David Sisco

David Sisco
David Sisco
	David Sisco, c. 1970
Born	June 26, 1937; Hohenwald, Tennessee
Died	July 25, 2016 (aged 79); Bon Aqua, Tennessee
Cause of death	Alzheimer's
Awards	1969 Nashville Fairgrounds track champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
	133 over races run over 7 years
Best finish	10th (1974)
First race	1971 Winston 500 (Talladega)
Last race	1977 Talladega 500 (Talladega)

David Sisco (June 26, 1937 – July 25, 2016) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who ran 133 races from 1971 to 1977, and was the 1969 Nashville Fairgrounds track champion. He was Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame November 14th, 2023 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.

Career

Sisco also managed to earn $251,359 in his seven-year NASCAR career ($1,263,834.71 when considering inflation ).^[1] His average starting position is 22nd place while he managed to finish in 19th place on average.^[1] Total mileage of all of Sisco's races are 39,186.7 miles (63,064.9 km).^[1]Prior to 1971, Sisco participated in a select number of late model stock car races and was the champion of one of them in 1969.

The type of tracks that best favored Sisco were flat tracks; where he would finish an average of 13th place. He did not excel on restrictor plate tracks, however, and a finish of 23rd place would become routine for Sisco during his NASCAR Cup Series career.^[2]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1971	McGee Racing	05	Chevy	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	ONT	RCH	CAR	HCY	BRI	ATL	CLB	GPS	SMR	NWS	MAR	DAR	SBO	TAL 31	ASH	KPT	CLT	DOV	MCH	RSD	HOU	GPS	DAY	BRI	AST	ISP	TRN	NSV 19	ATL	BGS	ONA	MCH	TAL 16	CLB	HCY	DAR	MAR	CLT	DOV	CAR	MGR 15	RCH	NWS	TWS	57th	309	^[3]

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	McGee Racing	05	Chevy	RSD	DAY 7	RCH	ONT	CAR	ATL 37	BRI 23	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL 37	CLT	DOV	MCH 15	RSD	TWS	DAY 29	BRI 24	TRN	ATL DNQ	TAL 17	MCH 13	NSV 17	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR 9	TWS 27	33rd	2310.75	^[4]
1973	McGee Racing			RSD	DAY 11	RCH 28	CAR 24	BRI 11	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR 25	TAL 36	NSV 8	CLT 10	DOV 10	TWS 9	RSD	MCH 17	DAY 11	BRI 11	ATL 26	TAL 5	NSV 4	DAR 28	RCH 16	DOV 29	NWS 27	MAR 28	CLT 21	CAR 15				17th	4986.45	^[5]
1974	Sisco Racing			RSD	DAY 15	RCH 23	CAR 31	BRI 17	ATL 14	DAR 13	NWS 15	MAR 18	TAL 39	NSV 8	DOV 24	CLT 9	RSD	MCH 7	DAY 9	BRI 19	NSV 4	ATL 12	POC 11	TAL 28	MCH 9	DAR 3	RCH 17	DOV 6	NWS 10	MAR 20	CLT DNQ	CAR 26	ONT 11		10th	956.2	^[6]
1974	Friez Enterprises	59	Chevy																												CLT 13				10th	956.2	^[6]
1975	Sisco Racing	05	Chevy	RSD	DAY 21	RCH 8	CAR 14	BRI 7	ATL 31	NWS 23	DAR 28	MAR 26	TAL 16	NSV 8	DOV 5	CLT 27	RSD	MCH 8	DAY 33	NSV 7	POC 19	TAL 27	MCH 12	DAR 3	DOV 17	NWS 19	MAR 20	CLT 15	RCH 24	CAR 26	BRI 16	ATL 29	ONT 12		13th	3116	^[7]
1976	Sisco Racing	05	Chevy	RSD	DAY 29	CAR 20	RCH 8	BRI 23	ATL 9	NWS 27	DAR 13	MAR 24	TAL 14	NSV 9	DOV 22	CLT 10	RSD	MCH 8	DAY 9	NSV 16	POC 10	TAL 31	MCH 32	BRI 14	DAR 39	RCH 23	DOV 11	MAR 16	NWS 14	CLT 19	CAR 20	ATL DNQ	ONT 30		17th	2994	^[8]
1976	Viglione Racing	60	Chevy																													ATL 33			17th	2994	^[8]
1977	Sisco Racing	16	Chevy	RSD	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS 19	DAR	BRI 22	MAR	TAL 30	NSV 19	DOV 30	CLT 32	RSD	MCH 25	DAY 34	NSV 22	POC	TAL 28	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		37th	847	^[9]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1972	McGee Racing	Chevrolet	23	7
1973	McGee Racing		24	11
1974	Sisco Racing		38	15
1975			12	21
1976			40	29
1977			DNQ

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