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Terry Ryan (racing driver)

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Terry Ryan
Born (1938-05-13) May 13, 1938 (age 86)
Davenport, Iowa, United States
NASCAR Cup Series career
12 races run over 2 years
Best finish40th (1977)
First race1976 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1977 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0

Terry Ryan (born May 13, 1938) is an American stock car racing driver. The Davenport, Iowa native competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1976 and 1977.

Racing career

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Ryan competed in the USAC Stock Car and ARCA Racing Series before his NASCAR career. He ran his first USAC race in 1971 with a locally purchased car.[1] in 1975 he won the pole for the ARCA event at Daytona International Speedway.[2]

After receiving new backing and a new car in 1975, Ryan went down to Daytona International Speedway to attempt to qualify for the 1976 Daytona 500. He posted the fifth-fastest time, but the times of A. J. Foyt, Darrell Waltrip and Dave Marcis were disallowed, leaving Ryan on the front row with fellow Iowan Ramo Stott.[1] He finished sixth in that race, and attempted four more races that year; he failed to finish two and finished the other half in the top ten.[3]

Ryan again made the Daytona 500 in 1977 but fell victim to mechanical issues in that race and the three after that. Turning a page in the second half of the season, Ryan finished three races, steadily improving to get a top ten in his final race of the year.[4] He attempted Daytona in 1978 but failed to qualify and never again ran NASCAR.[5]

After retiring from NASCAR in 1977, Terry eventually returned to the vintage racing circuits in 1997; where he was racing as of 2009.[1] Ryan was inducted into the Quad Cities Raceway Hall of Fame in 2008.[6] His old Camaro from the NASCAR days could not be sold because of all of the rule modifications.[5]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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 NWCC Pts Ref
1976 Bill Monaghan 81 Chevy RSD DAY
6 		CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL
5 		NSV DOV CLT
40 		RSD MCH
32 		DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT
9 		46th 558 [3]
1977 RSD DAY
18 		RCH CAR ATL NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL
35 		NSV
27 		DOV CLT
29 		RSD MCH
17 		DAY
12 		NSV POC TAL MCH
9 		BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL
24 		ONT 40th 702 [4]
1980 Bill Monaghan 81 Olds RSD DAY
DNQ 		RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ATL ONT N/A 0 [5]
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1976 Bill Monaghan Chevrolet 2 6
1977 34 18
1980 Bill Monaghan Oldsmobile DNQ

References

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  1. ^ a b c Terry Ryan: Still turning laps at age 71 at Front Porch Expressions
  2. ^ "Surprising Ryan wins pole position". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal, PQ. February 8, 1975. p. 18. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  3. ^ a b "Driver Terry Ryan 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  4. ^ a b "Driver Terry Ryan 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. ^ a b c "Driver Terry Ryan 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. ^ "5/30/76: Terry Ryan's journey from Iowa short tracks to NASCAR superspeedways continues to this day". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
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