Don Biederman
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| Born | February 26, 1940 Port Credit, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
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| Achievements | 1977 Oxford 250 winner | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 42 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 38th (1967) | ||||||
| First race | 1966 Old Dominion 400 (Manassas) | ||||||
| Last race | 1969 Texas 500 (College Station) | ||||||
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Don Biederman (February 26, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a Canadian stock car racer from Port Credit, Ontario.
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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,[1] one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.[2][3][4]
Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.[5]
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.[6]
Since 2000 the OSCAAR Racing series holds a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.[7]
Awards
- He was posthumously inducted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001.
- He was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame.[8]
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
| 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 | NGNC | Pts | |||||||||
| 1966 | Ron Stotten | 94 | Ford | AUG | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | CAR | BRI | ATL | HCY | CLB | GPS | BGS | NWS | MAR | DAR | LGY | MGR | MON | RCH | CLT | DTS | ASH | PIF | SMR | AWS | BLV | GPS | DAY | ODS 22 |
58th | 2302 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | BRR 21 |
OXF 25 |
FON 18 |
ISP 14 |
BRI | SMR 20 |
NSV 19 |
ATL | CLB 19 |
AWS | BLV 18 |
BGS 11 |
DAR | HCY | RCH | HBO 13 |
MAR 36 |
NWS 27 |
CLT | CAR 22 |
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| 1967 | AUG 12 |
RSD 16 |
GPS 17 |
MGY 17 |
DAY 34 |
TRN 25 |
OXF 24 |
FDA 18 |
ISP 16 |
BRI | SMR 15 |
NSV 7 |
ATL 30 |
BGS | CLB | SVH 20 |
DAR 20 |
HCY 20 |
RCH 27 |
BLV 28 |
HBO | MAR 30 |
NWS 28 |
CLT DNQ |
CAR DNQ |
AWS 17 |
38th | 5850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Biederman | 09 | DAY 23 |
DAY | DAY DNQ |
AWS | BRI | GPS | BGS | ATL | CLB | HCY | NWS | MAR | SVH | RCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Seifert | 45 | Ford | DAR 13 |
BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Ron Stotten | 94 | Chevy | MGR | MGY 19 |
RSD | 77 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Brown | 95 | Ford | DAY 28 |
BRI | RCH | ATL | HCY | GPS | CLB | NWS | MAR | AUG | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | GPS | DAY | ISP | OXF | FDA | TRN | BRI | SMR | NSV | ATL | CLB | BGS | AWS | SBO | LGY | DAR | HCY | RCH | BLV | HBO | MAR | NWS | AUG | CLT | CAR | JFC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Dennis Holt | 23 | Ford | MGR | MGY | RSD | DAY 17 |
DAY | DAY Wth |
CAR | 88th | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Wehrs | 00 | Chevy | AUG 8 |
BRI | ATL | CLB | HCY | GPS | RCH | NWS DNQ |
MAR | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | MGR | SMR | MCH | KPT | GPS | NCF | DAY | DOV | TPN | TRN | BLV | BRI | NSV | SMR | ATL | MCH | SBO | BGS | AWS | DAR | HCY | RCH | TAL | CLB | MAR | NWS | CLT | SVH | AUG | CAR | JFC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Champion | 70 | Ford | MGR 25 |
TWS 19 |
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Daytona 500 results
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 1967 | Don Biederman | Chevy | DNQ | |
| 1968 | James Brown | Ford | 50 | 28 |
| 1969 | Dennis Holt | Ford | Wth | |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.cmhf.ca/member_DON_BIEDERMAN.html
- ↑ http://www.oscaar.ca/specials/biederman/donbiederman.htm
- ↑ http://www.stock-car-racing.net/Biederman.htm
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Riverside 250 Winner 1979, 1980, 1981 |
Succeeded by Greg Sewart |
