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was a NASCAR driver and owner.  Langley began his racing career racing modified cars in Virginia and Maryland in 1952.  Langley came in to NASCAR as a Driver/Owner in 1954. In 1966 in partnered with Henry Woodfield and created Langley-Woodfield Racing.  That same year Langley won the only two races of his long career.  Those wins came at Spartanburg, SC, and Manassas, VA.  Langley and Woodfield split the following year, and Langley continued to run the team on his own returning to the driver/owner role.  He finished in the Top-10 in season points every year but one from 1967 until his final full season as a driver in 1975.  His best finish in the points was fifth in 1969 and 1971.  Langley was an independent driver, and like Dave Marcis, JD McDuffie and other independent drivers of that era, often could only afford used parts and motors to make the race events.  Langley's last Cup series race would occur on May 17th 1981, in the Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover Speedway.  From April, 1989, through November 21, 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all NASCAR Cup Series events.  He was a fixture at the Cup races, and behind the wheel.  Elmo Langley died on November 21, 1996.  He had a