Rex White
| Rex Allen White | |||||||
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| Born | August 17, 1929 Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements | 1960 Grand National Series Champion Led Grand National Series in wins (1960 – 6) 69% Career Top 10 rate Smallest champion in NASCAR history (5'4", 135 lbs) | ||||||
| Awards | 1960 NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award NMPA Hall of Fame Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2015) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 233 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1960) | ||||||
| First race | 1956 Race 6 (Daytona Beach) | ||||||
| Last race | 1964 Dixie 400 (Atlanta) | ||||||
| First win | 1958 Race 1 (Fayetteville) | ||||||
| Last win | 1962 Dixie 400 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Convertible Division career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 51st (1959) | ||||||
| First race | 1959 Catawba 250 (Hickory) | ||||||
| Last race | 1959 Old Dominion 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| First win | 1959 Race #5 (Marlboro) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of February 21, 2013. | |||||||
Rex Allen White (born August 17, 1929) is a retired auto racer and NASCAR champion. White was one of the drivers who competed for the original Chevrolet racing team. He began racing in 1956, grabbing fourteen top-ten finishes. After a part-time run in 1957, White won twice in 1958. His most notable year came in 1960, when he won six races, and the NASCAR Grand National Series championship. When he retired in 1964, he had acquired 28 career victories. Throughout most of White's NASCAR career, he drove General Motors brand cars, typically painted gold and white, sporting the number "4" on the side. After he retired, White was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Hall of Fame in 1974, and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.