Skip Manning

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Skip Manning

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|4|23}}

| birth_place = Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S.

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| achievements =

| awards = 1976 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year

| Total_Cup_Races = 79

| Years_In_Cup = 5

| Best_Cup_Pos = 14th (1977)

| First_Cup_Race = 1975 Atlanta 500 (Atlanta)

| Last_Cup_Race = 1979 World 600 (Charlotte)

| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 16

| Cup_Poles = 0

| updated = November 24, 2012

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Skip Manning (born April 23, 1945) is an American former NASCAR driver from Bogalusa, Louisiana.{{cite news|title=Manning Selling Out; Seeks Ride|work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal|date=1978-07-21|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gE4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=os0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3806,4133871|accessdate=2010-09-28}} He competed in seventy-nine Winston Cup events in his career, spanning from 1975 to 1979.{{cite web|title=Skip Manning|publisher=NASCAR|url=http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/smanning00/cup/index.html|accessdate=2010-09-28}} Manning won the rookie-of-the-year award in 1976.{{cite news|title=Manning Swift|work=Reading Eagle|agency=Associated Press|date=1977-03-06|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RtwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EKEFAAAAIBJ&pg=2061,3549668|accessdate=2010-09-28}} He had sixteen top-ten finishes during his career, with his best finish a 3rd at the Talladega Superspeedway in 1977.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Manning retired from NASCAR racing and returned to Bogalusa, Louisiana, with his wife Gloria Manning.

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Year || Starts || Wins || Top Fives || Top Tens || Poles || Rank
1979	2	0	0	0	0	90th
Totals	79	0	2	16	0	-