John Marcum
John Marcum | |
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Born | 1913 |
Died | 1981 (aged 67–68) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Executive |
Organization | Automobile Racing Club of America |
Known for | Founding ARCA |
Title | President |
Term | 1953–1981 |
Successor | Bob Loga, Rollo Juckette |
John Marcum (1913–1981) was the co-founder of
Marcum first raced as a 14-year-old in his family car after lying about his age.[2] Marcum raced against NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. in the 1940s in open wheel roadsters. After France formed NASCAR in the late 1940s, he hired Marcum as an official, a position that he held from 1949 until 1952.[3]
In 1953, Marcum created a Midwestern United States racing series called "Midwest Association for Race Cars" (MARC) with his wife Mildred in his hometown Toledo, Ohio. It was a regional stock car racing series, a Northern counterpart to the Southern stock car series of the day, Bill France's NASCAR. The first MARC race was at Dayton Speedway, in Dayton Ohio, on May 10, 1953. The series race slightly modified street cars.[3]
John Marcum, Blair Rattliff and Tom Cushman would be parts owner of Dayton Speedway in 1958.
The series was renamed "Automobile Racing Club of America" (ARCA) in 1964 when it began to race on
References
- ^ John Marcum owner's statistics; Retrieved February 26, 2008
- ^ John Marcum; Retrieved February 29, 2008
- ^ a b c d e ARCA at 50 Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine; Stock Car Racing magazine; Retrieved February 26, 2008
External links
- John Marcum owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Obituary