Jack Smith

Jack Thomas Smith (May 24, 1924 – October 17, 2001) was an American stock car racer. He raced in the first NASCAR race, in 1949, and is a member of the NMPA Hall of Fame in Darlington, South Carolina.

Biography Smith was born in Metropolis, Illinois and then moved to Georgia when he was two years old, settling in Roswell, Georgia. Jack got his start in the automotive industry by working in his fathers shop at a young age. Jack worked at a service station in the 1940's near Roswell. He began racing against local bootleggers on rough dirt tracks and asphalt superspeedways, and across fields. He began racing in 1947 after building a car.

Smith made his debut in NASCAR's first race, in 1949 at the Charlotte Speedway, and finished 13th. At the 1958 Southern 500 at Darlington, Jack trailed a car blowing up and getting caught in the oil, his car started to tumble, flipping his car five times and rolling into the parking lot, after a doctor checked him out, he came out un-injured and drove home that night. Jack was known in his early days to run mainly Pontiac's. As a result during a time when teams started to get a stranglehold in the sport, engineer Ray Nichols approached Jack to run his car in select races in 1960.

In the 1960s, Smith and team owner Bud Moore became the first to communicate in a race via two-way radio.

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Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1959 Jack Smith Chevrolet 41 7 1960 2 23 1961 Pontiac 5 6 1962 3 4 1963 Chrysler 38 44

Convertible Division NASCAR Convertible Division 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 Pts Ref 1956 Schwam Motors 99 Ford DAB CLT HBO FAY PCH MGY HCY LCS GBF OBS RSP LAN STR CLB LKS TUL TFT KSF MOF NOR WIL CHI FRS NYF TOR BUF BEL LIN FWS BGS CLB HCY CLT FRS MCF HEI RSP GPS ATL 23 MCC CHI MAS CCF MAR PIF AWS HBO – – 1957 Hugh Babb 46 Chevy JAC DAB FAY GBF ODS HBO RCH GPS WIL HCY 3 BGS NOR LAN DAR 6 CLT MCC PIF NYF OBS AWS 33rd 976 Bob Welborn 8 Chevy PCH 2 MCF BGS CON PHI CHI CLB Jack Smith 46 Chevy RSP 30 NOR 14 MAR 5 FAY CLT NWS NOR WIL CLB 1958 47 Pontiac DAB NWS RCH BGS AWS HCY CLB WIL DAR 8 39th 588 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford CLT 20 ATL MAR BIR CLB GPS MBS CLT WIL SAS 1959 Bud Moore Engineering 47 Chevy DAY FAY RCH HCY MRL CLT 28 HBO 2 DAR 30 CLB 28 AWS 24 BGS MAR CLB 2 GPS 12 CLT 44th 552