Johnny Halford
{{short description|Racecar driver from South Carolina}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
|name = Johnny Halford
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|15}}
|birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|10|11|1930|10|15}}
|death_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina
|death_cause =
|height = {{height|ft=6|in=6}}
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|achievements =
|awards =
|Total_Cup_Races = 41
|Years_In_Cup = 5
|Best_Cup_Pos = 36th (1970)
|First_Cup_Race = 1969 Sandlapper 200 (Columbia)
|Last_Cup_Race = 1978 American 500 (Rockingham)
|Cup_Wins = 0
|Cup_Top_Tens = 1
|Cup_Poles = 0
|Total_GNEast_Races = 1
|Years_In_GNEast = 1
|Best_GNEast_Pos =
|First_GNEast_Race = 1972 Greenville 200 (Greenville-Pickens)
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|GNEast_Wins = 0
|GNEast_Top_Tens = 0
|GNEast_Poles = 0
}}
Johnny Halford (October 15, 1930 – October 11, 2013) was an American stock car racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1969 and 1978.[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Johnny_Halford Johnny Halford] racing information at Racing Reference
Career
Halford began his racing career at the age of 19,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19710128&id=fDMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5131,4287988|title=Halford Remembers First Ride|date=January 28, 1971|work=The Spartanburg Herald|page=29|location=Spartanburg, SC|accessdate=2014-03-19}} but by the time he began his NASCAR career in 1969 he was considered "old", at age 38.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19700115&id=QjMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7386,2274309|title=Halford Going All Out This Year|last=Granger|first=Gene|date=January 15, 1970|work=The Spartanburg Herald|page=40|accessdate=2014-03-19|location=Spartanburg, SC}} He earned one top ten finish in his career, in the 1972 Firecracker 400,[http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/johnny-halford/1886 Johnny Halford racing information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320184942/http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/johnny-halford/1886 |date=2012-03-20 }} at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet while leading 16 laps out of 6924 - the equivalent of {{convert|7723.0|mi|km}}. Halford's average starting position would be 24th while he would finish 21st on average. An attempt to qualify for the 1972 Miller High Life 500 would end up in failure. After the end of his career, Halford had earned $27,129 in total race earnings (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|27129|1978|r=2}}}} when adjusted for inflation).
In the 1981 ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway, Halford was involved in an eleven-car accident that left him with a neck injury.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19810209&id=JzlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6358,2044861|title=Ellington claims ARCA 200|date=February 9, 1981|work=Wilmington Morning Star|page=1D|accessdate=2014-03-19|location=Wilmington, NC}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina