Tiny Benson
American racing driver
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| Intro | American racing driver | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Racecar driver Driver | |
| Work field | Sports | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 24 April 1922 | |
| Death | 2 May 2017 (aged 95 years) | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Biography
Reed (Tiny) Benson (April 24, 1922 – May 2, 2017) was an American stock car and sprint car racing driver who retired from competition in 1961.
Racing career
Tiny Benson made six appearances in the Grand National Series from 1958 to 1959. He otherwise spent the majority of his career racing in the Sportsman and Modified divisions at the renowned tracks of the northeast including the Brewerton, Oswego, and Weedsport Speedways, along with the Watertown Speedway, where he was 1955 track champion.
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
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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 | NGNC | Pts | Ref |
| 1958 | Besemer Engineering | 79 | Chevy | FAY | DAB | CON | FAY | WIL | HBO | FAY | CLB | PIF | ATL | CLT | MAR | ODS | OBS | GPS | GBF | STR | NWS | BGS | TRN | RSD | CLB | NBS | REF 19 | LIN | HCY | AWS | RSP | MCC | SLS | TOR 8 | BUF 8 | MCF 16 | BEL | BRR | CLB | NSV | AWS | BGS | MBS | DAR | CLT | BIR | CSF | GAF | RCH | HBO | SAS | MAR | NWS | ATL | 73rd | 182.13 | |
| 1959 | FAY | DAY | DAY | HBO | CON | ATL | WIL | BGS | CLB | NWS | REF | HCY | MAR | TRN | CLT | NSV | ASP | PIF | GPS | ATL | CLB | WIL | RCH | BGS | AWS | DAY | HEI | CLT | MBS | CLT | NSV | AWS | BGS | GPS | CLB | DAR | HCY | RCH | CSF | HBO | MAR | AWS | NWS | CON | 145th | 204.50 | |||||||||||