Fireball Roberts from United States in Motorsport. Full information

Fireball Roberts is race driver from United States. Born 20th January 1929, dead 2nd July 1964 at age 35. Participant of NASCAR. Participant of Daytona 500. Participant of Le Mans 24 Hours. During the performances, he earned 97890.5 points.

First race: 1950 Daytona NASCAR
First win: 1950 Hillsborough NASCAR
Last win: 1963 Augusta NASCAR
Last race: 1964 World 600

Top 5 main opponents on the track:

Lee Petty
Buck Baker
Jim Paschal
Junior Johnson
Marvin Panch

All the years that Fireball Roberts took part in Motorsport

NASCAR

Year Points Position Wins Poles
1950 1848.5 2 1 1
1951 930 12 0 0
1952 0 59 0 1
1953 84 132 0 0
1954 1648 22 0 0
1955 0 201 0 1
1956 5794 7 5 3
1957 8268 6 8 4
1958 4420 11 6 0
1959 3676 16 1 3
1960 4700 29 2 6
1961 17600 5 2 6
1962 16380 8 3 9
1963 22642 5 4 2
1964 9900 27 1 0

List of tracks where Fireball Roberts raced

Track Best Race Position Best position in qualification Total Races
Le Mans 6 1
Watkins Glen 2 3 1
Riverside 3 2 3
Syracuse 5 5 1
Langhorne 1 2 6
Lakewood Park 2 4 6
Trenton 1 17 1
Bay Meadows 8 11 1
Darlington 1 1 20
Raleigh 1 3 5
Daytona 1 1 17
Atlanta 1 1 10
Hanford 1 2 1
Elkhart Lake 3 17 1
Charlotte 2 1 10
Richmond 5 7 3
Charlotte Fairgrounds 8 4 2
Daytona Beach 8 4 8
Occoneechee Speedway 1 1 7
Hamburg, New York 2 3 1
Martinsville 1 1 16
North Wilkesboro 1 1 11
Lakeview Speedway 19 22 1
Columbus Speedway 24 23 1
Columbia Speedway 2 4 6
Weaverville 1 1 5
Greenville-Pickens 16 5 1
Wilson County 4 1 3
Jacksonville, Florida 24 1
Palm Beach Speedway 5 27 1
Atlantic Fairgrounds 2 3 2
Hickory Speedway 5 7 1
Piedmont Interstate 2 1 4
Southern States 1 1 5
Memphis-Arkansas 3 5 2
Montgomery 4 6 2
New Oxford 2 3 2
Willow Springs 2 5 1
Concord 1 5 2
Soldier Field 1 3 1
Shelby 1 2 4
Oklahoma Fairgrounds 3 5 1
Old Bridge 1 5 3
Norfolk 8 2 2
Coastal Speedway 1 2 2
Newport 1 5 2
Titusville 1 2 1
Greensboro 5 3 1
Lancaster 7 2 2
Jacksonville, NC 12 5 1
Newberry 1 10 1
Bridgehampton 5 5 1
Nashville Fairgrounds 19 4 2
Myrtle Beach 21 12 1
Birmingham Fairgrounds 1 3 1
Bristol 1 1 7
Augusta 1 2 1
Boyd Speedway 2 3 1
Golden Gate Speedway 20 4 1

List of teams Fireball Roberts was a part of

Team Best Race Position Best position in qualification Total Races
Smokey Yunick 1 1 14
Sam Rice 1 1 13
Buck Baker 6 13 2
De Paolo Engineering 1 1 10
Fireball Roberts 1 1 22
Holman Moody Racing 1 2 25
Paul Spaulding 3 6 1
Frank Strickland 1 2 8
Jim Stephens 1 1 16
Lynton Tyson 30 30 1
John Hines 1 1 9
Cotton Owens 4 8 1
Bud Moore 2 6 1
JD Braswell 1 2 1
Rex Lovette 5 4 5
Banjo Matthews 1 1 12
Bill Snowden 18 11 1
Jim Davis 33 32 1
Leland Colvin 7 2 6
Ed Saverance 2 1 9
Bob Fish 9 1 3
Pete DePaolo 2 1 40
Dick Beaty 5 13 1
Beau Morgan 3 6 1
E.C. Wilson 25 28 1
B.G. Holloway 31 37 1
North American Racing Team 6 1

List of all the cars Fireball Roberts drove

Ford ?? 1950

Ford

Best Race Position: 15
Best position in qualification:
Total Races: 1

Plymouth Concord Savoy

Plymouth

Best Race Position: 45
Best position in qualification:
Total Races: 1

Ford ?? 1951

Ford

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 8

Hudson Hornet

Hudson

Best Race Position: 18
Best position in qualification: 11
Total Races: 2

Ford ?? 1952

Ford

Best Race Position: 39
Best position in qualification:
Total Races: 1

Oldsmobile 88 (First generation)

Oldsmobile

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 19

Buick ?? 1955

Buick

Best Race Position: 48
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 2

Ford ? 1956

Ford

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 3
Total Races: 5

Ford ?? 1956

Ford

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 30

Ford ? 1957

Ford

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 8

Buick ?? 1958

Buick

Best Race Position: 9
Best position in qualification: 7
Total Races: 1

Ford ?? 1957

Ford

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 32

Chevrolet ? 1958

Chevrolet

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 2
Total Races: 5

Chevrolet Bel Air (Second generation)

Chevrolet

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 2
Total Races: 4

Pontiac ? 1959

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 1

Pontiac ?? 1959

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 7
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 3

Chevrolet ?? 1959

Chevrolet

Best Race Position: 6
Best position in qualification: 4
Total Races: 4

Pontiac ? 1960

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 2

Pontiac ? 1961

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 2

Pontiac ?? 1960

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 4
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 10

Pontiac ?? 1961

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 18

Ferrari 250 GTO

Ferrari

Best Race Position: 6
Best position in qualification:
Total Races: 1

Pontiac Catalina (Second generation)

Pontiac

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 1
Total Races: 23

Ford ?? 1962

Ford

Best Race Position: 29
Best position in qualification: 2
Total Races: 1

Ford ? 1963

Ford

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 3
Total Races: 4

Ford ?? 1963

Ford

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 2
Total Races: 10

Ford ? 1964

Ford

Best Race Position: 1
Best position in qualification: 2
Total Races: 1

Ford ?? 1964

Ford

Best Race Position: 2
Best position in qualification: 3
Total Races: 9