Glen Wood was born on the 18th July 1925in Stuart, South Virginia. He competed on a part-time basis from 1953 to 1963; taking part in sixty two races of which he won four all at Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Sale, North Carolina had thirty four top ten positions with fourteen pole positions. He mostly drove at tracks near to his home in South Virginia but had his best season in 1960 when he won three races, with six top five and seven top ten positions at the Bowman-Gray Stadium. He was named as one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 and was an inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Glen Wood

Glen is most famous for founding the well-known Wood Brothers Racing team in 1953. Glen, together with his brothers, Leonard and Delano, guided the team in its growth successfully into the 1980’s. Today the team is owned and managed by Glens’ children, sons Eddie and Len, and daughter, Kim. Starting up in the early 1950’s the team is still very active today and throughout this period of time the Wood Brothers team have been victorious in ninety six cup wins and have taken part in excess of 1300 races. The Wood Brothers Racing Team has included many of the NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, such as Bill Elliott, Junior Johnson, Fred Lorenzen, Tiny Lund, Marvin Panch, David Pearson, Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, Curtis Turner and Cale Yarborough.

The Wood Brothers team, operating from Stuart, South Virginia, has also found success outside of NASCAR racing by winning the Indianapolis 500 with Jim Clark in 1965.

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