Draft:Stub Fadden

Stanley (Stub) Fadden is an American stock car driver from North Haverhill, New Hampshire. He is widely known as the Grandfather of stock car racing, with a career spanning from 1960 to 2003.

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Stub was born on October 19th, 1933, in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. He married Charlotte Benzie and had two children, Charlene and Alvin Fadden.

Stub began his career in the automotive world by starting his Auto shop in 1957 (Stubs Service Station), which was later changed to Fadden Automotive Inc. While owning his own shop in the late 1950s, he was brought into the racing world by Leland ingerson where he worked as a welder for him and his race team. Stub would start his own Race Team, “Fadden Racing”. Stub began to see large success in his race career in the 1970s, winning back to back trach championships at Thunder Road Speed Bowl in 1978 and 1979. He is also a 2 time champion of the Thunder Road Speed Dome Milk Bowl. He then found luck in Quebec the following year (1980), winning the track championship at Mount Laurier. He also found success in 1986, winning the track championship at Catamount Stadium.  

Stub started his NASCAR career in 1979, racing in the NASCAR North Late Model Tour, where he saw 11 wins in the series at Catamount Stadium, Hamilton, Westboro, Monadnock, Lee USA, and Oxford Plains Speedway. He then moved into the NASCAR Busch North Series in 1987, where he would see 4 wins in this series. Stub would also be a part of the only ever Grandfather/Grandson team of competitors,g alongside his grandson Mike Olsen, who would later go on to win the series championship in 2001 and 2006. The Highest level of NASCAR Stub would compete in is theNASCAR Nationwidee Series, known today as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, from 198 to 1985, where he had 14 starts with a career best finish of 10th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1991. Stub also tried his hand in division outside of NASCAR, Stub Ran in The American Canadian Race Tour Pro Stock Car Tour Series, where he found large success in the 80s with 13 wins, 70 top 5s, and 146 top 10s in a span of 9 seasons, falling short of a league championship in 1980 and 1982 finishin 3rd in points both years. Stub would semi-retire from his Race Career in 1998 while still making some guest appearances at local events until 2003. Stub was inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame on February 2nd, 2003.

Stub Fadden passed on March 11, 2009, in his home in North Haverhil,l New Hampshi, re and although Stub has Passed his Stock Car legacy can live on through his grandchildren/great-grandchildren, Mike Olsen, Todd Aldrich, Travis Fadden, Landyn O’donnell, Ryan Olsen, and Matthew Kopp who all have racing careers of their own in NASCAR and the ACT.

Stubs Career Statistics can be found here.