Don Biederman
Don Biederman | |||||||
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Born | 1969 Texas 500 (College Station ) | February 20, 1940||||||
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Don Biederman (February 20, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a
Racing career
Biederman was the first Canadian ever to campaign for a full season in the NASCAR Cup Series formerly known as the NASCAR Grand National Series.
Biederman won the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine in 1977,[1] one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.[2][3][4]
Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.[5]
Death and legacy
On May 31, 1999, Biederman died suddenly of a brain aneurysm at his home in Brantford, Ontario at the age of 59.[6]
Since 2000 the OSCAAR Racing series has held a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.[7]
Awards
- He was posthumously inducted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001[citation needed]
- He was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame[8]
Motorsports 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
NASCAR Grand National Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | NGNC | Pts | |||||||||
1966 | Ron Stotten | 94 | Ford | AUG | RSD
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DAY
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DAY
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DAY | CAR
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BRI | ATL
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HCY | CLB | GPS
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BGS | NWS
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MAR
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DAR
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LGY | MGR | MON | RCH
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CLT
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DTS | ASH | PIF | SMR | AWS
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BLV | GPS
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DAY | ODS 22 |
58th | 2302 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | BRR 21 |
OXF 25 |
FON 18 |
ISP 14 |
BRI
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SMR 20 |
NSV 19 |
ATL
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CLB 19 |
AWS
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BLV 18 |
BGS 11 |
DAR | HCY | RCH
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HBO 13 |
MAR 36 |
NWS 27 |
CLT
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CAR 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967
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AUG 12 |
RSD 16 |
GPS 17 |
MGY 17 |
DAY 34 |
TRN 25 |
OXF 24 |
FDA 18 |
ISP 16 |
BRI
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SMR 15 |
NSV 7 |
ATL 30 |
BGS | CLB | SVH 20 |
DAR 20 |
HCY 20 |
RCH 27 |
BLV 28 |
HBO | MAR 30 |
NWS 28 |
CLT DNQ |
CAR DNQ |
AWS 17 |
38th | 5850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Biederman | 09 | DAY 23 |
DAY
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DAY DNQ |
AWS | BRI
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GPS | BGS | ATL | CLB
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HCY | NWS | MAR
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SVH | RCH
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Bill Seifert | 45 | Ford | DAR 13 |
BLV | LGY | CLT
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ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR
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CAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968
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Ron Stotten | 94 | Chevy | MGR | MGY 19 |
RSD
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77 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Brown | 95 | Ford | DAY 28 |
BRI | RCH
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ATL
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HCY | GPS
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CLB | NWS
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MAR
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AUG | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR
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GPS
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DAY
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ISP | OXF | FDA | TRN | BRI | SMR | NSV | ATL
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CLB | BGS | AWS | SBO | LGY | DAR | HCY
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RCH
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BLV
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HBO | MAR
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NWS
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AUG | CLT | CAR | JFC | ||||||||||||||||||||
1969
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Dennis Holt | 23 | Ford | MGR | MGY
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RSD
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DAY 17 |
DAY
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DAY Wth |
CAR
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88th | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Larry Wehrs | 00 | Chevy | AUG 8 |
BRI
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ATL
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CLB
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HCY | GPS
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RCH
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NWS DNQ |
MAR
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AWS
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DAR
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BLV | LGY | CLT | MGR | SMR | MCH | KPT | GPS | NCF | DAY
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DOV
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TPN | TRN | BLV | BRI | NSV | SMR | ATL | MCH
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SBO | BGS | AWS
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DAR | HCY
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RCH
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TAL | CLB | MAR
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NWS
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CLT | SVH | AUG
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CAR | JFC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Champion | 70 | Ford | MGR 25 |
TWS 19 |
Daytona 500 results
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1967 | Don Biederman | Chevy | DNQ | |
1968 | James Brown | Ford | 50 | 28 |
1969 | Dennis Holt | Ford | Wth |
See also
References
- ^ "Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. June 2, 1999. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ^ "CMHF". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ "Don Biederman Memorial - OSCAAR". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Daytona Don Biederman". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "IWK 250 WINNER'S CIRCLE". Riverside International Speedway. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- ^ "Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- ^ "Biederman Memorial on the move for 2015". OSCAAR Racing. February 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- ^ "Wall of Fame". Riverside International Speedway. Retrieved 2015-09-09.