Gober Sosebee | |
Birth Date: | October 15, 1915 |
Birth Place: | Dawsonville, Georgia |
Death Place: | Dawsonville, Georgia |
Death Cause: | Agriculture accident |
Best Cup Pos: | 14th - 1953 Grand National Series season |
Cup Wins: | 2 |
Cup Top Tens: | 33 |
Cup Poles: | 4 |
First Cup Race: | 1949 race (Daytona Beach Road Course) |
First Cup Win: | 1952 Hayloft Speedway race (Augusta, Georgia) |
Last Cup Win: | 1954 Central City Speedway race (Macon, Georgia) |
Last Cup Race: | 1959 Daytona 500 (Daytona) |
Total Cup Races: | 71 |
Years In Cup: | 9 |
Gober C. Sosebee (October 15, 1915 - November 11, 1996) was an American racecar driver. He won on the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1949, 1950, and 1951.[1] [2] He was born in Dawson County, Georgia, and began his career in 1940 at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway.
Sosebee also won two Grand National Series races, one in 1952 and another in 1954. He also had four pole positions (including his first NASCAR race at Daytona Beach) and 33 top-10 finishes during his career, and also ran five races in the NASCAR Convertible Division.[3]
His son, David Sosebee, is also a former NASCAR driver.
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)