Birth Name: | William O. Watt |
Birth Date: | 1933 12, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Total Cup Races: | 24 |
Years In Cup: | 2 |
Best Cup Pos: | 30th (1966) |
First Cup Race: | 1966 Daytona International Speedway |
Last Cup Race: | 1967 Atlanta Motor Speedway[1] |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 9 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
William 'Blackie' Watt is a retired American stock car racing driver who earned over 600 feature event wins, using the same engine in his car, a 426 Hemi Dodge, for 21 years.[2]
Blackie Watt started racing in 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the Modified division.[3] He claimed track championships at Lernerville Speedway, Motordrome Speedway, and Schmuckers Speedway, all in Pennsylvania.[4]
Watt made 24 appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series (predecessor of the NASCAR Cup) between 1966 and 1967, winning a qualifying race for the 1966 Firecracker 400 at Daytona.[1] [5]
Watt was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2013.[6]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)NASCAR Grand National Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | Pts | Ref | |
1966 | Harry Neal | 93 | Ford | AUG | RSD | DAY 26 | DAY 31 | CAR | BRI | ATL | HCY | CLB | GPS | BGS | NWS | MAR | DAR | LGY | MGR | MON | RCH | CLT 9 | DTS | ASH 12 | PIF 6 | SMR 6 | AWS 16 | BLV 6 | GPS | DAY 20 | ODS 9 | BRR 10 | OXF 9 | FON 11 | ISP 16 | BRI 10 | SMR 8 | NSV 26 | ATL | CLB | AWS 12 | BLV 22 | BGS | DAR 31 | HCY | RCH | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | 30th | 8518 | [7] | |
1967 | - | 45 | Chevy | AUG | RSD | DAY | DAY 22 | DAY 45 | AWS | BRI | GPS | BGS | 67th | 1860 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Smith | 33 | ATL 44 | CLB | HCY | NWS | MAR | SVH | RCH | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | GPS | MGY | DAY | TRN | OXF | FDA | ISP | BRI | SMR | NSV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harold Mays | ATL 15 | BGS | CLB | SVH | DAR | HCY | RCH | BLV | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | AWS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish | ||
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1966 | Harry Neal | Ford | 48 | align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 31 | |
1967 | Unknown | Chevrolet | 50 | align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 45 |