Leon Sales

Leon Sales
Born(1923-10-04)October 4, 1923
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
DiedApril 27, 1981(1981-04-27) (aged 57)
rural Forsyth County, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
8 races run over 3 years
Best finish28th (1950)
First race1950 Wilkes 200 (North Wilkesboro)
Last race1953 Race 2 (Daytona Beach)
First win1950 Wilkes 200 (North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 3 0

Leon Sales (October 4, 1923 – April 27, 1981) was an American stock car racing driver. Sales competed in 8 NASCAR Grand National races from 1950 to 1952.[1] He achieved 3 top tens[2] and 1 win, which came at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1950.[3] Sales died on April 27, 1981, and is buried at Crestview Memorial Park in Forsyth County, North Carolina, alongside his wife Eirleen.[4]

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 NGNC Pts Ref
1950 Hubert Westmoreland 98 Plymouth DAB CLT LAN MAR CAN VER DSP MCF CLT HBO DSP HAM DAR LAN NWS
1 		VER MAR
21 		WIN HBO 28th 200 [5]
1951 46 Olds DAB CLT NMO GAR HBO ASF NWS MAR CAN CLS CLB DSP GAR GRS BAI HEI AWS MCF ALS MSF FMS MOR ABS DAR
7 		CLB CCS LAN CLT DSP WIL NA - [6]
Nash HBO
17 		TPN PGS
Hubert Westmoreland 98 Plymouth MAR
8 		OAK NWS
11 		HMS JSP ATL GAR NMO
1952 R. G. Shelton 22 Hudson PBS
26 		DAB
57 		JSP NWS MAR CLB ATL CCS LAN DAR DSP CAN HAY FMS HBO CLT MSF NIF OSW MON MOR PPS MCF AWS DAR CCS LAN DSP WIL HBO MAR NWS ATL PBS 188th - [7]

References

  1. ^ "Driver Leon Sales's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. ^ "Driver Leon Sales's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series top 10s - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ^ "Driver Leon Sales's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. ^ "findagrave.com". Find A Grave. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Leon Sales – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Leon Sales – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Leon Sales – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2019.