- Winner
of 40 races; 189 starts, best career winning percentage 21.2%
- Pole
position record - 19 poles in a single championship season
- 1952
and 1955 NASCAR Grand National Champion (Winston Cup)
- 1952
Speed Age Magazine Award for "Driver of the Year"
- Only
driver to win at Dayton in all three NASCAR division 1955 Grand
National,
- 1956
Modified, 1958 Grand National, 1957 Convertible
- 1955
Most Popular Driver *elected by ballot of drivers
- Won
only sports car race ever sanction by NASCAR - Raleigh, NC from
the pole position in a Mercedes 300 SL
- Won
Grand National at New York State Fairgrounds, leading every lap,
then flew to San Mateo, CA where he won at Bay Meadows the following
day. Two victories, two days, coast to coast
- 1956
Won grand slam at Daytona; the Flying Mile, the Modified race and
the Grand National in one weekend
- 1972
National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame
- State
of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
- 1991
International Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame
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