Longtime leading louisiana stock car driver freddy fryar has died at the age of 86. The fryar brothers were somewhat of a legend in stock car racing in the south. He became a nascar grand national and winston cup driver from 1956 to 1971, when his last race was the 71 daytona 500. Freddy the beaumont flyer fryar born february 15, 1935, in baton rouge, louisiana died april 29, 2020 was an american stock car racing driver. This is a photo of fryar with the edward grady partin jimmy hoffa fame owned ford in 1966, when the track was dirt. Because they bought a lot of parts from my dad, i saw a lot of them. Touring car championship grandam series american le mans series x1r pro cup series nascar southeast series nascar midwest series nascar southwest series nascar northwest series asa national tour fia formula two series whelen southern modified tour exhibition unclassified races. Dirt track racing auto racing vintage auto vintage race car old race cars sprint cars oklahoma old school antique cars.
Freddy fryars son, marc fryar, confirmed his fathers passing with a post on twitter. Featuring interviews with larry schild, joe plowman, aj foyt, freddy g fryar, ronnie chumley, kent lewis, annette young, bill white, and jimmy. Twentyfouryearold fryar will be honoring his grandfather and shorttrack racing icon freddy fryar with the color scheme on. Fryar made six starts in nascar cup series competition, turning in one top10. Baton rouge international speedway racersreunionemoji. Fryar collection harold fryar album alabama auto racing. It was a nascar track from 19661968, and had two nascar events in 1969. For many generations, if he was at a race track, other drivers were chasing the baton. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for freddy fryar on. I would love to see pictures from that place if anyone has any. Jared fryar brings family legacy back to pensacola for.
Check out the latest freddy fryar photos and pictures on. Freddy fryar stats, race results, wins, news, record. Freddy fryar, known as the beaumont flyer, is harolds younger brother and started his racing career in chattanooga at the age of 14 in the. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. People drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver.
My uncle owned a car with big bill porter that used to run at the old dixieland speedway west of new orleans off of airline hwy on alameda road. Freddy the beaumont flyer fryar is a retired american stock car racing driver. He competed in the nascar grand national and winston cup series between 1956 and 1971 although they were five nonconsecutive years career summary. He competed in six sprint cup series events in his career, earning one topten fryars debut came in 1956, when he competed at montgomery. In addition, i worked for a couple of years crewing, so to speak for harold in the 74 car owned and built by r. Consistency earns fryar first cars tour super late model.
Starting 15th in the field of twentytwo, fryar completed all but seventeen laps and was rewarded with a respectable 14th place finish. Jared fryar honoring grandfather freddy in throwback 276. My choice would be freddy fryar, always a contender to win,no matter where he ran. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Freddy fryar moved west and did some racing in texas as well.
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