Frog Fagan Explained

Harold "Frog" Fagan
Birth Date:3 November 1940
Birth Place:Willowdale, Ontario
Best Cup Pos:89th - 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Cup Wins:0
Cup Top Tens:1
Cup Poles:0
First Cup Race:1967 Capital City 300 (Virginia State Fairgrounds)
Last Cup Race:1971 Islip 250 (Islip Speedway)
Years In Cup:4
Total Cup Races:20

Harold "Frog" Fagan (November 3, 1940 – August 6, 1993) was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from the Toronto subdivision of Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.[1]

History

Harold Fagan is the son of Mrs. Yvonne Fagan (who was the owner of the Northway Restaurant on Yonge Street north of Sheppard).[2] Fagan served his country in the Royal Canadian Navy and would go to his mother's restaurant while on shore leave.[3] His mother's 1957 Dodge Custom Royal would be Fagan's first ride; he would punch some holes in the muffler to make it sound better.[3] Pinecrest Speedway was Fagan's first ever experience racing stock cars at any level.[3]

He had one top-ten finish (eighth at the 1968 Fireball 300 race that took place at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina).[4] Fagan also accomplished 2297 laps of racing experience; the equivalent of 2018.8miles.[1] His monetary achievement was earning $6,305 ($ when adjusted for inflation) in total career earnings.[1] On average, Fagan started his races in 28th place and finished them in 23rd place.[1] Fagan's career stretched for four years and twenty races.[1] The majority of Fagan's races were driven in Ford vehicles; most notably in the #95 entry owned by Neil Castles while also racing in the #77 entry driven during his rookie season in 1967. Other manufacturers that Fagan raced for included Dodge (with the #06 entry)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frog Fagan information . Racing Reference . 2009-10-21.
  2. Web site: Yvonne Fagan information . Wheels.ca . 2009-10-21.
  3. Web site: Frog Fagan facts . Topix . 2009-10-23.
  4. Web site: 1968 Fireball 300 information . Racing Reference . 2009-10-21.