Ed Negre

Ed Negre (July 16, 1927 – June 4, 2014) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979.

Career

Negre led 202 laps out of the 64,857 laps that he raced in his career – the equivalent of 6,545.7 miles (10,534.3 km). His total career earnings were US$344,180. While his average starting position was 23.9, 21.7 was Negre's average finishing position. The number 8 was the number that he would use the most during his career. He is famous for fielding the first Cup ride for Dale Earnhardt in the No. 8 car at the 1975 World 600. However, he would also get the most DNFs (37) while competing in the No. 8 machine. Negre got 44 top-twenty finishes while competing in the No. 8 car.

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	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1955	Beryl Jackson	96	Olds	TCS	PBS	JSP	DAB	OSP	CLB	HBO	NWS	MGY	LAN	CLT	HCY	ASF	TUS	MAR	RCH	NCF	FOR	LIN	MCF	FON	AIR	CLT	PIF	CLB	AWS	MOR	ALS	NYF	SAN 9	CLT	NCF	MAS	RSP	DAR	MGY	LAN	RSP	GPS	MAS	CLB	MAR	LVP	NWS	HBO		83rd	-
1956	Negre Racing	88	Olds	HCY	CLT	WSS	PBS	ASF	DAB	PBS	WIL	ATL	NWS	LAN	RCH	CLB	CON	GPS	HCY	HBO	MAR	LIN	CLT	POR 4		48th	952
98		EUR 15	NYF	MER	MAS	CLT	MCF
6		POR 5	AWS	RSP	PIF
98N		CSF DNQ	CHI	CCF	MGY	OKL	ROA	OBS		POR 6	CLB	HBO	NWP	CLT	CCF	MAR	HCY	WIL
88N		SAN 10	NOR	PIF	MYB	POR	DAR	CSH	CLT	LAN
1957	80	WSS 33	CON	TIC	DAB	CON	WIL	HBO	AWS	NWS	LAN	CLT	PIF	GBF		NA	0
98		POR 14	CCF	RCH	MAR		EUR 5	LIN	LCS	ASP	NWP	CLB	CPS	PIF	JAC	RSP	CLT	MAS	POR 7	HCY	NOR	LCS	GLN
98N		POR 19
96N		KPC 8	LIN	OBS	MYB	DAR	NYF	AWS	CSF	SCF	LAN	CLB	CCF	CLT	MAR	NBR	CON	NWS	GBF
1961		14	Ford	CLT	JSP	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HMS 22	ATL	GPS	HBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	HCY	RCH	MAR	DAR	CLT	CLT	RSD	ASP 7	CLT	PIF	BIR	GPS	BGS	NOR	HAS	STR	DAY	ATL	CLB	MBS	BRI	NSV	BGS	AWS	RCH	SBO	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	ATL	MAR	NWS	CLT	BRI	GPS	HBO		113th	-
1967	Negre Racing	8	Ford	AUG	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH 16	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR 20	GPS 13	MGY	DAY	TRN 32	OXF 12	FDA 26	ISP 27	BRI	SMR 33	NSV 23	ATL 42	BGS	CLB	SVH		HBO 23	MAR	NWS 32	CLT		49th	3578
Ralph Murphy	31	Ford		DAR 43	HCY	RCH	BLV
GC Spencer Racing	49	Plymouth		CAR 12	AWS
1968	Negre Racing	8	Ford	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY	BRI	RCH	ATL 38	HCY	GPS 21	CLB 22	NWS	MAR 37	AUG	AWS	DAR 31	BLV 18	LGY 17	CLT	ASH 11	MGR 28	SMR	BIR	CAR 37	GPS 13	DAY	ISP 15	OXF 12	FDA 10	TRN 32	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB 19	BGS 12	AWS 15	SBO	LGY 13	DAR	HCY 20	RCH 21	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	AUG 17	CLT 29	CAR	JFC 20		31st	928
1969	MGR 18	MGY 17	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	CAR 16	AUG 9	BRI	ATL 26	CLB	HCY	GPS 18	RCH 19	NWS 29	MAR 21	AWS 24	DAR 14	BLV 21	LGY 21		27th	1465
Don Tarr	0	Chevy		CLT 44	MGR	SMR	MCH	KPT	GPS	NCF	DAY		TWS 35
Neil Castles	86	Plymouth		DOV 31		TRN 32	BLV	BRI	NSV	SMR
Dodge		TPN 30
GC Spencer Racing	8	Plymouth		ATL 37	MCH 32	SBO 17	BGS 17	AWS 6	DAR 35	HCY	RCH 9	TAL DNQ	CLB 22	MAR 39	NWS	CLT	SVH 12	AUG 28	CAR 8	JFC	MGR 19
1970	Negre Racing	Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	CAR 35	SVH	ATL 23	BRI 19	TAL	NWS 26	CLB 21	DAR DNQ	BLV 25	LGY 19	CLT	SMR 21	MAR 23	MCH 25	RSD	HCY 12	KPT	GPS 9	DAY 37	AST 12	TPN 15	TRN 31	BRI	SMR 23	NSV 17	ATL 23	CLB 18	ONA 12	MCH 23	TAL 45	BGS 21	SBO 16	DAR 36	HCY	RCH 28	DOV 28	NCF 16	NWS 22	CLT	MAR 22	MGR	CAR	LGY		26th	1413
1971	Dodge	RSD	DAY	DAY 26	DAY DNQ		12th	2528
Ford		ONT DNQ	RCH 21	CAR 16	HCY 19	BRI DNQ		CLB 24		SMR 27		DAR 14	SBO 12	TAL 24	ASH 15	KPT 13		DOV 16	MCH 23	RSD 38	HOU 11	GPS 16		BRI 25	AST 10	ISP 19	TRN 18	NSV 11	ATL 36	BGS 17	ONA 22	MCH 36	TAL 28	CLB 21		DAR 17	MAR DNQ		DOV 15	CAR 16	MGR 21	RCH 18	NWS 16	TWS 44
Dalton Racing	7	Ford		BRI 23	ATL
GC Spencer Racing	49	Plymouth		GPS 17		MAR 30
Brooks Racing	28	Ford		NWS 18
Buster Davis	04	Plymouth		CLT 20
Junior Fields	91	Chevy		DAY 36		HCY 8		MAR 17	CLT 19

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	Negre Racing	8	Ford	RSD 27	DAY DNQ		21st	4696.89
Chevy		RCH 30
Dodge		ONT DNQ	CAR 14	ATL 18	BRI 22	DAR 24	NWS 22	MAR 30	TAL 15	CLT	DOV 31	MCH 21	RSD 37	TWS 28	DAY	BRI 17	TRN 17	ATL 25	TAL 39	MCH 22	NSV	DAR 14	RCH 15	DOV 17	MAR 18		CLT 44	CAR 17	TWS 25
Arrington Racing	37	Dodge		NWS 22
1973	Negre Racing	8	Mercury	RSD	DAY 17	RCH		ATL 24	NWS 19	DAR 20	MAR 22		NSV 27		18th	4942.55
Sears Racing	4	Dodge		CAR 16	BRI		CLT 19		DAR 26
Negre Racing	8	Dodge		TAL 11		DOV 33	TWS 37	RSD	MCH 18	DAY 29	BRI 6	ATL 18	TAL 25	NSV 5		RCH 21	DOV 11	NWS 22	MAR 26		CAR 21
08	Mercury		CLT DNQ
Brown Racing	44	Chevy		CLT 27
1974	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD	DAY DNQ	RCH 24	CAR 22	BRI 11	ATL 22	DAR 24	NWS 17	MAR 26	TAL 34	NSV	DOV 14	CLT	RSD 23	MCH 31	DAY 26	BRI 13	NSV 29	ATL 25	POC 20	TAL 14		DAR 21	RCH 20	DOV 11	NWS 30	MAR 17	CLT 17	CAR 28	ONT 23		23rd	534.29
Ulrich Racing	40	Chevy		MCH 21
1975	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD 9	DAY DNQ	RCH 10	CAR 7	BRI 13	ATL	NWS 19	DAR 31		NSV 24		RSD 28	MCH 27		NSV 15	POC 14	TAL 18	MCH 33	DAR DNQ	DOV 11	NWS 17		CLT 30	RCH 22	CAR 12	BRI 11	ATL 10	ONT 40		17th	2982
Warren Racing	79	Dodge		DAY 14
Dalton Racing	7	Ford		MAR 13	TAL 32
Marcis Auto Racing	2	Dodge		DOV 31	CLT 32		DAY 12
Miller Racing	91	Chevy		DAR 30
Champion Racing	10	Ford		MAR 21
1976	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD	DAY 13	CAR 9	RCH 13	BRI 8	ATL 13	NWS 17	DAR 28		NSV 19	DOV 34	CLT 27	RSD 24	MCH 17		NSV 25	POC 11	TAL 27	MCH 30	BRI 29	DAR 26	RCH 27	DOV 15		NWS 25	CLT 37	CAR 13	ATL	ONT 12		19th	2709
Gray Racing	19	Chevy		MAR 30	TAL 32
Dalton Racing	7	Chevy		DAY 37
Langley Racing	64	Ford		MAR 22
1977	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD 27	DAY 29	RCH 15	CAR 13	ATL DNQ	NWS 28	DAR 24	BRI 25	MAR 25	TAL 41	NSV	DOV 15	CLT 35	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC 16	TAL	MCH 31	BRI 12	DAR 11	RCH 16	DOV 15	MAR 24	NWS 17	CLT 22	CAR 24	ATL 35	ONT 27		22nd	2214
Sisco Racing	16	Chevy		ATL 39
1978	Negre Racing	8	Dodge	RSD DNQ	DAY DNQ	RCH 21	CAR 29	ATL 25	BRI 10	DAR	NWS 15	MAR 19	TAL 28	DOV 35	CLT	NSV 27	RSD	MCH 35	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH 18		DOV 15	MAR 18	NWS 20		CAR 35		28th	1857
Arrington Racing	7	Dodge		BRI 29
Negre Racing	8	Chrysler		DAR 21
1		RCH 30
81		CLT 21		ATL 26
18		ONT 21
1979	8	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI	DAR 18	MAR	TAL 13	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR 20	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT	51st	336

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1971	Negre Racing	Dodge	DNQ
1972	Ford	DNQ
1973	Mercury	28	17
1974	Dodge	DNQ
1975	DNQ
Warren Racing	Dodge	26	14
1976	Negre Racing	Dodge	42	13
1977	22	29
1978	DNQ

External links

driver statistics at Racing-Reference
owner statistics at Racing-Reference