Blackie Watt | |||||||
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Born | William O. Watt (1933-12-06) December 6, 1933 (age 91) New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
Modified racing career | |||||||
Debut season | 1950 | ||||||
Wins | 600+ | ||||||
Finished last season | 2006 | ||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (1966) | ||||||
First race | 1966 Daytona International Speedway | ||||||
Last race | 1967 Atlanta Motor Speedway | ||||||
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William 'Blackie' Watt is a retired American stock car racing driver who earned over 600 feature event wins, using the same engine in his car, a 426 Hemi Dodge, for 21 years.
Racing career
Blackie Watt started racing in 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the Modified division. He claimed track championships at Lernerville Speedway, Motordrome Speedway, and Schmuckers Speedway, all in Pennsylvania.
Watt made 24 appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series (predecessor of the NASCAR Cup) between 1966 and 1967, winning a qualifying race for the 1966 Firecracker 400 at Daytona.
Watt was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2013.
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 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | NGNC | Pts | Ref |
1966 | Harry Neal | 93 | Ford | AUG | RSD | DAY 26 |
DAY | DAY 31 |
CAR | BRI | ATL | HCY | CLB | GPS | BGS | NWS | MAR | DAR | LGY | MGR | MON | RCH | CLT 9 |
DTS | ASH 12 |
PIF 6 |
SMR 6 |
AWS 16 |
BLV 6 |
GPS | DAY 20 |
ODS 9 |
BRR 10 |
OXF 9 |
FON 11 |
ISP 16 |
BRI 10 |
SMR 8 |
NSV 26 |
ATL | CLB | AWS 12 |
BLV 22 |
BGS | DAR 31 |
HCY | RCH | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | 30th | 8518 | |
1967 | - | 45 | Chevy | AUG | RSD | DAY | DAY 22 |
DAY 45 |
AWS | BRI | GPS | BGS | 67th | 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Smith | 33 | ATL 44 |
CLB | HCY | NWS | MAR | SVH | RCH | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | GPS | MGY | DAY | TRN | OXF | FDA | ISP | BRI | SMR | NSV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harold Mays | ATL 15 |
BGS | CLB | SVH | DAR | HCY | RCH | BLV | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | AWS |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1966 | Harry Neal | Ford | 48 | 31 |
1967 | Unknown | Chevrolet | 50 | 45 |
References
- ^ "Blackie Watt-NASCAR Cup Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- DeCourcy, Mike (August 21, 1985). "Owner-driver relationship ends for Pitkavish, Watt after 25 years". The Pittsburg Press. p. C4. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Google Books.
- Ross, Sam Jr. (April 11, 2004). "Local racing legend to be honored at history center". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- Ross, Sam Jr. (June 23, 2006). "Blackie Watt back, having fun again". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- "Watt takes qualifier". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. July 4, 1966. p. C25. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Google Books.
- Elkins, Doug (June 6, 2013). "DIRT Motorsports Hall of Fame honors new class of legends". The Post Standard. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- "Blackie Watt – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- "Blackie Watt – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
External links
- Blackie Watt driver statistics at Racing-Reference