Marshal Teague, King of the Beach

Marshall Teague, who was conscious as the â Caliph of the Beachâ for his races at his hometown track, won seven NASCAR Grand National Races between 1949 and 1952. Before the 1951 season, he travelled to Michigan to Hudson, where he showed up without an appointment. By the extreme of the visit, he had laid the foundation for a relationship with the convention that would make the car and driver dominant in the circuit until 1953. Teague left NASCAR that year, in a disagreement with the method founder, Bill France, Sr. He went on to handle in the AAA and USAC circuits.

Nine years to the age after his historic race in the Hudson Hornet, on Feb 11, 1959, he was back at Daytona. It would be his endure run. Teague was killed trying to set a closed court record in a reconfigured Indy car at the newly opened Dayton Interntional Speedway. The dry run session was just prior to the April debut of the USAC championship in Indy-styled roadsters, and eleven days before the first Daytona 500. Marshallâ s death bothered Fee France so much that he never again held Indy-style racing at the Daytona Speedway.

Teague's job highlights

NASCAR Dash Cup Series Statistics
*23 races amble over 4 years.
*Best Cup Position: 62nd - 1949 (Strictly Stock)
*First Race: 1949 Daytona Beach Pathway Course
*First Win: 1951 Daytona Beach Plan Course
*Last Win: 1952 Speedway Park (Jacksonville)
*Winsâ "7 Top Tensâ "11 Polesâ "3

*National Motorsports Press Associationâ s Lobby of Fame (1968)
*1951 AAA Inventory Car Driver of the Year
*1952 & 1954 AAA National Stock Automobile Champion
*National Car Racing Hall of Fame (1988)
*TRS/NASCAR Mechanics Foyer of Fame (1989)
*American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Firm Corridor of Fame (1991)

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