Don Biederman | |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
Achievements: | 1977 Oxford 250 winner |
Total Cup Races: | 42 |
Years In Cup: | 4 |
Best Cup Pos: | 38th (1967) |
First Cup Race: | 1966 Old Dominion 400 (Manassas) |
Last Cup Race: | 1969 Texas 500 (College Station) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 2 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
Don Biederman (February 20, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a Canadian stock car racer from Port Credit, Ontario.
Biederman was the first Canadian ever to campaign for a full season in the NASCAR Cup Series formerly known as the NASCAR Grand National Series.
Biederman won the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine in 1977,[1] one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.[2] [3] [4]
Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.[5]
On May 31, 1999, Biederman died suddenly of a brain aneurysm at his home in Brantford, Ontario at the age of 59.[6]
Since 2000 the OSCAAR Racing series has held a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.[7]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish | |
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1967 | Don Biederman | Chevy | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | |
1968 | James Brown | Ford | 50 | align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 28 |
1969 | Dennis Holt | Ford | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#DFC484;" | Wth |