Woodie Wilson was a NASCAR driver who made his debut in the 1949, the second year of NASCAR racing. He was born on the 8th August 1925 in the town of Mobile in Alabama. His Sprint Cup Series career spanned a period of thirteen years yet he only made ten starts, two of which he finished in the top ten.

His first race was on the 10th of July, 1949 taking part in the famous Daytona Beach Road Course, driving his own #12 '49 Mercury. Starting in a field of twenty-eight Woodie managed to finish in a respectable seventeenth place. Woodie left the circuit after the race only to return in August, 1955 to take part in the Mid South 250 at the LeHi track at the Memphis-Arkansas Speedway. He started at 22nd in the field of twenty nine but was unable to finish any higher than 26th because of problem with over-heating. There followed another interruption to his NASCAR career until Woodie returned in 1961 to take part in five races, the Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway, finished 18th, the Festival 250 and the Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, finished 15th and 9th respectively, the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway where he had a DNF and had a 34th place finish (the only one of his career) and lastly the National 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing at 14th position, resulting in a career high of 41st in the points standings. This year (1961) Woodie received the NASCAR “Rookie of the Year” award

His career came to a finale after the 1962 season when he ran three races, starting the season at Daytona in the annual February Speedweeks events running in the Daytona 500 after qualifying in a career best of 7th position. He finished in 42nd position after axle problems. His second race of the season saw him running in the National 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and his final race in his NASCAR career was at Atlanta Motor Speedway on the 28th of October 1962 when he ran in the Dixie 400, finishing in 41st position after more axle problems. There appears to be little of his life documented either before, during or after his NASCAR career but his death is recorded as being 13th of September 1994.

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