Marvin Burke

Marvin Burke (March 15, 1918 – February 23, 1994) was an American NASCAR driver from Pittsburg, California. He ran one Grand National Series race in his career, which he won. His starting position in the thirty-two car field in the 1951 race at Oakland is unknown. Burke drove to the front early and led 156 laps en route to his first career victory in his first career start, Burke never raced again in NASCAR. Burke was the fifth driver to win their NASCAR debut, and is the only driver to have won in their only NASCAR Cup Series race.

Burke attempted to qualify for the 1950 Indianapolis 500 but failed to make the grid.

Motorsports career results Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WDC Points 1950 Ross Page Kurtis Kraft Duray L4 GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA NC 0

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 Pts Ref 1951 Bob Phillippi 18 Mercury DAB CLT NMO GAR HBO ASF NWS MAR CAN CLS CLB DAY GAR GRS BAI HEI AWS MCF ALS MSF FMS MOR ABS DAR CLB CCS LAN CLT DAY WIL HBO TPN PGS MAR OAK NWS HMS JSP ATL GAR NMO NA -