Ed Negre

Ed Negre (July 16, 1927 – June 4, 2014) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979.[1][2]

Ed Negre
Born	July 16, 1927 Kelso, Washington
Died	June 4, 2014 (aged 86)
NASCAR Cup Series career
338 races run over 17 years
Best finish	12th (1971)
First race	1955 untitled race (Bay Meadows)
Last race	1979 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 26 0

Career

Negre led 202 laps out of the 64857 laps that he raced in his career – the equivalent of 6,545.7 miles (10,534.3 km).[1] His total career earnings were US$344,180 ($1,212,441.51 when considering inflation).[1] While his average starting position was 24th place, 22nd was Negre's average finishing position. One of his main sponsors was the Dick Brooks Honda. Negre would be famous for driving the #8 on the track (as this would become the number that he would use the most often). He is also famous for fielding the first Cup ride for Dale Earnhardt in the No. 8 car at the 1975 World 600. However, he would also get the most DNFs (37) while competing in the No. 8 machine.[3] This would be counteracted by Negre getting 44 finishes in the top-twenty while competing in the No. 8 car.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National 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	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1955	Beryl Jackson	96	Olds	TCS	PBS	JSP	DAB	OSP	CLB	HBO	NWS	MGY	LAN	CLT	HCY	ASF	TUS	MAR	RCH	NCF	FOR	LIN	MCF	FON	AIR	CLT	PIF	CLB	AWS	MOR	ALS	NYF	SAN 9	CLT	NCF	MAS	RSP	DAR	MGY	LAN	RSP	GPS	MAS	CLB	MAR	LVP	NWS	HBO												83rd	-	[4]
1956	Negre Racing	88	Olds	HCY	CLT	WSS	PBS	ASF	DAB	PBS	WIL	ATL	NWS	LAN	RCH	CLB	CON	GPS	HCY	HBO	MAR	LIN	CLT	POR 4																																				48th	952	[5]
		98																							EUR 15	NYF	MER	MAS	CLT	MCF
		6																													POR 5	AWS	RSP	PIF
		98N																																	CSF DNQ	CHI	CCF	MGY	OKL	ROA	OBS										POR 6	CLB	HBO	NWP	CLT	CCF	MAR	HCY	WIL
		88N																																								SAN 10	NOR	PIF	MYB	POR	DAR	CSH	CLT	LAN
1957		80		WSS 33	CON	TIC	DAB	CON	WIL	HBO	AWS	NWS	LAN	CLT	PIF	GBF																																												NA	0	[6]
		98															POR 14	CCF	RCH	MAR		EUR 5	LIN	LCS	ASP	NWP	CLB	CPS	PIF	JAC	RSP	CLT	MAS	POR 7	HCY	NOR	LCS	GLN
		98N																			POR 19
		96N																																					KPC 8	LIN	OBS	MYB	DAR	NYF	AWS	CSF	SCF	LAN	CLB	CCF	CLT	MAR	NBR	CON	NWS	GBF
1961		14	Ford	CLT	JSP	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HMS 22	ATL	GPS	HBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	HCY	RCH	MAR	DAR	CLT	CLT	RSD	ASP 7	CLT	PIF	BIR	GPS	BGS	NOR	HAS	STR	DAY	ATL	CLB	MBS	BRI	NSV	BGS	AWS	RCH	SBO	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	ATL	MAR	NWS	CLT	BRI	GPS	HBO					113th	-	[7]
1967	Negre Racing	8	Ford	AUG	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH 16	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR 20	GPS 13	MGY	DAY	TRN 32	OXF 12	FDA 26	ISP 27	BRI	SMR 33	NSV 23	ATL 42	BGS	CLB	SVH					HBO 23	MAR	NWS 32	CLT										49th	3578	[8]
	Ralph Murphy	31	Ford																																								DAR 43	HCY	RCH	BLV
	GC Spencer Racing	49	Plymouth																																																CAR 12	AWS
1968	Negre Racing	8	Ford	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY	BRI	RCH	ATL 38	HCY	GPS 21	CLB 22	NWS	MAR 37	AUG	AWS	DAR 31	BLV 18	LGY 17	CLT	ASH 11	MGR 28	SMR	BIR	CAR 37	GPS 13	DAY	ISP 15	OXF 12	FDA 10	TRN 32	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB 19	BGS 12	AWS 15	SBO	LGY 13	DAR	HCY 20	RCH 21	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	AUG 17	CLT 29	CAR	JFC 20								31st	928	[9]
1969				MGR 18	MGY 17	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	CAR 16	AUG 9	BRI	ATL 26	CLB	HCY	GPS 18	RCH 19	NWS 29	MAR 21	AWS 24	DAR 14	BLV 21	LGY 21																																					27th	1465	[10]
	Don Tarr	0	Chevy																					CLT 44	MGR	SMR	MCH	KPT	GPS	NCF	DAY																										TWS 35
	Neil Castles	86	Plymouth																													DOV 31		TRN 32	BLV	BRI	NSV	SMR
			Dodge																														TPN 30
	GC Spencer Racing	8	Plymouth																																				ATL 37	MCH 32	SBO 17	BGS 17	AWS 6	DAR 35	HCY	RCH 9	TAL DNQ	CLB 22	MAR 39	NWS	CLT	SVH 12	AUG 28	CAR 8	JFC	MGR 19
1970	Negre Racing		Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	CAR 35	SVH	ATL 23	BRI 19	TAL	NWS 26	CLB 21	DAR DNQ	BLV 25	LGY 19	CLT	SMR 21	MAR 23	MCH 25	RSD	HCY 12	KPT	GPS 9	DAY 37	AST 12	TPN 15	TRN 31	BRI	SMR 23	NSV 17	ATL 23	CLB 18	ONA 12	MCH 23	TAL 45	BGS 21	SBO 16	DAR 36	HCY	RCH 28	DOV 28	NCF 16	NWS 22	CLT	MAR 22	MGR	CAR	LGY									26th	1413	[11]
1971			Dodge	RSD	DAY	DAY 26	DAY DNQ																																																					12th	2528	[12]
			Ford					ONT DNQ	RCH 21	CAR 16	HCY 19	BRI DNQ		CLB 24		SMR 27			DAR 14	SBO 12	TAL 24	ASH 15	KPT 13		DOV 16	MCH 23	RSD 38	HOU 11	GPS 16		BRI 25	AST 10	ISP 19	TRN 18	NSV 11	ATL 36	BGS 17	ONA 22	MCH 36	TAL 28	CLB 21		DAR 17	MAR DNQ		DOV 15	CAR 16	MGR 21	RCH 18	NWS 16	TWS 44
	Dalton Racing	7	Ford									BRI 23	ATL
	GC Spencer Racing	49	Plymouth												GPS 17			MAR 30
	Brooks Racing	28	Ford														NWS 18
	Buster Davis	04	Plymouth																					CLT 20
	Junior Fields	91	Chevy																											DAY 36												HCY 8		MAR 17	CLT 19

Winston Cup Series

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
1972	Negre Racing	8	Ford	RSD 27	DAY DNQ																														21st	4696.89	[13]
			Chevy			RCH 30
			Dodge				ONT DNQ	CAR 14	ATL 18	BRI 22	DAR 24	NWS 22	MAR 30	TAL 15	CLT	DOV 31	MCH 21	RSD 37	TWS 28	DAY	BRI 17	TRN 17	ATL 25	TAL 39	MCH 22	NSV	DAR 14	RCH 15	DOV 17	MAR 18		CLT 44	CAR 17	TWS 25
	Arrington Racing	37	Dodge																												NWS 22
1973	Negre Racing	8	Mercury	RSD	DAY 17	RCH			ATL 24	NWS 19	DAR 20	MAR 22		NSV 27																					18th	4942.55	[14]
	Sears Racing	4	Dodge				CAR 16	BRI							CLT 19										DAR 26
	Negre Racing	8	Dodge										TAL 11			DOV 33	TWS 37	RSD	MCH 18	DAY 29	BRI 6	ATL 18	TAL 25	NSV 5		RCH 21	DOV 11	NWS 22	MAR 26		CAR 21
		08	Mercury												CLT DNQ
	Brown Racing	44	Chevy																											CLT 27
1974	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD	DAY DNQ	RCH 24	CAR 22	BRI 11	ATL 22	DAR 24	NWS 17	MAR 26	TAL 34	NSV	DOV 14	CLT	RSD 23	MCH 31	DAY 26	BRI 13	NSV 29	ATL 25	POC 20	TAL 14		DAR 21	RCH 20	DOV 11	NWS 30	MAR 17	CLT 17	CAR 28	ONT 23		23rd	534.29	[15]
	Ulrich Racing	40	Chevy																						MCH 21
1975	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD 9	DAY DNQ	RCH 10	CAR 7	BRI 13	ATL	NWS 19	DAR 31			NSV 24			RSD 28	MCH 27		NSV 15	POC 14	TAL 18	MCH 33	DAR DNQ	DOV 11	NWS 17		CLT 30	RCH 22	CAR 12	BRI 11	ATL 10	ONT 40		17th	2982	[16]
	Warren Racing	79	Dodge		DAY 14
	Dalton Racing	7	Ford									MAR 13	TAL 32
	Marcis Auto Racing	2	Dodge												DOV 31	CLT 32			DAY 12
	Miller Racing	91	Chevy																					DAR 30
	Champion Racing	10	Ford																								MAR 21
1976	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD	DAY 13	CAR 9	RCH 13	BRI 8	ATL 13	NWS 17	DAR 28			NSV 19	DOV 34	CLT 27	RSD 24	MCH 17		NSV 25	POC 11	TAL 27	MCH 30	BRI 29	DAR 26	RCH 27	DOV 15		NWS 25	CLT 37	CAR 13	ATL	ONT 12		19th	2709	[17]
	Gray Racing	19	Chevy									MAR 30	TAL 32
	Dalton Racing	7	Chevy																DAY 37
	Langley Racing	64	Ford																									MAR 22
1977	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD 27	DAY 29	RCH 15	CAR 13	ATL DNQ	NWS 28	DAR 24	BRI 25	MAR 25	TAL 41	NSV	DOV 15	CLT 35	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC 16	TAL	MCH 31	BRI 12	DAR 11	RCH 16	DOV 15	MAR 24	NWS 17	CLT 22	CAR 24	ATL 35	ONT 27		22nd	2214	[18]
	Sisco Racing	16	Chevy					ATL 39
1978	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD DNQ	DAY DNQ	RCH 21	CAR 29	ATL 25	BRI 10	DAR	NWS 15	MAR 19	TAL 28	DOV 35	CLT	NSV 27	RSD	MCH 35	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH 18				DOV 15	MAR 18	NWS 20		CAR 35				28th	1857	[19]
	Arrington Racing	7	Dodge																					BRI 29
	Negre Racing	8	Chrysler																						DAR 21
		1																								RCH 30
		81																												CLT 21		ATL 26
		18																															ONT 21
1979		8		RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI	DAR 18	MAR	TAL 13	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR 20	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT	51st	336	[20]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1971	Negre Racing	Dodge	DNQ
1972		Ford	DNQ
1973		Mercury	28	17
1974		Dodge	DNQ
1975			DNQ
	Warren Racing	Dodge	26	14
1976	Negre Racing	Dodge	42	13
1977			22	29
1978			DNQ

References

1. Ed Negre information at Racing Reference
2. Bruce, Kenny (2014-06-05). "Former driver/owner Ed Negre dies at age 86 - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
3. Ed Negre information at Driver Averages
4. "Ed Negre – 1955 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
5. "Ed Negre – 1956 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
6. "Ed Negre – 1957 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
7. "Ed Negre – 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
8. "Ed Negre – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
9. "Ed Negre – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
10. "Ed Negre – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
11. "Ed Negre – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
12. "Ed Negre – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
13. "Ed Negre – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
14. "Ed Negre – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
15. "Ed Negre – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
16. "Ed Negre – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
17. "Ed Negre – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
18. "Ed Negre – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
19. "Ed Negre – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
20. "Ed Negre – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2016.