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was a pioneer in NASCAR's early years. Born in Abbeville, South Carolina, he was one of the hardest working and under-financed racers to ever drive the stock car circuit. Landing in a lake eventually earned him the nickname "Crawfish". Like most early NASCAR racers, Crider was a bootlegger and delivered moonshine to his customers. From 1959 to 1965, this driver has competed in 232 races in his seven-year career. He began racing in NASCAR in 1959 and his first race was at Columbia SC. He started 17th driving a 1957 Chevy and finish 14th after having motor problems. He only ran 4 races in 1959 and ran a part season again in 1960 (24 of 44 races). From 1961-1964 he ran almost all the events on the NASCAR Cup circuit; getting his first top five finish at Greenville SC. He started 16th and would work his way up to finish fifth wheeling his 1961 Mercury #62. He would finish 21st in the points

that year. He posted three top five finishes in 1962 with a best being a third at Moyock NC at Dog Track Speedway. He finished a career high 12th in points. He landed in 17th in points in 1963 running 49 of the 53 events; and he again had a best finish of third. 1964 would be his last full time season in the Cup series running 59 of a whopping 62 races ran that year. He would finish in the top five on seven occasions that year with a third place finish at Harris Speedway in Harris, NC. His final top five came at Richmond VA in 1965 when he finished fourth after starting 12th. He saw his final Cup start come at Martinsville this

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CURTIS "CRAWFISH" CRIDER - 10/07/1930 - 12/21/2012