Ray Erickson | |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1918 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Total Cup Races: | 12 |
Years In Cup: | 5 |
Best Cup Pos: | 7th – 1949 |
First Cup Race: | 1949 Race #5 (Hamburg) |
Last Cup Race: | 1953 Race #37 (Lakewood) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 3 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
Ray Erickson (April 5, 1918 – November 28, 2002) was an American stock car racing driver. A Chicago, Illinois native, he ran four races in the inaugural season of the NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, finishing seventh in points with a best finish of second in his debut at Hamburg Speedway. Due in part to losing his arm in a hot rod accident in 1950, he would only run eight more races over the next four years, finishing no better than 17th.
Erickson was the listed owner of the #3 Hudson Hornet of Dick Rathmann for Rathmann's victory at Oakland in 1954.[1]