Marshall Teague
Marshall Teague ( born February 22, 1922 in Daytona Beach, Florida, † February 11, 1959 ) was an American race car driver who was active in NASCAR, the AAA and USAC. He is one of the drivers, as the 50 biggest NASCAR drivers were chosen in 1998.
NASCAR
Teague was one of the founding members of NASCAR and took part in the second ever NASCAR races held partly at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which he finished in 14th place. In the NASCAR Grand National season in 1950, he took part in three races. His best result was a 17th place on the Occoneechee Speedway. In the same year he signed a contract with Hudson Motor Car Co., which from then supported him, where he drove a Hudson Hornet, a vehicle that was superior to many of its competitors. In the NASCAR Grand National season, 1951, he drove in 15 of a total of 41 races with this car. Five times he won, and every time he finished, he was in the top 10, he took one of these five victories at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which he ran his first ever NASCAR race. Due to its good performance on this track he was called "King of the Beach" ( King of the Beach ). However, Teague had despite the good performances little reason to be happy because it all riders points were revoked because he in a discharged from the American Automobile Association in the AAA - season 1951 races, so a race in a competitive race series started. In the NASCAR Grand National 1952 season he drove only four races of which he won two, one in Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida and one at the Daytona Beach Road Course. After these four races he left the NASCAR due to differences with the NASCAR chairman Bill France senior. In his NASCAR career, he drove a total of 23 races, of which he won seven. Nine times he came in the top -5 finish, eleven times in the top 10. Three times he started from the pole position.
Champ Car
In the following years, Teague participated in several races in the AAA Series and USAC. 1953 and 1957 he competed in the Indianapolis 500 For its first participation in 1953, he came in 18th place in 1957 to seventh place. In 1954, he was originally not qualified, but he took during the race twice the control for a competitor who had had to replace due to the tremendous heat that day. Since the Indy 500 from 1950 to 1960 was one of the drivers' world championship of Formula 1, are also 3 Grand Prix starts in his statistics. Points he could not achieve.
Teague died on February 11, 1959 on the then-new Daytona International Speedway in an attempt to set a new speed record. The accident occurred eleven days before the first Daytona 500