Dick Nephew

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Richard Nephew (October 4, 1928 – September 26, 1996) was an American stock car racing driver and national titlist of the NASCAR Sportsman Division.

Dick Nephew
Full name	Richard J. Nephew
Born	October 4, 1928 Mooers Forks, New York, U.S.
Died	September 26, 1996(1996-09-26) (aged 67) Mooers Forks, New York, U.S.
Championship titles
1960 NASCAR Sportsman Division National Champion[1]
Awards
New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame, Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame

Racing career

Dick Nephew was co-champion of the 1961 NASCAR Sportsman Division (predecessor of the Xfinity Series) along with Bill Wimble. Folklore has it the “tie” was a fabrication designed to cover-up a mistake by NASCAR officials.^[2]

From 1960 to 1962, Nephew made 3 appearances in the Daytona 300.^[3] He otherwise spent the majority of his career racing in the Sportsman and Modified classes at the renowned tracks of the northeast and southeastern Canada, including Catamount Stadium (Milton), Malletts Bay, and Thunder Road (Barre) in Vermont; Quebec Modern Speedway in Quebec City; and Fort Covington Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway (Vernon), and Watertown Speedway in New York.^[4][5][6]

Nephew won at least 15 track championships, including Airborne Park Speedway and Saranac Lake Speedway in New York, and Riverside in Laval, Quebec. He was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2010.^[4]