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Best finish
  
38th (1967)

Name
  
Don Biederman


Don Biederman Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Don Biederman

Born
  
February 26, 1940 Port Credit, Ontario, Canada (
1940-02-26
)

First race
  
1966 Old Dominion 400 (Manassas)

Last race
  
1969 Texas 500 (College Station)

Died
  
May 31, 1999, Brantford, Canada

Achievements
  
1977 Oxford 250 winner

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Don Biederman (February 26, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a Canadian stock car racer from Port Credit, Ontario.

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Racing career

Biederman was also the first Canadian ever to campaign for a full season in the Sprint Cup Series formerly known as the NASCAR Grand National Series.

Biederman won the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine in 1977, one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.

Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.

Death and legacy

On May 31, 1999 Biederman died at his home in Brantford, Ontario at the age of 59 following a long battle with cancer.

Since 2000 the OSCAAR Racing series holds a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.

Awards

  • He was posthumously inducted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001.
  • He was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame.
  • 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

    Daytona 500 results

    References

    Don Biederman Wikipedia