NASCAR Hall of Fame 5th Class Finalist - Rex White - Driver/Owner
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Born:8/17/29
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Competed: 1956-64
Starts: 233
Wins: 28
Poles: 36
Consistency was the hallmark of Rex White’s NASCAR career. He
finished among the top five in nearly a half of his 233 races and outside
the top 10 only 30 percent of the time.
White was a short track specialist in an era in which those tracks
dominated the schedule. Of his 28 career wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series, only two came on tracks longer than a mile in length. White’s
victory total ranks 22nd among all-time premier series winners.
White won six times during his 1960 championship season posting 35 top 10s
in 40 starts. He finished in the top 10 six of his nine years in the series
including a runner-up finish in 1961. He was the fourth driver to win a
premier series championship in his own equipment.
White hails from Spartanburg, S.C., once the hub of stock car racing and a
community that produced NASCAR Hall of Famers David Pearson, Cale
Yarborough, Cotton Owens and Bud Moore. White was named one of
NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. He resides in Forest Park,
Ga.