Larry Manning

{{Short description|American stock car racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Larry Manning

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1942|10|04}}

|birth_place = Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|05|23|1942|10|04}}

|death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

|death_cause =

|achievements =

|awards =

|Total_Cup_Races = 71

|Years_In_Cup = 8

|Best_Cup_Pos = 29th (1963)

|First_Cup_Race = 1963 Race No. 10 (Hillsborough)

|Last_Cup_Race = 1974 Delaware 500 (Dover)

|First_Cup_Win =

|Last_Cup_Win =

|Cup_Wins = 0

|Cup_Top_Tens = 14

|Cup_Poles = 0

}}

Larry Niles Manning Sr. (October 4, 1942 – May 23, 2012) was an American stock car racing driver. A native of Salisbury, North Carolina,[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Larry_Manning Larry Manning] Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2014-04-03. he was a resident of Richmond, Virginia.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19630627&id=-NsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZlEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5212,4078010|title=Manning 1st Entry for Myers Race|date=June 27, 1963|work=The Dispatch|page=20|accessdate=2014-04-03|location=Lexington, NC}} Manning competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1963 and 1974; he finished eighth in his first race in the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/stock-car-driver-larry-niles-manning-sr-dies-at/article_4baac41e-879c-5b70-b55b-53a1484d53d5.html|title=Stock car driver Larry Niles Manning Sr., dies at 70|last=Robertson|first=Ellen|date=May 25, 2012|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|accessdate=2014-04-03|location=Richmond, VA}} Following his NASCAR career, he competed in local events at Southside Speedway and South Boston Speedway through 1982.