Billy Wade
BornBilly Drew Wade
(1930-02-28)February 28, 1930
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 5, 1965(1965-01-05) (aged 34)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Cause of deathInjuries from racing accident
Awards1963 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
70 races run over 3 years
Best finish4th (1964)
First race1962 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1964 Jaycee 300 (Augusta Speedway)
First win1964 Fireball Roberts 200 (Old Bridge Stadium)
Last win1964 The Glen 151.8 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 41 5

Billy Drew Wade (February 28, 1930 – January 5, 1965) was an American stock car racing driver.

Career

Billy was the 1963 NASCAR Rookie of the Year for car owner Cotton Owens. He finished the season with 14 Top 10 finishes in 31 races. He won four consecutive races the following year for Bud Moore Engineering between July 10 and July 19, 1964. The four wins give Wade the sole distinction of being the only driver to accomplish this feat with victories at Old Bridge Stadium on July 10, the road course at Bridgehampton, N.Y on the 12th, a July 15 win at Islip Speedway in New York, and his fourth (and final) win at Watkins Glen. Dick Linder also followed his first victory at Dayton with a win at Hamburg; but Wade is the only driver to string four victories in a row once he got his first.[1] He also accumulated five poles and 25 Top 10 finishes in his 35 starts. As of 2017, he is the most recent driver in NASCAR to get his first pole and win in the same weekend.

On January 5, 1965, Wade was performing a tire test at Daytona International Speedway, when a tire blowout caused his car to crash in the west turn, killing the 34-year-old Texan.[2]

Racing career results

NASCAR Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team/Owner 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 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 NGNC Pts Ref
1962 Luther Costales 01 Ford DAY

18

 46th 2,008 [3]
James Turner 24 Pontiac NWI

10

 MAR

8

 BOW

19
1963 Cotton Owens 5 Dodge RIV

7

 DAY

29

 DAY

41

 PIF

16

 ASH

7

 ATL

13

 BRI

8

 RCH

4

 GRE

10

 SBO

13

 MAR

7

 NWI

9

 DAR

10

 CLS

24

 ATL

8

 DAY

19

 BRD

12

 BRI

13

 GRE

18

 FAI

2

 COL

6

 ASH

5

 SPR

4

 DAR

28

 MAR

6

 CLS

33

 SBO

19

 OCC

21

 RIV

33

 16th 14,646 [4]
Bill Church 0 Chevrolet BOW

15
Mark Hurley 61 Ford BOW

23
1964 Cotton Owens 6 Dodge CON

15

 4th 28,474 [5]
5 AUG

3

 JAC

10
Rex White 4 Mercury RIV

13
Bud Moore Engineering 1 DAY

10

 DAY

6

 RCH

3

 BRI

10

 ATL

12

 ASH

3

 PIF

6

 COL

4

 NWI

8

 MAR

33

 DAR

7

 CLS

5

 ATL

8

 BIR

3

 PIF

6

 DAY

20

 OLD

1

 BRD

1

 ISL

1

 GLN

1

 BRI

22

 FAI

19

 ASH

26

 HUN

6

 COL

10

 DAR

6

 RCH

14

 MAR

9

 NWI

4

 CLS

37

 HAR

16

 AUG

4

References

  1. ↑ Jayski. "All Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Winners". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Kahn, Bernard (January 6, 1965). "Wade killed in test run". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  3. ↑ "Driver Billy Wade 1962 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Driver Billy Wade 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Driver Billy Wade 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-11.


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