Ray Fox
Raymond Lee Fox, Sr. (May 28, 1916 – June 15, 2014) was an American engine builder, NASCAR car owner and NASCAR engine inspector. His cars won fourteen NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) events and sixteen pole positions. His son and grandson, also known as Raymond Lee Fox Jr and III, respectively, also were NASCAR mechanics, with Ray Fox III currently working with Team Penske.
He was inducted into numerous halls of fame, including the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Born on May 28, 1916, Fox grew up in Pelham, New Hampshire. He was first introduced to racing at the 2-mile (3.2 km) board track at Rockingham Park in nearby Salem, New Hampshire. He left the area in 1946 after serving in the United States Army. He moved to Daytona Beach, Florida to work at various automobile repair shops before he went to work for Robert Fish's Fish Carburetor. He drove Modified racecars in Florida and southern Georgia against drivers like Fireball Roberts and Marshall Teague.
Fox built Fireball Roberts' engine for the 1955 race on the Daytona Beach Road Course. He started building the engine at 8:00 pm the night before the race and got done at 4:00 am. Roberts car qualified fourth and led every lap of the 160 lap event, winning by 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of Tim Flock. Flock was the only other driver left on the lead lap on the 4-mile (6.4 km) circuit. NASCAR disqualified the car 24 hours after the event, for the sanctioning body found the pushrods to be 30⁄100 of an inch (8 mm) too short. Mechanic Red Vogt had ground the pushrods even, which was an illegal modification. Flock was awarded the victory. It was the last NASCAR race to be taken away from the winner. Subsequent rules violations have resulted in fines and point loses.
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