| colspan=22|

rowspan=4| 1951

! 55

!rowspan=2| Plymouth

| DAB

| CLT

| NMO

| CAR

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

| ARI

| colspan=35|

!rowspan=4| 89th

!rowspan=4| 0

!rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1951/W|title=Glenn Dunaway − 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=March 1, 2015|archive-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320220916/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/dunnagl01/1951/W|url-status=live}}

155

| colspan=6|

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

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

| CAN

| CLS

| CLB

| DSP

| CAR

| GRS

| BAI

| HEI

| ASW

| MCF

| ALS

| MSF

| FOM

| MOR

| GRP

| DAR

| CLB

| MGR

| LAN

| CLT

| DSP

| WIL

| OCC

| THO

| PIG

| MAR

| OAK

| colspan=6|

rowspan=2|

! Nash

| colspan=35|

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

| MAB

| JAC

| colspan=3|

Plymouth

| colspan=38|

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

| CAR

| NMO

References

Links

[http://www.dailypress.com/sports/motorracing/dp-68984sy0mar17,0,4238057.story?coll=dp-auto-utility Story of NASCAR's first race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195923/http://www.dailypress.com/sports/motorracing/dp-68984sy0mar17,0,4238057.story?coll=dp-auto-utility |date=2013-10-29 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717201352/http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/stewart-5146-nascar-edwards.html Why the Double Standard?]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100530052434/http://www.thatsracin.com/2010/05/26/36175/one-win-wonders-a-colorful-crowd.html 'One-win wonders' a colorful crowd]

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Glenn_Dunaway}}

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