Bernard Ignatius "Nace" Mattingly (January 21, 1921 – November 29, 2000) was a NASCAR Grand National Cup Series driver from Leonardtown, Maryland.

Summary

He raced in NASCAR from

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; picking up two "top five" finishes and five "top ten" finishes. Mattingly drove 2,639 laps and earned a grand total of $2,320 ($ when adjusted for inflation). His average start was 20th place while his average finish was in 18th place. Mattingly's only DNQ came at the 1957 Virginia 500. Driving the #88 Chrysler for the majority of his career, Mattingly was mostly associated with NASCAR owner

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. Mattingly's best finishes came at dirt tracks where he would finish an average of 12th place. His worst performances came at road courses where he would finish an average of 36th place. Lincoln Speedway was his most favored track (he would get an average finish of 10th place) while the Daytona Beach and Road Course would be his least favorite track (he would get an average finish of 36th place). At the

1955 Southern 500 The 1955 Southern 500, the sixth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event. The event was held on September 5, 1955, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. This race spanned 500 miles on a paved oval track. An ...

, Mattingly qualified in 33rd place using a 1955 Ford vehicle and would end up finishing in 14th place out of 69 drivers; clinching a hard earned $350 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation). The following year at the

1956 Southern 500 The 1956 Southern 500, the seventh running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 3rd, 1956, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. This race was considered to be the "Labor Day Classic" ...

, Mattingly started in 60th place but would finish in an agonizing 63rd place out of 70 drivers; collecting a paycheck of $50 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation). At the

1957 Southern 500 The 1957 Southern 500, the eighth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 2, 1957, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Herb Thomas, already a three-time Southern 500 winner, arri ...

, Nace Mattingly would qualify in 38th place in his 1957 Ford vehicle. He would go on to finish in 18th place; collecting $200 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation). Other series that Mattingly competed in include the USAC Stock Car Series, the ARCA Racing Series and the

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