Slick Smith | |
Birth Name: | Ebenezer Smith |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1929 |
Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Total Cup Races: | 50 |
Years In Cup: | 7 |
Best Cup Pos: | 12th (1953) |
First Cup Race: | 1949 Race No. 1 (Charlotte) |
Last Cup Race: | 1955 Race No. 36 (Montgomery) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 18 |
Cup Poles: | 1 |
Ebenezer "Slick" Smith (August 17, 1929 – January 27, 1997) was an American stock car racing driver. A native of Atlanta, Georgia,[1] he was competitor in the NASCAR Grand National Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) and competed in the first-ever series race in 1949.
He was one of the first drivers to receive sponsorship from a car manufacturer, running the 1950 race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in a Nash Ambassador previously driven by Bill France Sr. and Curtis Turner in the 1947 Carrera Panamericana.[2]