{"id":21238,"date":"2025-07-19T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21238\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:26:10","slug":"nascar-hall-of-famer-former-champion-dead-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21238\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Hall Of Famer, Former Champion Dead At 95"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR Hall Of Famer, Former Champion Dead At 95<\/a> originally appeared on The Spun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the 75 greatest drivers in NASCAR history has sadly passed away this week.<\/p>\n

It was confirmed on Friday afternoon that\u00a0Rex White died at the age of 95. He competed in the Cup Series for nine years, participating in 233 races and picking up 28 wins. In 1960, he won his\u00a0first and only championship at NASCAR’s highest level.<\/p>\n

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White was\u00a0inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame\u00a0in 2015. He was part of a class that included\u00a0Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott and Joe Weatherly.<\/p>\n

As you’d imagine, the NASCAR community is devastated by White’s death.<\/p>\n

“We mourn the loss of NASCAR Champion and Hall of Famer, Rex White,” NASCAR chairman Jim France said.<\/a> “Rex epitomized the formative days of NASCAR – a true pioneer whose contributions helped shape the foundation of our sport.\u00a0His hard work, dedication and talent allowed him to make a living doing what he loved most \u2013 racing cars. He was the model of consistency \u2013 finishing in the top five in nearly half of his races \u2014 and dominated the short tracks. On behalf of NASCAR and the France family, I want to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Rex White.”<\/p>\n

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CHARLOTTE, NC – JANUARY 30: (L-R, back row) NASCAR Hall of Famers Ned Jarrett, Leonard Wood, Glenn Wood, Darrell Waltrip, Bud Moore, Junior Johnson, Dale Inman, Rex White, Richard Petty, Bill Elliott, Jack Ingram, Bobby Allison, (L-R front row) Maurice Petty, and Fred Lorenzen pose for a photo opportunity after the 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 30, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King\/Getty Images)Lance King&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

White was known for his late-stage heroics on the track.<\/p>\n

“I\u00a0beat some good drivers in my career but my biggest thing \u2026 I had a habit of eating every day,” White said, via NASCAR.com<\/a>. “In order to eat and pay your bills, you\u2019ve got to take in money. If you\u2019re supporting a race car with your funds, doing the work yourself, you don\u2019t race until the end of the race when you get the money.”<\/p>\n

There’s no question White’s legacy will live on for years to come.<\/p>\n

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NASCAR Hall Of Famer, Former Champion Dead At 95<\/a> first appeared on The Spun on Jul 18, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by The Spun<\/a> on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR Hall Of Famer, Former Champion Dead At 95 originally appeared on The Spun. One of the 75…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[19283,19284,19281,19282,425,19279,19280,99],"class_list":["post-21238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-bill-elliott","tag-darrell-waltrip","tag-fred-lorenzen","tag-hall-of-famer","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-hall-of-fame","tag-rex-white","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}