Dick May
BornRichard May
(1930-11-07)November 7, 1930
New York
DiedJune 9, 2009(2009-06-09) (aged 78)
NASCAR Cup Series career
185 races run over 16 years
Best finish15th (1978)
First race1970 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2 (Daytona)
Last race1985 Northwestern Bank 400 (North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 8 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
First race1967 Permatex 300 (Daytona)[1]

Richard (Dick) May (November 7, 1930 – June 9, 2009) was a NASCAR driver who competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series between 1967 and 1985.

Racing career

May began his racing career at the St. Lawrence Valley Speedway in Canton, New York.[2] He spent much of his early career racing at the Watertown Speedway, where he was 1962 Track Champion.[3]

Known as NASCAR’s pinch hitter, May was a coveted as a relief driver and hailed for his ability to qualify cars and avoid crashing, and some estimates put his total NASCAR appearances at over 500. [4][5] In the 1975 running of the Mason-Dixon 500, May drove five different cars but did not finish the race.[6]

After retiring as a driver, NASCAR, worked as a NASCAR inspector until 2003.[2][4] May was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2007.[7]

Death

On June 9, 2009, May died following a long illness.[8]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 NGNC Pts Ref
1970 Ron Ronacher 67 Ford RSD DAY DAY
31		 DAY
DNQ		 RCH
25		 CAR SVH
17		 ATL BRI TAL
DNQ		 NWS
DNQ		 CLB
22		 DAR
DNQ		 BLV
23		 LGY
15		 CLT SMR
22		 MAR
29		 MCH RSD HCY KPT GPS DAY AST
22		 TPN
25		 TRN
24		 BRI
DNQ		 SMR NSV
18		 ATL CLB
20		 ONA MCH TAL BGS SBO DAR HCY RCH DOV
32		 NCF NWS CLT
DNQ		 MAR
DNQ		 MGR
29		 CAR LGY
30		 44th 551 [9]
1971 RSD DAY
26		 DAY DAY
DNQ		 ONT RCH
26		 CAR
35		 HCY BRI
21		 ATL CLB
18		 GPS SMR
20		 NWS MAR DAR SBO
14		 TAL ASH
6		 KPT
14		 CLT DOV
30		 MCH
40		 RSD HOU GPS
25		 DAY NSV
29		 32nd 1090
Elmo Langley 64 BRI
29
Mercury AST
23		 ISP
27		 TRN
40
Doc Faustina 5 Plymouth ATL
22		 BGS ONA
Ralph Davis 84 Dodge MCH
32		 DAR
27		 MAR CLT]
Ford TAL
27		 CLB HCY
D. K. Ulrich 40 DOV
19		 CAR MGR RCH NWS TWS

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1972 Bob Davis 84 Dodge RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH ONT
DNQ		 CAR MCH
25		 NSV DAR RCH 44th 1195.75 [9]
J.C. Crews 53 Ford ATL
35		 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV
27		 MCH
18
Plymouth TWS
20		 DAY BRI TRN ATL TAL
Elmo Langley 64 Ford RSD
10
Doc Faustina 5 Plymouth DOV
DNQ		 MAR NWS CLT CAR TWS
1973 Walter Ballard 35 Mercury RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL
21		 NSV CLT DOV TWS RSD MCH DAY BRI ATL TAL 71st 566.05
Earl Brooks 08 Ford NSV
28		 MAR
DNQ		 CLT CAR
Bill Hollar 29 Mercury DAR
32		 RCH
24		 DOV NWS
1974 Henley Gray 19 RSD
14		 77th 5.32
Chevy MCH†
QLF		 DAY BRI NSV ATL POC
Travis Tiller 46 Dodge DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR BRI ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLTl RSD
Elmo Langley 64 Ford TAL
18		 MCH DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ONT
1975 Frank Warren 79 Dodge RSD DAY†
QLF		 41st 631
J.D. McDuffie 70 Chevy RCH
20		 CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV
Ed Negre 8 Dodge DOV
35		 CLT RSD MCH
Henley Gray 19 Chevy DAY
23		 NSV
Dave Marcis 2 Dodge POC
17		 TAL
Hiram Handy 33 Chevy MCH
19		 DAR
8		 CAR
17		 BRI
21		 ATL ONT
Junie Donlavey 90 Ford DOV
37		 NWS MAR CLT RCH
1976 Hiram Handy 33 Chevy RSD DAY
38		 CAR
16		 RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR
15		 MAR TAL NSV DOV 25th 1719
Don Robertson 25 CLT
21		 RSD MCH
14		 DAY
27		 NSV
21		 POC
18		 TAL
19		 MCH
16		 BRI
16		 RCH
19		 DOV
17		 MAR
17		 NWS
20		 CLT CAR
30		 ATL
DNQ		 ONT
Harold Miller 91 ATL†
32
G.C. Spencer 49 Dodge DAR
28
1977 Alfred McClure 57 Ford RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL NSV DOV
16		 CLT
21		 RSD MCH DAY NSV POC
24		 27th 1324
Chevy CLT
13
Don Robinson 25 TAL
17		 MCH
Henley Gray 19 BRI
24		 RCH
31		 DOV
20		 MAR
14		 NWS
14
Bill Champion 10 Ford DAR
31
Rod Osterlund 98 Chevy CAR
32		 ATL ONT
1978 Alfred McClure 57 Ford RSD DAY
18		 CLT
13		 POC
11		 DAR
38		 CLT
8		 15th 2936
Bobby Wawak 74 Chevy RCH CAR
29		 ATL
17
Henley Gray 19 BRI
12		 DAR
36		 NWS
18		 MAR
28		 TAL
23		 DOV
21		 NSV
18		 RSD
21		 MCH
16		 DAY
18		 NSV
21		 TAL
16		 MCH
11		 BRI
25		 ATL
19		 ONT
31
Buick MAR
17		 NWS
25
Ed Negre 8 Dodge RCH
15
Billy Hagan 92 Chevy DOV
10		 CAR
11
1979 Alfred McClure 57 Ford RSD DAY
DNQ		 POC
28		 CLT
17		 NWS 30th 1390
Henley Gray 19 Chevy CAR
20		 RCH ATL
24		 NWS
21		 BRI
27		 MAR
30		 TAL
20		 NSV BRI
21		 MAR
25
Buick DOV
11		 CLT
Bill Hollar 99 Chevy DAR
33		 CAR
26
Nelson Oswald 09 Oldsmobile TWS
30		 RSD MCH DAY
Don Satterfield 58 Chevy NSV
29
Oldsmobile DOV
34
Billie Harvey 87 TAL
41		 MCH
Ron Spohn 65 Ford DAR
34		 RCH
John Kennedy 0 Chevy ATL
41		 ONT
1980 Frank Warren 79 Dodge RSD
32		 CAR
19		 ATL 32nd 1323
Alfred McClure 57 Ford DAY
DNQ
Henley Gray 19 Chevy RCH
20		 POC
29		 MCH
19		 CAR
16		 ATL ONT
Buick TWS
16		 RSD MCH DAY TAL
10
D. K. Ulrich 40 Chevy BRI
16		 DOV
7		 CLT
Bill Hollar 99 DAR
24		 NWS
15		 MAR
20		 TAL
DNQ		 NSV
17		 DOV
24		 NWS
29		 MAR
Brooks Honda 82 Dodge TAL†
15		 CLT
17
Buddy Arrington 77 NSV
30
Nelson Oswald 09 Buick BRI
26		 DAR
26		 RCH
1981 Brooks Honda 8 Dodge RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR DAR
19		 RCH 38th 754
Junior Miller 79 Oldsmobile ATL
24		 BRI NWS DAR MAR
Ronnie Thomas 25 Dodge TAL
9		 NSV DOV
D. K. Ulrich 40 Buick CLT
25		 DOV
25		 MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL
DNQ		 RSD
Rahmoc Enterprises 75 TWS
16		 RSD MCH
Henley Gray 19 DAY
31		 NSV POC TAL
15		 MCH
36		 BRI
1982 J. D. Stacy 04 DAY
WD		 RCH 55th 247
D. K. Ulrich 40 BRI
30		 ATL
DNQ		 CAR
13		 DAR
20		 NWS
DNQ		 MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD DOV
23		 NWS CLT MAR CAR
H. B. Bailey 36 Pontiac ATL†
20
Cecil Gordon 24 Buick MCH
19		 DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI
Henley Gray 19 DAR
15		 RCH ATL
37		 RSD
1983 Bud Reeder 02 DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR
21		 NWS MAR TAL NSV 64th 191
Wayne Beahr 35 Ford DOV
33		 BRI CLT RSD POC MCH
DNQ		 DAY NSV DAR
23		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
22		 ATL RSD
Jeff Halverson 13 Buick POC
33		 TAL MCH BRI
1984 Wayne Beahr 35 Ford DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV
28		 CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
19		 MAR CLT NWS CAR
16		 ATL RSD 48th 300
1985 DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR
22		 61st 185
Bahari Racing 25 Buick NWS
27		 MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD
† Driver change after car was qualified

References

  1. ↑ "Career Results by Series". The Third Turn. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. 1 2 "Dick May Interview". RacersReunion. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ The Legends of Watertown Speedway Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "Dick May". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dick May, NASCAR relief driver extrodanaire". Autosport Forums. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ goNASCARgo
  7. ↑ DIRT Motorsports Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Former area driver May dies". Watertown Daily Times. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  9. 1 2 "Dick May – NASCAR Cup Series Statistics". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  • Dick May driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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