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==NASCAR engine builder== |
==NASCAR engine builder== |
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Fox built Fireball Roberts' engine for the 1955 race on the [[Daytona Beach Road Course]]. He started building the engine at 8:00 pm the night before the race and got done at 4:00 am. Roberts car qualified fourth and led every lap of the 160 lap event, winning by 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of [[Tim Flock]]. Flock was the only other driver left on the lead lap on the {{convert|4|mi|adj=on}} circuit. NASCAR disqualified the car 24 hours after the event, for the sanctioning body found the [[Overhead valve|pushrods]] to be {{frac|30|100}} of an inch (8 mm) too short. Mechanic |
Fox built Fireball Roberts' engine for the 1955 race on the [[Daytona Beach Road Course]]. He started building the engine at 8:00 pm the night before the race and got done at 4:00 am. Roberts car qualified fourth and led every lap of the 160 lap event, winning by 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of [[Tim Flock]]. Flock was the only other driver left on the lead lap on the {{convert|4|mi|adj=on}} circuit. NASCAR disqualified the car 24 hours after the event, for the sanctioning body found the [[Overhead valve|pushrods]] to be {{frac|30|100}} of an inch (8 mm) too short. Mechanic Red Vogt had ground the pushrods even, which was an illegal modification. Flock was awarded the victory. It was the last NASCAR race to be taken away from the winner. Subsequent rules violations have resulted in fines and point loses. |
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[[Carl Kiekhaefer]] hired Fox and [[Herb Thomas]] in 1956. Fox said "He hired us because we were the only ones who could outrun his cars." Kiekhaefer's cars won 22 of the first 26 races, with drivers Thomas, [[Buck Baker]], Tim Flock, and [[Speedy Thompson]]. Fox was named the Mechanic of the Year.[http://www.stockcarhalloffame.oceansiderotary.org/R_Fox.htm Ray Fox] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216010332/http://www.stockcarhalloffame.oceansiderotary.org/R_Fox.htm |date=2008-02-16 }}; Oceanside Rotary Club of Daytona Beach Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame; Retrieved February 25, 2008 Fox opened his own engine shop after the season. |
[[Carl Kiekhaefer]] hired Fox and [[Herb Thomas]] in 1956. Fox said "He hired us because we were the only ones who could outrun his cars." Kiekhaefer's cars won 22 of the first 26 races, with drivers Thomas, [[Buck Baker]], Tim Flock, and [[Speedy Thompson]]. Fox was named the Mechanic of the Year.[http://www.stockcarhalloffame.oceansiderotary.org/R_Fox.htm Ray Fox] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216010332/http://www.stockcarhalloffame.oceansiderotary.org/R_Fox.htm |date=2008-02-16 }}; Oceanside Rotary Club of Daytona Beach Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame; Retrieved February 25, 2008 Fox opened his own engine shop after the season. |
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