Pappy Hough
American racing driver
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Roscoe 'Pappy' Hough (November 22, 1903 – June 17, 1996) was an American racing driver, mechanic and car owner. Hough reportedly raced at some 560 tracks and is said to have won over 1,000 races as a driver and car owner.[2]
November 22, 1903
| Pappy Hough | |||||||
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| Born | Roscoe M. Hough November 22, 1903 | ||||||
| Died | June 17, 1996 (aged 92) | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1951 NASCAR Short Track Series Champion | |||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 21 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 26th (1950) [1] | ||||||
| First race | 1950 Langhorne Speedway PA | ||||||
| Last race | 1955 Syracuse NY | ||||||
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Racing career
Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hough started driving Sprint cars and Midgets in the 1920s. He eventually moved to the Northeast and to stock cars.[3]
Hough made 21 appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series.[1][4] He was the 1951 champion of the NASCAR Short Track Division and voted most popular driver by his competitors.[5][6]
Hough was the first inductee in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, and was also inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press and Association and Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of Fame.[2][7][8]
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | ||||||
| 1950 | Pappy Hough | 66 | Ford | DAB | CLT | LAN 7 |
MAR | CAN | MCF 18 |
CLT | HBO | DSP |
HAM 9 |
DAR | LAN 28 |
NWS | VER | MAR | WIN | HBO | 26th | 211.5 | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 81 | Plymouth | VER 11 |
DSP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Ford | DAB 32 |
CLT | NMO | GAR | HBO | ASF | NWS | MAR | CAN | CLS | CLB | DSP | GAR | GRS | BAI | HEI 33 |
AWS 7 |
MCF 5 |
ALS 6 |
MSF | FMS | DSP 20 |
WIL | HBO | TPN 6 |
PGS | MAR 6 |
OAK | NWS | HMS | JSP | ATL | GAR | NMO | 31st | 423 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | MOR 24 |
ABS | DAR | CLB | CCS | LAN 18 |
CLT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 81 | PBS 12 |
DAB | JSP | NWS | MAR | CLB | ATL | CCS | LAN | DAR | DSP | CAN | HAY | FMS | HBO | CLT | MSF | NIF | OSW | MON | MOR 6 |
PPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plymouth | MCF 16 |
AWS | DAR | CCS | LAN 19 |
DSP | WIL | HBO | MAR | NWS | ATL | PBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Oldsmobile | 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 13 |
ALS 15 |
NYF 12 |
SAN | CLT | FOR | MAS | RSP | DAR | MGY | LAN | RSP | GPS | MAS | CLB | MAR | LVP | NWS | HBO | 85th | – | |||||||||