02/25/2016 – Welcome to the Pontiac Racing blog, which I hope will be a regularly updated, long-running and informative blog regarding Pontiac’s history in NASCAR’s premier Cup Series. I welcome and encourage participation from racing fans of all kinds, not just Pontiac or NASCAR fans.
The initial and primary foundation for this blog is my book, Pontiac Stock Car Racing Factbook, which is available on amazon.com as a Kindle download here:
Pontiac Stock Car Racing Factbook
However, if you would like a copy for free in PDF (239 pages), just let me know and I’ll ensure it’s E-Mailed to you as soon as possible.
02/25/1961 – Daytona 500 Consolation Race – Daytona International Speedway, Dayton Beach, FL – Junior Johnson won this exhibition/unclassified race (i.e. no points) in Rex Lovette’s Holly Farms sponsored 1961 Pontiac, leading all ten laps. Johnson started 3rd, and immediately took the lead from pole winner Paul Goldsmith (driving a 1961 Pontiac) who would finish 12th. The only other Pontiac in the field that day was driven by Marshall Sargent who started 15th and finished 13th; all 3 Pontiacs finished on the lead lap.
Pontiac Racing 
Is your book in hard back, I’m a Pontiac fan and build models of my local and out of state drivers, I have the history of Pontiac book and this one would be great to read about the racing history also
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Hi Kevin, my book unfortunately is not in hardback; I wrote it just as something fun to do and just put it out there as simply as possible. While I appreciate the interest in my book I want to be honest and tell you that it is a statistical record of Pontiac in Cup, not the written history (although I wish had access to the people and sources to write such a book). So, if you’re looking for who has the most wins in a Pontiac, who won the most road course, short tracks, dirt tracks, etc., that is all in my book. If you want to tell me anything specifically you’re looking for I can send you the information/pages that might be of help; feel free to EMail me at pmdscr@gmail.com. Take care.
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