Buck Holliday

Buck Holliday
BornSterling H. Holliday
October 24, 1929
Waddington, New York
DiedOctober 21, 1999(1999-10-21) (aged 69)
Modified racing career
Years active1952-1975
Car numberC-38
Wins≈100

Sterling "Buck" Holliday (October 24, 1929 – October 21, 1999) was a pioneering American Modified racing driver from Waddington, New York. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he competed successfully at race venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River.[1]

Racing career

Holliday began racing in the early 1950s in New York's Northern Region including Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburg and Fort Covington Speedway, along with Colchester Speedway in Milton in Vermont, Riverside Park Speedway in Massachusetts, and occasionally the annual National Open at Langhorne, Pennsylvania.[2][3][4]

In 1959, Holliday started competing at the Fonda Speedway in New York, and other stops on the NASCAR Sportsman circuit (predecessor of the Xfinity Series), before stepping back to build up his trucking business.[5] By 1965, he was regularly competing on the asphalt circuit of Capital City Speedway in Ottawa, Ontario, along with Evans Mills and Fulton Speedways in New York.[6][7][8]

Holliday was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 1995 and the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 2004[1][5][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Hill, John (October 29, 1999). "Auto Racing". The Post-Standard. Syracuse NY. p. D7. Retrieved April 26, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
  2. ^ "Buck Holiday to represent Airborne at Langhorne championship". Press-Republican. Plattsburg NY. September 10, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved April 26, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  3. ^ "Speedway results". The Gazette. Montreal QC. July 27, 1959. p. 20. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Ladabouche, William (April 16, 2017). "What made Milton a racing town". The Burlington Free Press. VT. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Boggie, Tom (April 21, 1995). "Gahan, Holliday honored". Stock Car Racing Guide. Schenectady NY: The Daily Gazette. p. RG5. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Holiday to race C-38". Ottawa Citizen. ON. April 24, 1965. p. 21. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Buck Holliday qualifies for the race of champions". The Journal. Ogdensburg NY. August 6, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  8. ^ "Fulton Speedway – Touring Series and Major Events". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "NYSSCA unveils new Hall of Fame display". New York State Stock Car Association. February 7, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
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