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Edward Glenn " Fireball " Roberts Jr. (January 20, 1929 – July 2, 1964) was an American stock car racer . Background. Roberts was born in Tavares, Florida, and raised in Apopka, Florida, where he was interested in both auto racing and baseball.
Dec 30, 2022 · Glenn "Fireball" Roberts was a NASCAR superstar in the early 1960s. Roberts was on Lap 7 of the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte when Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett crashed. Roberts tried to...
Nov 1, 2007 · Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts began racing professionally on May 18, 1947 at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and blew an engine. His first victory came August 13,...
Nov 19, 2020 · It took a particularly horrifying crash of driver Glenn “Fireball” Roberts in 1964 to set off a wave of safety measures that affect racing to this day. Much like Ayrton Senna’s untimely death changed Formula One for the better, Roberts’ loss was an event that unified driver safety standards in NASCAR.
Fireball' Roberts No Ferrari on its way to 6th place at Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1962 After his European adventure at Le Mans, Roberts returned to the banked ovals of NASCAR, winning the 1962 Daytona 500 and July Firecracker 400 victories making him the first to sweep the speedway's two main events in a single season.
Stock Car Racing's First Superstar. Fireball Roberts was a star on and off the track. During his career, Roberts often came up big in the biggest events, winning the Daytona 500 in 1962 and the Southern 500 in 1958 and 1963.
Nov 23, 2021 · Roberts picked up the Fireball moniker as a teenager when a baseball teammate caught one of his pitches and excitedly proclaimed it a “fireball.” The name stuck. Soon, it would be stitched...
Nov 29, 2022 · Known simply as Fireball Roberts during his career, the Florida native was a massive fan favorite throughout the 1950s and 1960s. His untimely death at the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway devastated fans but also eventually led to two important safety implementations that changed NASCAR for the better.
Sep 13, 2007 · Fireball Roberts was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history to never win a championship. And while the biggest prize managed to elude him; Roberts, the 1957 Most Popular Driver,...
Fireball Roberts - International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Class of 1990. From an inauspicious start on the hard-packed sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948, Edward Glenn Roberts Jr. fashioned one of the most successful and glamorous careers in NASCAR. “Fireball” was a name everyone recognized.
