William 'Blackie' Watt is a retired American
stock car racing driver who earned over 600 feature event wins, using the same engine in his car, a 426 Hemi Dodge, for 21 years.
Racing career
Blackie Watt started racing in 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the
Modified division. He claimed track championships at
Lernerville Speedway
Lernerville Speedway is a 4/10 mile dirt oval automobile race track located in Sarver, Pennsylvania, United States. It is currently owned by Tomson Scrap Metal. Lernerville currently hosts the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the All Star Ci ...
,
Motordrome Speedway
Motordrome Speedway was a 1/2-mile NASCAR sanctioned racetrack located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, to the northeast of Smithton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Weekly series divisions that ran included super late models, m ...
, and Schmuckers Speedway, all in Pennsylvania.
Watt made 24 appearances in the NASCAR
Grand National Series (predecessor of the NASCAR Cup) between 1966 and 1967, winning a qualifying race for the 1966
Firecracker 400 at Daytona.
Watt was inducted into the
Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame
The Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame was established in 1992 to recognize individual achievements in the sport of stock car racing. It is located at 1 Speedway Dr., Weedsport, New York
Weedsport is a village in Cayuga County, New York, Un ...
in 2013.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
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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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References
External links
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1933 births
NASCAR drivers
Racing drivers from Pennsylvania
Living people