Gober C. Sosebee (October 15, 1915 – November 11, 1996) was an American racecar driver. He won on the
Daytona Beach Road Course
The Daytona Beach and Road Course was a race track that was instrumental in the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. It originally became famous as the location where 15 world land speed records were set.
Beach and ro ...
in 1949, 1950, and 1951.
He was born in
Dawson County, Georgia
Dawson County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,798 up from 22,330 in 2010. The county seat is Dawsonville.
Dawson County is included in the Atlanta-S ...
, and began his career in 1940 at Atlanta's
Lakewood Speedway
Lakewood Speedway was a race track located south of Atlanta, Georgia, in Lakewood, just north of the eastern arm of Langford Parkway (formerly Lakewood Freeway). The track held many kinds of races between 1919 and 1979, including events sanctione ...
.
Sosebee also won two
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races, one in 1952 and another in 1954. He also had four
pole position
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s (including his first NASCAR race at Daytona Beach) and 33 top-10 finishes during his career, and also ran five races in the
NASCAR Convertible Division
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.
Career stats
Racing Reference; Retrieved May 1, 2008
His son, David Sosebee
David Sosebee (born December 8, 1955, in Dawsonville, Georgia) is a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Winston Cup Series race car driver who competed from 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1979 to 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1988. He is the son ...
, was also a NASCAR driver.
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
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1915 births
1996 deaths
People from Dawsonville, Georgia
Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area
Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)
NASCAR drivers