McDuffie Racing was a
stock car racing team owned by
J. D. McDuffie
John Delphus McDuffie Jr. (December 5, 1938 – August 11, 1991) was an American racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1963 to 1991, collecting 106 top-10 finishes during his career, despite never finishing on the lead ...
that competed in the
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. ...
between 1963 and 1991. J. D. McDuffie competed in the majority of the team's races;
Jeff and
Glen McDuffie,
Henley Gray
Clarence Henley Gray Jr. (born January 12, 1933) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1977.
Career
Out of the 76045 laps committed in his career, Gray only led two of them. Gray's total career earnings ...
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Charlie Baker,
Larry Manning
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Larry Esau, and
Tom Usry also competed for the team. The team ran the No. 76 in its inaugural season in 1963, however after two years of not competing switched to the No. 70 in 1966 and continued to use the number through the end of its existence. The team competed in a total of 639 races in the Winston Cup Series; although none of its drivers won a race with the team, they did record 11 Top 5 finishes, 105 Top 10s, 354 Top 20s, and one pole. The team also recorded 284 DNF's.
The team closed following the death of team owner and driver J. D. McDuffie in a racing accident at
Watkins Glen International in 1991; four years later, the team's assets were auctioned off.
[Pope, Thomas. "All That Remains". in ''Taking Stock: Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane'' (Monte Dutton, editor); pages 33-36. Dulles, VA: Potomac Books. .] Former driver and McDuffie's older brother Glen died in 2015.
References
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Defunct NASCAR teams