David Sisco
David Sisco | |||||||
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Born | Hohenwald, Tennessee | June 26, 1937||||||
Died | July 25, 2016 Bon Aqua, Tennessee | (aged 79)||||||
Cause of death | Alzheimer's | ||||||
Awards | 1969 Nashville Fairgrounds track champion | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
133 over races run over 7 years | |||||||
Best finish | 10th (1974) | ||||||
First race | 1971 Winston 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 1977 Talladega 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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David Sisco (June 26, 1937 – July 25, 2016) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who ran 133 races from 1971 to 1977, and was the 1969 Nashville Fairgrounds track champion. He was Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame November 14th, 2023 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
[edit]Sisco also managed to earn $251,359 in his seven-year NASCAR career ($1,263,834.71 when considering inflation ).[1] His average starting position is 22nd place while he managed to finish in 19th place on average.[1] Total mileage of all of Sisco's races are 39,186.7 miles (63,064.9 km).[1] Prior to 1971, Sisco participated in a select number of late model stock car races and was the champion of one of them in 1969.
The type of tracks that best favored Sisco were flat tracks; where he would finish an average of 13th place. He did not excel on restrictor plate tracks, however, and a finish of 23rd place would become routine for Sisco during his NASCAR Cup Series career.[2]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
[edit]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 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
1971 | McGee Racing | 05 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | ONT | RCH | CAR | HCY | BRI | ATL | CLB | GPS | SMR | NWS | MAR | DAR | SBO | TAL 31 |
ASH | KPT | CLT | DOV | MCH | RSD | HOU | GPS | DAY | BRI | AST | ISP | TRN | NSV 19 |
ATL | BGS | ONA | MCH | TAL 16 |
CLB | HCY | DAR | MAR | CLT | DOV | CAR | MGR 15 |
RCH | NWS | TWS | 57th | 309 | [3] |
Winston Cup Series
[edit]Daytona 500
[edit]Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1972 | McGee Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 7 |
1973 | 24 | 11 | ||
1974 | Sisco Racing | 38 | 15 | |
1975 | 12 | 21 | ||
1976 | 40 | 29 | ||
1977 | DNQ |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "David Sisco's NASCAR career information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "NASCAR statistics on David Sisco". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "David Sisco – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2016.