Glen Wood

Wood and brother Leonard Wood co-founded the legendary Wood Brothers Racing team in 1953, and won four races over an eleven-year racing career. In 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers.^[2] In 2006, Wood was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; he was also inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012.^[3]

Wood died on January 18, 2019, after a battle with illnesses.^[4]

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Grand National Series

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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	57	58	59	60	61	62	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1953	Wood Brothers	21	Lincoln	PBS	DAB	HAR	NWS	CLT	RCH	CCS	LAN	CLB	HCY	MAR 30	PMS	RSP 20	LOU	FFS	LAN	TCS	WIL	MCF	PIF	MOR	ATL	RVS	LCF	DAV	HBO	AWS	PAS	HCY	DAR	CCS	LAN	BLF	WIL	NWS	MAR	ATL																										64th	188	[5]
1954		163	Olds	PBS	DAB	JSP	ATL	OSP	OAK	NWS	HBO	CCS	LAN	WIL	MAR	SHA	RSP	CLT	GAR	CLB	LND	HCY	MCF	WGS	PIF	AWS	SFS	GRS	MOR	OAK	CLT	SAN	COR	DAR	CCS	CLT	LAN	MAS	MAR 41	NWS																										217th	8	[6]
1955	Wood Brothers Racing	22-A	Ford	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	CLT	FOR	MAS	RSP	DAR	MGY	LAN	RSP	GPS	MAS	CLB	MAR 26	LVP	NWS	HBO																		242nd	-	[7]
1956		21		HCY	CLT	WSS	PBS	ASF	DAB 79	PBS	WIL	ATL	NWS	LAN	RCH	CLB	CON	GPS	HCY	HBO	MAR	LIN	CLT	POR	EUR	NYF	MER	MAS	CLT	MCF	POR	AWS	RSP	PIF	CSF	CHI	CCF	MGY	OKL	ROA	OBS	SAN	NOR	PIF	MYB	POR	DAR	CSH									MAR 33	HCY	WIL							246th	-	[8]
	Fred Frazier	35	Ford																																														CLT 21	LAN	POR	CLB	HBO	NWP	CLT	CCF
1957	Wood Brothers Racing	712	Ford	WSS	CON	TIC	DAB 11																																																											NA	-	[9]
		112						CON 13	WIL	HBO	AWS	NWS	LAN	CLT	PIF	GBF	POR	CCF	RCH	MAR	POR	EUR	LIN	LCS	ASP	NWP	CLB	CPS	PIF	JAC
		21																													RSP 6	CLT	MAS 11	POR	HCY	NOR	LCS	GLN	KPC	LIN	OBS	MYB	DAR	NYF	AWS	CSF	SCF	LAN 36	CLB	CCF	CLT	MAR 13	NBR	CON	NWS	GBF
1958				FAY	DAB	CON	FAY	WIL	HBO	FAY	CLB	PIF	ATL	CLT	MAR 10	ODS	OBS	GPS	GBF	STR 6	NWS 9	BGS 7	TRN	RSD	CLB	NBS	REF	LIN	HCY	AWS	RSP 13	MCC	SLS	TOR	BUF	MCF	BEL	BRR	CLB	NSV 12	AWS 24	BGS	MBS	DAR	CLT	BIR	CSF	GAF	RCH	HBO	SAS	MAR 9*	NWS 2	ATL 10												NA	-	[10]
1959				FAY 2	DAY	DAY 34	HBO 6	CON	ATL	WIL			NWS 20	REF	HCY	MAR 11	TRN	CLT	NSV	ASP	PIF	GPS	ATL	CLB	WIL 3	RCH 2	BGS 19				CLT 9	MBS 4	CLT	NSV	AWS 28			CLB 5	DAR	HCY	RCH 12	CSF	HBO																							57th	470	[11]
	Paul Spaulding	11	Ford								BGS 8	CLB
	Wood Brothers	16	Ford																									AWS 13	DAY	HEI						BGS 2	GPS							MAR 2	AWS 2	NWS 7
	Tom Vernon	98	Ford																																												CON 5
1960	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	CLT	CLB	DAY	DAY	DAY	CLT	NWS 3	PHO	CLB										RCH 5	HMS	CLT																			MAR 25	NWS	CLT	RCH	ATL																			103rd	244	[12]
		24											MAR 3*	HCY	WIL
		16														BGS 1*	GPS	AWS 16	DAR	PIF	HBO				BGS 1*	DAY	HEI	MAB	MBS	ATL	BIR	NSV	AWS 6	PIF	CLB	SBO	BGS 1*	DAR	HCY	CSF	GSP	HBO
1961		21		CLT	JSP	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HMS	ATL	GPS	HBO	BGS 2	MAR 3	NWS	CLB	HCY	RCH	MAR 22	DAR	CLT	CLT	RSD	ASP	CLT	PIF	BIR	GPS	BGS 18	NOR	HAS	STR	DAY	ATL	CLB	MBS	BRI	NSV	BGS 2*	AWS	RCH	SBO	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	ATL	MAR 20	NWS	CLT	BRI	GPS	HBO											64th	1540	[13]
1963	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	BIR	GGS	THS 15*	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HBO	ATL	HCY	BRI	AUG	RCH	GPS	SBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	THS	DAR	ODS	RCH	CLT	BIR	ATL	DAY	MBS	SVH	DTS	BGS 1*	ASH	OBS	BRR	BRI	GPS	NSV	CLB	AWS	PIF	BGS 3	ONA	DAR	HCY	RCH	MAR	DTS	NWS	THS	CLT	SBO	HBO	RSD								73rd	944	[14]
1964				CON	AUG	JSP	SVH	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	AWS	HBO	PIF	CLB	NWS	MAR	SVH	DAR	LGY	HCY	SBO	CLT	GPS	ASH	ATL	CON	NSV	CHT	BIR	VAL	PIF	DAY	ODS	OBS	BRR	ISP	GLN	LIN	BRI	NSV	MBS	AWS	DTS	ONA	CLB	BGS 19	STR 3	DAR	HCY	RCH	ODS	HBO	MAR	SVH	NWS	CLT	HAR	AUG	JAC	100th	480	[15]

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Daytona 500

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Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1959	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	8	34

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