Skip Manning is a former NASCAR

NASCAR

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 driver from Bogalusa, Louisiana

Bogalusa, Louisiana

Bogalusa is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,365 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part of the larger New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa...

. He competed in seventy-nine Winston Cup events in his career, spanning from 1975 to 1979. Manning won the rookie-of-the-year

NASCAR Rookie of the Year

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 award in 1976. He had sixteen top-ten finishes during his career, with his best finish a 3rd at the Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway

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in 1977.

Skip retired from NASCAR racing and went back to Bogalusa, Louisiana, with his wife Gloria Manning. He then went on to race all over the southeast in stock cars and super modifieds, breaking records and winning races.

Year	Starts	Wins	Top Fives	Top Tens	Poles	Rank
1979	2	0	0	0	0	90th
Totals	79	0	2	16	0	-