Tiny Benson

Reed (Tiny) Benson (April 24, 1922 – May 2, 2017) was an American stock car and sprint car racing driver who retired from competition in 1961.

Racing career Benson made six appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series from 1958 to 1959. He otherwise spent the majority of his career racing in the Sportsman and Modified divisions at the renowned tracks of New York including the Brewerton, Oswego, and Weedsport Speedways, along with the Watertown Speedway, where he was 1955 track champion.

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 50 51 Pts Ref 1958 Besemer Engineering79 Chevy FAY DAB CON FAY WIL HBO FAY CLB PIF ATL CLT MAR ODS OBS GPS GBF STR NWS BGS TRN RSD CLB NBS REF LIN HCY AWS RSP MCC SLS TOR BUF MCF BEL BRR CLB NSV AWS BGS MBS DAR CLT BIR CSF GAF RCH HBO SAS MAR NWS ATL 73rd 182.13 1959 FAY DAY DAY HBO CON ATL WIL BGS CLB NWS REF7 HCY MAR TRN10 CLT NSV ASP PIF GPS ATL CLB WIL RCH BGS AWS DAY HEI CLT MBS CLT NSV AWS BGS GPS CLB DAR HCY RCH CSF HBO MAR AWS NWS CON 145th 204.50