Doug Heveron

Born

March 29, 1961 (age 55)
Liverpool, New York

Awards

inducted in the Quarter Midget of America Hall of Fame (1990)

inducted in the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame (2004)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career

31 races run over 3 years

Best finish

35th, 1986 Winston Cup

First race

1984 Daytona 500 (Daytona)

Last race

1986 Summer 500 (Pocono)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

65 races run over 4 years

Best finish

19th - 1985

First race

1994 Goody's 300 (Daytona)

Last race

1997 Hardee's Fried Chicken 250 (Richmond)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	5	0

inducted in the Quarter Midget of America Hall of Fame (1990)

Doug Heveron (born March 29, 1961) is an American race car driver from Liverpool, New York. He has driven supermodifieds, modifieds, Indy cars, NASCAR Winston Cup cars, NASCAR Busch Grand National cars, sprint cars, late models and midgets.

Doug Heveron is the son of Gail and Tom Heveron. Tom was an Oswego Speedway Hall of Fame member. In 1969 Heveron began racing at the Syracuse Geddes Microd Track at the New York State Fairgrounds when he was 8 years old. When he was 13 years old, Heveron started racing quarter midgets. When he was attending Liverpool High School, he spent time helping regionally known racer Jim Shampine at Shampine Auto Parts.

He entered the supermodified ranks in 1978 in one of Shampine's cars known as the "8 ball". Heveron used the car to become the youngest winner at Oswego Speedway in the Alean 75. He won the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) Rookie of the Year Award that year. Heveron became the dominant driver at Oswego. He won 13 races in 1981, the Oswego International Classic in 1981 and 1982, and track championships both years. Heveron was the champion of the ISMA tour series from 1978 until 1981.

In 1983 he drove in the CART Championship Car race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 12th, he then prepared to qualify for the 1983 Indianapolis 500. He spun the car into a wall and shattered his ankle. Between 1983 and 1986 he raced in NASCAR's Winston Cup series. He qualified in the only field in Talladega Superspeedway history in which every car qualified with a speed in excess of 200 miles per hour. He raced in 31 races, with no top-10 finishes. Heveron is best known for flipping over in turn one at the 1984 Firecracker 400, which brought out the final caution to set up an exciting finish with Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough, Petty beat Cale en route to his 200th win. Heverton's best year was 1986, when he finished 35th in points.

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