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Dick Brooks (April 14 1942 – February 1 2006) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 driver. Born in Porterville, California
Porterville, California

Porterville is a city in Tulare County, California, California, United States. The population was 39,615 at the United States Census, 2000. City limit signs currently have the population at 51,467....
, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Rookie of the Year

The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. Each of NASCAR's national and regional touring series selects a RotY winner each year....
, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500
Talladega 500

Talladega 500 can mean either of two different NASCAR races that have been held at Talladega Superspeedway:* AMP Energy 500, held from 1969 to 1987...
. After he retired, he served as a NASCAR sportscaster
Sportscaster

A sportscaster is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events. Sportscasting is often done live television, "in real-time"....
 for a brief period of time.

His Grand National Statistics include the win at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
, 57 top fives, 150 top tens, 4 top ten point finishes (1975 through 1978), and 358 career races.

Although Brooks only won 1 Nascar race, he was a popular figure in NASCAR.






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Dick Brooks (April 14 1942 – February 1 2006) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 driver. Born in Porterville, California
Porterville, California

Porterville is a city in Tulare County, California, California, United States. The population was 39,615 at the United States Census, 2000. City limit signs currently have the population at 51,467....
, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Rookie of the Year

The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. Each of NASCAR's national and regional touring series selects a RotY winner each year....
, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500
Talladega 500

Talladega 500 can mean either of two different NASCAR races that have been held at Talladega Superspeedway:* AMP Energy 500, held from 1969 to 1987...
. After he retired, he served as a NASCAR sportscaster
Sportscaster

A sportscaster is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events. Sportscasting is often done live television, "in real-time"....
 for a brief period of time.

His Grand National Statistics include the win at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
, 57 top fives, 150 top tens, 4 top ten point finishes (1975 through 1978), and 358 career races.

Although Brooks only won 1 Nascar race, he was a popular figure in NASCAR. Driving for the underfunded Junie Donlavey
Junie Donlavey

W.C. "Junie" Donlavey , is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car owner with a team based in Richmond. Rarely fielding a car without his familiar #90, he began fielding his team in 1950....
 team, Brooks finished 10th in points in 1975 & 1976. A 6th place point finish in 1977 was the highest Brooks would finish. After finishing 8th in the points in 1978, Brooks left the Donlavey team and drove for others in 1979 & 1980.

Brooks only drove 5 races each season in 1981 and 1982 before reuniting with Donlavey for 1983. After finishing fifth in the Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, he had several other solid runs. After 4 races, Dick Brooks led the point standings for the only time in his NASCAR career. The rest of the season was not as good though and Brooks faded to 14th at season end. 1984 was more of the same as the Donlavey team struggled to keep up with the higher financed teams and Brooks finished 15th. After driving 3 races for the Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
 team in 1985, Brooks left the ride. His final NASCAR race was behind the wheel of a Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick

Joseph Riddick Hendrick III , better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the largest Automobile chains in the United States....
 owned car in the 1985 World 600 where he finished 10th.