Paul Goldsmith, a legendary racer known for his versatility in various forms of motorsport, passed away on Friday at the age of 98.
Goldsmith, a native of West Virginia who was raised in Detroit, won a total of nine NASCAR Grand National Series, now known as NASCAR Cup Series, races in a part-time career that spanned 127 races over 11 seasons., which confirmed Goldsmith's death on Friday, the tenacious racer died in Munster, Indiana.
Goldsmith's first-career NASCAR Cup Series win came at Langhorne Speedway in 1956, and he achieved his final NASCAR Cup Series victory at Bristol in 1966. While he ran part-time in NASCAR, Goldsmith was a championship contender in the USAC Stock Car division, where he won the championship in back-to-back seasons and amassed 26 victories in only 85 starts.
Goldsmith also contested the Indianapolis 500 six times in consecutive years from 1958 to 1963. The racer's best finish in the Indianapolis 500 was a third-place effort in 1960.
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