| John McVitty | |||||||
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| Born | December 26, 1926 Mamaroneck, New York, United States | ||||||
| Died | April 21, 1956 (aged 29) Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||
| Cause of death | Racing accident | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 11 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 48th (1955) | ||||||
| First race | 1955 untitled race (Fonda) | ||||||
| Last race | 1956 Wilkes County 160 (North Wilkesboro) | ||||||
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John Patrick McVitty (December 26, 1926 – April 21, 1956) was an American stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Grand National Series. He was born in Mamaroneck, New York.
During his two-year NASCAR career, McVitty had raced in eleven races with three finished in the top ten and 1382 laps of experience – the equivalent of 786.8 miles (1,266.2 km). McVitty's total earning were considered to be $800 ($8,965.48 when adjusted for inflation). His average start was in 18th place and his average finish was in 15th place. All of McVitty's races were done in Chevrolet vehicles. At the 1956 Wilkes County 160, a fuel pump problem caused McVitty to retire from the race; he would be killed in a racing accident thirteen days later at Langhorne Speedway.
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 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | ||||||
| 1955 | John McVitty | 27 | Chevy | TCS | PBS | JSP | DAB | OSP | CLB | HBO | NWS | MGY | LAN | CLT | HCY | ASF | TUS | MAR | RCH | NCF | FOR | LIN | MCF | FON 8 |
AIR 8 |
CLT | PIF | CLB | AWS | MOR | ALS | NYF 20 |
SAN | CLT | FOR | MAS | RSP | DAR | MGY 17 |
LAN | RSP 13 |
GPS 15 |
MAS | CLB | MAR | LVP | NWS 17 |
HBO | 48th | 684 | [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | HCY | CLT | WSS | PBS 20 |
ASF | DAB | PBS 10 |
WIL 19 |
ATL | NWS 20 |
LAN Wth† |
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 | CLT | LAN | POR | CLB | HBO | NWP | CLT | CCF | MAR | HCY | WIL | 116th | - | [2] | |||||||||
| † – Fatal accident during qualifying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "John McVitty – 1955 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "John McVitty – 1956 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
External links
- John McVitty driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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