Herb Thomas

Herbert Watson Thomas

April 6, 1923 - August 9, 2000


Olivia, NC

2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee

One of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers

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
194919492540110197003N/A18.0
19501950111314607191762912.811.4
195119511357161842015118611197.711.9
19521952232819221513410101384.18.3
1953195313712273114669219421112.85.2
1954195423412192785605146814105.17.7
195519555233141523248249786.69.3
1956195624852236378903514127.58.4
19571957-2000014600213.537.0
19621962971000037700023.014.0
Totals: 229229481221563830000521873826.29.0

1951 Grand National Series Champion

1953 Grand National Series Champion

Brother of NASCAR driver Donald Thomas

Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1994

On this date in 2013 Herb Thomas suffered a heart attack and died