Lloyd Holt
{{Short description|Canadian racing driver (1937–2022)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Lloyd Holt
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| birth_name = Lloyd G. Holt
| birth_date = December 31, 1937
| birth_place = Nova Scotia Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|4|1937|12|1|mf=y}}{{cite news|title= Lloyd Holt Obituary |url= https://obituaries.stcatharinesstandard.ca/obituary/lloyd-holt-1088052841 |date=June 9, 2022 |newspaper=St. Catharines Standard|location=ON|accessdate=September 25, 2023}}
| current series = Modified racing
| first year = 1957
| car number = 15
| championships = 3
| wins =
| retired = 1980
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Lloyd Holt (December 31, 1937 – June 4, 2022) was a pioneering driver of dirt modified stock cars on the Niagara Frontier.{{cite news |last=Cassidy |first=Joe |date=July 15, 2013 |title=Legends humbled by honor: Terry S. Amand and Lloyd Holt inducted onto Wal of Fame at Merrittville Speedway |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-niagara-falls-review/20130715/281681137479307 |accessdate=September 25, 2023 |work=Niagara Falls Review |publisher= |location=ON |via=PressReader}} In 1970, he became the inaugural track champion at the Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, New York.{{cite news |date=May 26, 1970 |title=Holt takes feature at Rolling Wheels |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/auburn/auburn-citizen-advertiser/1970/05-26/page-18/ |accessdate=September 25, 2023 |work=The Citizen |publisher= |location=Auburn NY |page=18 |via=NewspaperArchive}}{{cite news |last=Elkins |first=Doug |date=August 7, 2014 |title=Super DIRTcar Series coming to Weedsport with Hall of Fame 100 |url=https://www.syracuse.com/motorsports/2014/08/super_dirtcar_series_coming_to_weedsport_with_hall_of_fame_100.html |accessdate=August 19, 2023 |work=The Post-Standard |publisher= |location=Syracuse NY}}
Racing career
Holt got his start in 1957, when he entered a stock Hudson with a big six-cylinder engine in the jalopy class at Merrittville Speedway Ontario. He soon moved up to the modified class where he also competed and was victorious at Five Mile Point Speedway, Ransomville Speedway, Skyline Raceway, and Weedsport Speedway in New York, as well as Speedway Park Ontario.{{cite news |date=June 10, 1974 |title=Holt wins Weedsport feature |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/1974/06-10/page-18/ |accessdate=September 25, 2023 |work=The Post-Standard |publisher= |location=Syracuse NY |page=18 |via=NewspaperArchive}}
Holt claimed the 1967 Humberstone Speedway Ontario track title as well as 1969 track championship at the Maple Grove Speedway in Waterloo, New York. He was inducted into Merrittville Wall of Fame in 2013 and into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame 2014.{{cite news |last=Marquart |first=Chris |date=August 5, 2014 |title=Area Motorsports: Modifieds return to Weedsport |url=https://www.fltimes.com/sports/area-motorsports-modifieds-return-to-weedsport/article_e9b0cf26-1ca9-11e4-a853-0019bb2963f4.html/ |access-date=June 15, 2023 |newspaper=Finger Lakes Times |location=Geneva NY}}
References
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External links
- [https://merrittvillememories.com/llyod-holt-15/ Merittville Memories – Lloyd Holt]
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