Search results
Edward Glenn " Fireball " Roberts Jr. (January 20, 1929 – July 2, 1964) was an American stock car racer . Background. Roberts was born in Tavares, Florida, and raised in Apopka, Florida, where he was interested in both auto racing and baseball.
Dec 30, 2022 · Glenn "Fireball" Roberts was a NASCAR superstar in the early 1960s. Roberts was on Lap 7 of the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte when Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett crashed. Roberts tried to...
Nov 1, 2007 · Maintaining a base in his hometown of Daytona Beach, by 1959 Fireball Roberts was racing under the sponsorship of Stephens Pontiac and the guidance of the legendary Smokey Yunick....
Nov 23, 2021 · Roberts picked up the Fireball moniker as a teenager when a baseball teammate caught one of his pitches and excitedly proclaimed it a “fireball.” The name stuck. Soon, it would be stitched...
Nov 29, 2022 · On July 2, Roberts died from his burns. He was only 35. His death sent shockwaves through the auto racing community. To make things even sadder, Roberts had reportedly meant to retire shortly after the Charlotte race, as he had just taken a public relations position at the Falstaff Brewing Company.
Stock Car Racing's First Superstar. Fireball Roberts was a star on and off the track. During his career, Roberts often came up big in the biggest events, winning the Daytona 500 in 1962 and the Southern 500 in 1958 and 1963.
Sep 13, 2007 · Fireball Roberts was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history to never win a championship. And while the biggest prize managed to elude him; Roberts, the 1957 Most Popular...
Related searches
