Fireball Roberts
Edward Glenn Roberts, Jr.
January 20, 1929
July 2, 1964
Tavares, Florida
January 20, 1929
July 2, 1964
Edward Glenn Roberts, Jr.
Tavares, Florida
| NASCAR Cup Series Statistics |
|---|
| Year | Rank | Starts | Wins | Top5's | T5's | Top10's | T10's | Poles | Laps | Led | Races Led |
DNF's | Avg Start |
Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1138 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 16.1 | 11.0 | ||
| 1951 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 825 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.9 | 20.8 | ||
| 1952 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 443 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 15.0 | 26.9 | ||
| 1953 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 6.0 | 42.0 | ||
| 1954 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 811 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.5 | 14.0 | ||
| 1955 | 201 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 57.0 | ||
| 1956 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 5695 | 585 | 9 | 11 | 9.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 1957 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 6891 | 1414 | 16 | 11 | 5.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 1958 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2491 | 877 | 7 | 1 | 6.0 | 5.0 | ||
| 1959 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1445 | 147 | 3 | 5 | 15.5 | 19.4 | ||
| 1960 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1338 | 580 | 9 | 7 | 1.4 | 23.4 | ||
| 1961 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5075 | 973 | 13 | 8 | 8.1 | 11.0 | ||
| 1962 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4312 | 960 | 12 | 6 | 5.2 | 12.4 | ||
| 1963 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 4643 | 692 | 12 | 6 | 4.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 1964 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1702 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 9.1 | 14.3 |
Fireball succumbed to his injuries 39 days after crashing in the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Roberts earned the nickname "Fireball" because of his fastball, while pitching for the Zellwood Mud Hens
