Ray Fox

Raymond Lee Fox Sr. (May 28, 1916 – June 15, 2014) was an American engine builder, NASCAR car owner and NASCAR engine inspector. His cars won fourteen NASCAR Grand National Series events and sixteen pole positions. He was the patriarch of NASCAR mechanics, with his son Raymond Lee Fox Jr and grandson Raymond Lee Fox III also as NASCAR mechanics. Currently, Ray Fox III and his son Justin Fox, a pit athlete, both work with Team Penske.

Fox was inducted into numerous halls of fame, including the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Early life Born on May 28, 1916, Fox grew up in Pelham, New Hampshire. He was first introduced to racing at the board track at Rockingham Park in nearby Salem, New Hampshire. He left the area in 1946 after serving in the United States Army. He drove Modified racecars in Florida and southern Georgia against drivers like Fireball Roberts and Marshall Teague. Fox opened his own engine shop after the season.

Car owner John Masoni approached Fox in 1960 to build a car for the 1960 Daytona 500, which would be driven by Junior Johnson. Fox built the car in seven days. The car was about slower than the Pontiac racecars in practice.

Fox was married to Mrs. Patti Fox; she helped him through his NASCAR career. Patti died in 2004. Ray often said "I miss her so much, she was the best thing that happened to me". He died on June 15, 2014, of pneumonia at Daytona Beach, Florida, aged 98.

Biography Ray Fox...Sly in the Stock Car Forest (2006); ; Carbon Press