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He never won the Winston Cup title, but he placed second to Richard Petty in 1975.

Dave Marcis. Marcis retired with five wins in 883 starts. His win in 1975 came at Martinsville in a Dodge.

Buddy Baker won at Daytona in 1980, but he never won the title. What was his best season finish?

5th. Baker took fifth in 1977. He had 19 wins in 699 starts during his 33-year racing career.

Junior Johnson may perhaps be one of the best drivers never to win the title. How many wins did he have during his career?

50. In a racing career that ran from 1953-1966, Johnson had 50 wins in 313 races, including the 1960 Daytona 500 and 13 races in 1965.

James Hylton ran parts of 27 seasons in Nascar. How many times was Hylton the series runner-up?

3. Hylton placed second in 1966, 1967, and 1971. Hylton's two wins were in Richmond in 1970 and Talladega in 1972.

Harry Gant was once a series runner-up in 1984. Who was the champion that year?

Terry Labonte. Gant placed second in 1984. He competed in his first Nascar race in 1973 at age 33 and he retired in 1994. Gant won 18 races in 474 starts.

Wendell Scott was a lonely figure in Nascar, as he was the only African-American driver during his 13-year career. What year was his only win?

1963. Scott won at Jacksonville. A 1999 inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Scott retired due to injuries in 1973 after running 495 races.

What year was Elmo Langley's two career wins?

1966. Langley won at Spartanburg and Manassas, his only two career wins in 536 races. He placed fifth twice.

How many times did Jim Paschal place in the top 10 in points?

10. Paschal won 25 races in 421 starts over 23 years. His best finish was 5th in 1956.

What was Fred Lorenzen's highest season rank?

3rd. Lorenzen placed third in 1963. He had 12 wins in 158 races, including the 1965 Daytona 500.

Despite only running in nine races in 1950, Fireball Roberts placed second.

T. The 1950 season was only 19 races long. Roberts won 33 races in only 206 starts over 15 years. He died in 1964 after a racing accident in Charlotte.

Jack Smith had 21 wins during his career. What was the most number of wins he had during any season?

5. Smith won five times in 1962, and finished fourth in the championship. His career lasted 15 years and 264 races.

Speedy Thompson had four consecutive seasons with third place championship finishes.

T. He placed third from 1956-1959. Thompson won 20 times, including eight in 1956.

Tragically, Davey Allison's career was cut short in 1993 after a plane crash in July. What was his best championship-season finish?

3rd. Allison finished third in 1991 and 1992. In his nine-year career, he won 19 times, including three during his rookie season of 1987.

Neil Bonnett was trying to make a comeback into racing after a three-year hiatus. How many career wins did he have?

18. Bonnett's wins included those at the 1979 Firecracker 400 in Daytona, 1980 Talladega 500, and the 1982 and 1983 World 600 races in Charlotte. Bonnett died in 1994 after a crash during Daytona 500 practice.

Ernie Irvan was another driver whose career was cut short by an accident. The season he won the Daytona 500, what was his championship finish?

5th. Irvan won the Daytona 500 in 1991. His career was halted twice, temporarily after a Michigan wreck in 1994, and permanently after a 1999 crash at the same track.

Fonty Flock had placed second in the Grand National Series (predecessor to the predecessor of the Nextel Cup Series) one season. Who did he lose to?

Herb Thomas. Fonty Flock was the series runner-up in 1951. The Flock brothers (Tim, Bob, and Fonty) were NASCAR personalities in the 1950s. Fonty won 19 races during his nine-year career.

Marvin Panch placed second one year. Who was the series champion that season?

Buck Baker. Panch was the runner-up in 1957. Panch ran 216 races and won 17 of them.

Dick Hutcherson's Grand National career lasted only four years, from 1964-1967. How many seasons did he finish in the top five?

2. Hutcherson finished second in 1965 and third in 1967. He won 14 times in 103 races.

LeeRoy Yarbrough won 14 times in 198 races, but he won half of them during what season. What season was that?

1969. Yarbrough won seven times in 1969, including the Daytona 500. That season, he also won at Charlotte, Darlington (twice), the Firecracker 400, Atlanta, and Rockingham. For all that, he finished 16th in points in a season where he only ran 30 times during a 54-race season.

What was Curtis Turner's winningest season?

1950. Turner placed fifth in 1950, when he won four times. He won 17 races during his career.

Dick Hutcherson's NASCAR career only lasted from 1964-1967, but he made the most of his time. How many times did he finish in the top five?

2. Hutcherson placed second in 1965 and third in 1967. He won 14 times in 103 races.

Dick Rathmann only ran in the Grand National Series from 1951-1955. How many seasons did he have wins?

3. Rathmann won races in five races 1952, five in 1953, and three in 1954. His season-best finish was third in 1953.

Did troubled NASCAR driver Tim Richmond place third during his last full season?

Y. Richmond won seven times in 1986. The former Indy 500 racer won twice in 1987, where he only ran eight races due to health problems. Richmond died in 1989 from complications due to AIDS at the age of 34.

Cotton Owens was the season runner-up in 1959. Who was the series champion?

Lee Petty & Petty. Owens ran 160 races in 15 years. He won nine times during his career.

How many times did Paul Goldsmith finish the season in the Top Five?

1. Goldsmith finished fifth in 1966. He won nine times in 127 races.