Episode 1628
James Hylton Motorsports
Mon, 2021-Oct-18 01:15 UTC
Length - 2:30
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The random article for Monday, 18 October 2021 is James Hylton Motorsports.
James Hylton Motorsports (also known as Hylton Engineering) is a former NASCAR and ARCA race team. It was one of the oldest professional race teams in the United States, running from 1964–1994; 1997–99; 2001–2018. The team won two NASCAR Winston Cup Series races with James Hylton driving, the 1970 Richmond 500 and the 1972 Talladega 500. The team ran for many years in the Winston Cup before closing in 1995. The team was revived in 2007, when Hylton leased a car and a motor from Richard Childress Racing with the intent of becoming the oldest driver to start both the Daytona 500 and a NASCAR race. He then picked up sponsorship from Retirement Living TV. During practice, Hylton turned in a time of 48.150 seconds, which ranked him 15th. During the Duel race, Hylton was in a transfer position until on the final restart, he lost 2nd gear and was unable to accelerate, and wound 22nd. Despite not making the race, Hylton stated that he did what he had wanted. His goal was to show that even though he was over 20 years older than any other driver, he could still be competitive.
After James Hylton died in a travel accident in 2018, driver Brad Smith and the rest of team kept competing in the ARCA Racing Series, racing under the name Brad Smith Motorsports.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:15 UTC on Monday, 18 October 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see James Hylton Motorsports on Wikipedia.
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