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Don Biederman
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Don Biederman

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Biography

Don Biederman (February 26, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a Canadian stock car racer from Port Credit, Ontario.

Racing career

Biederman was also the first Canadian ever to campaign for a full season in the Sprint Cup Series formerly known as the NASCAR Grand National Series.

Biederman won the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine in 1977, one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.

Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.

Death and legacy

On May 31, 1999 Biederman died at his home in Brantford, Ontario at the age of 59 following a long battle with cancer.

Since 2000 the OSCAAR Racing series holds a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.

Awards

  • He was posthumously inducted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001.
  • He was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame.
  • "Wall of Fame". Riverside International Speedway. Retrieved 2015-09-09. 

Motorsports 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

Daytona 500 results
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1967Don BiedermanChevyDNQ
1968James BrownFord5028
1969Dennis HoltFordWth

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