Sam Sommers | |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1939 |
Birth Place: | Savannah, Georgia |
Awards: | Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (2016) |
Total Cup Races: | 30 |
Years In Cup: | 3 |
Best Cup Pos: | 21st (1977) |
First Cup Race: | 1976 World 600 (Charlotte) |
Last Cup Race: | 1978 Rebel 500 (Darlington) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 9 |
Cup Poles: | 1 |
Sam Sommers (born September 17, 1939) is a former American stock car racing driver from Savannah, Georgia. Sommers competed in 30 NASCAR Winston Cup races between 1976 and 1978,[1] where he achieved a total of 9 top ten finishes[2] and 1 pole position.[3] In 2016, Sommers was inducted into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.[4]
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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 Winston Cup 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 | Pts | Ref | |||||||||
1976 | M. C. Anderson Racing | 27 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | CAR | RCH | BRI | ATL | NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT 24 | RSD | MCH | DAY DNQ | NSV | POC | TAL 36 | MCH | BRI | DAR 30 | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT 36 | CAR | ATL 9 | ONT | 52nd | 412 | [5] | ||||||||
1977 | RSD | DAY 31 | RCH | CAR 7 | ATL 13 | NWS | DAR 13 | BRI 15 | MAR 28 | TAL 10 | NSV | DOV | CLT 9 | RSD | MCH 8 | DAY 10 | NSV 24 | POC 32 | TAL 26 | MCH 4 | BRI 20 | DAR 29 | RCH | DOV 10 | MAR 5 | CLT 34 | CAR 17 | ATL 28 | ONT 38 | 21st | 2517 | [6] | ||||||||||||
Osterlund Racing | 98 | Chevy | NWS 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Don Robertson Racing | 25 | Chevy | RSD | DAY DNQ | RCH | CAR | 82nd | 127 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
O. L. Nixon Racing | 89 | Chevy | ATL 12 | BRI | DAR 27 | NWS | MAR | TAL | DOV | CLT | NSV | RSD | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT |
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish | |
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1977 | M. C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 36 | align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 31 |
1978 | Don Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ |