Blackie Watt

William 'Blackie' Watt (born December 6, 1933) is an American retired 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 Watt started racing in 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the Modified division. He claimed track championships at Lernerville Speedway (Sarver), Motordrome Speedway (Smithtown), and Schmuckers Speedway (Latrobe), 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 in 2013.

Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series NASCAR Grand National Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Pts Ref 1966 Harry Neal 93 Ford AUG RSD DAY26 DAY DAY31 CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT9 DTS ASH12 PIF 6 SMR6 AWS16 BLV6 GPS DAY20 ODS9 BRR10 OXF9 FON11 ISP16 BRI10 SMR8 NSV26 ATL CLB AWS12 BLV22 BGS DAR31 HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR 30th 8518 1967 - 45 Chevy AUG RSD DAY DAY22 DAY45 AWS BRI GPS BGS 67th 1860 Wayne Smith33 ATL 44 CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS MGY DAY TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV Harold Mays ATL15 BGS CLB SVH DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR AWS

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1966 Harry Neal Ford 48 31 1967 Unknown Chevrolet 50 45