Gober Sosebee was an American

United States

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 racecar driver. He won on the Daytona Beach Road Course

Daytona Beach Road Course

Daytona Beach Road Course was a race track that was instrumental in the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR. It originally became famous as the location where fifteen world land speed records were set...

 in 1949, 1950 and 1951. He was born in Dawson County, Georgia

Dawson County, Georgia

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, and began his career in 1940 at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway

Lakewood Speedway

Lakewood Speedway was a race track located south of Atlanta, Georgia, in Lakewood, Georgia, just north of the eastern arm of Langford Parkway . The track held many kinds of races between 1919 and 1979, including events sanctioned by AAA/USAC, IMCA, and NASCAR. It was a one-mile dirt track which...

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Sosebee also won 2 Grand national (now Sprint Cup Series) races, one in 1952 and another in 1954. He also had 4 pole position

Pole position

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s (including his first NASCAR race at Daytona Beach) and 33 top 10 finishes during his Cup career, and also ran five races in the NASCAR Convertible Division

NASCAR Convertible Division

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