Chuck Mahoney
| Chuck Mahoney | |||||||
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| Born | Charles F. Mahoney March 23, 1920 1950) | ||||||
| First race | 1949 (Hamburg) | ||||||
| Last race | 1956 (Asheville-Weaverville) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Sportsman Division | |||||||
| First Race | 1950 (Eastern States) | ||||||
| First Win | June 15, 1950 (Sandy Creek) | ||||||
Charles F. Mahoney (March 23, 1920 – July 20, 1999) was an American stock car racing driver.
Racing career
One of the pioneers of the Grand National Series, he competed in 16 races over the first eight years of the sport, with a best finish of second at the Charlotte Speedway in 1950.[1] Mahoney finished 5th in NASCAR's inaugural superspeedway race, the 1950 Southern 500, and ultimately finished 7th in the driver standings for that year.[2]
Mahoney won his first race in the NASCAR Sportsman Division (predecessor of the Xfinity Series) at Sandy Creek on June 15, 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the Sportsman and Modified classes at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including Fonda Speedway, Langhorne Speedway, Oswego Speedway, Spencer Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway, and Watertown Speedway.[3][4][5]
Mahoney, who introduced stock car racing on ice on Oneida Lake in central New York, also promoted racing at two tracks in upstate New York after he retired from driving. He died in 1999 of a heart attack.[6][7]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
References
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney - NASCAR Cup Statistics". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Career Results by Series". The Third Turn. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "The Legends of Watertown Speedway". Speedway Press. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Spencer Speedway Legends 1957-1977". Rosedog Books (October 27, 2016). Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Ex-Race Car Driver Mahoney Dies". The Associated Press. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Former racing star Mahoney dies at 79". The Gadsden Times. August 6, 1999. p. D3. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Chuck Mahoney – 1956 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
External links
- Chuck Mahoney driver statistics at Racing-Reference