Shorty Rollins
{{short description|American racing driver}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
|name = Shorty Rollins
|birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|3|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Granbury, Texas, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12|28|1929|4|3|mf=y}}
|awards = 1958 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
|image = ShortyRollinsNASCARDriver.jpg
|Best_Cup_Pos = 4th (1958)
|Cup_Wins = 1
|Cup_Top_Tens = 27
|Cup_Poles = 0
|First_Cup_Race = 1958 Champion Speedway Race (Fayetteville)
|First_Cup_Win = 1958 State Line Speedway Race (Busti)
|Last_Cup_Win =
|Last_Cup_Race = 1960 Southern 500 (Darlington)
|Total_Cup_Races = 43
|Years_In_Cup = 3
|updated = March 22, 2007
}}
Lloyd George "Shorty" Rollins (April 3, 1929 – December 28, 1998) was the first official Rookie of the Year in what is now the NASCAR Cup Series.
Summary
He began stock car racing in Corpus Christi, Texas. The great success achieved there led him to Fayetteville, North Carolina and NASCAR's Grand National Series. In his rookie campaign of 1958, he had one win at State Line Speedway, 12 top five finishes and 22 top ten finishes in 29 starts with car owner Spook Crawford.{{cite web|last=Caraviello|first=David|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/20/top-10-nascar-rookies-tony-stewart-jimmie-johnson-dale-earnhardt.html|title=TOP 10 ROOKIE CAMPAIGNS AT NASCAR'S HIGHEST LEVEL|publisher=NASCAR|date=2014-01-20|accessdate=2014-01-20}} He won the first stock car race at the Daytona International Speedway, a 100-lap qualifying race in the NASCAR Convertible Division, which gave him a second place start in the first Daytona 500 in 1959.{{cite news|title=NASCAR|date=1998-03-04|publisher=The Valley Independent)}} He made 43 starts in three professional seasons and earned $17,018.
He left racing in 1960 with just 43 starts and settled in Pensacola, Florida with his wife, Mozelle, where he established Hurricane Fence Industries. He was a resident of Pensacola until his death at the age of 69.
References
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External links
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Shorty_Rollins}}
- [http://www.nascar.com/kyn/history/data/roy.html NASCAR.com]
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Category:People from Granbury, Texas
Category:Sportspeople from Pensacola, Florida
Category:Racing drivers from Texas
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