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NASCAR Hall Of Famer, Co-Founder Of Woods Brothers Racing, Passes Away
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Glen Wood, a pioneer in the sport of stock car racing, passed away Friday morning at the age of 93.
Wood, whose passing was announced by Wood Brothers Racing, was the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Wood co-founded Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest continuously operating NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series team, with his brother Leonard in 1950.
A statement by the Wood Brothers Racing team stated:
It’s with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of team founder and family patriarch Glen Wood this morning. We want to thank family, friends, our small-town Virginia community of Patrick County, as well as everyone in the NASCAR community for their unwavering support of him, his life, his legacy and everything “Pa” represented.
Wood Brothers Racing collected 99 victories in more than 1,500 starts in NASCAR’s Cup Series, with four of those wins belonging to Wood as its primary driver in early years. Starting the race organization with a car Wood and his brother purchased for $50, according to the Associated Press, the team made the No. 21 one of the most iconic car numbers in the sport’s history.
“In every way, Glen Wood was an original. In building the famed Wood Brothers Racing at the very beginnings of our sport, Glen laid a foundation for NASCAR excellence that remains to this day. As both a driver and a team owner, he was, and always will be, the gold standard. But personally, even more significant than his exemplary on-track record, he was a true gentleman and a close confidant to my father, mother and brother. On behalf of the France family and all of NASCAR, I send my condolences to the entire Wood family for the loss of a NASCAR giant,” NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France said.
Among his long list of accomplishments in stock car racing, in 1998, Wood was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.
The Wood Brothers Racing team also became legends for modernizing the pit stop after an invitation to staff the Lotus-Ford team and driver Jim Car at the 1965 Indianapolis 500, reducing the time of a typical IndyCar pit stop nearly in half.
Wood was enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012, one year before his brother Leonard’s induction in 2013.
Funeral arrangements for Wood are still pending, but it will be a small family service, according to the team. For more information, visit the Wood Brothers Racing Facebook page here.
(Photo courtesy of Facebook, Woods Brothers Racing).
Wood, whose passing was announced by Wood Brothers Racing, was the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Wood co-founded Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest continuously operating NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series team, with his brother Leonard in 1950.
A statement by the Wood Brothers Racing team stated:
It’s with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of team founder and family patriarch Glen Wood this morning. We want to thank family, friends, our small-town Virginia community of Patrick County, as well as everyone in the NASCAR community for their unwavering support of him, his life, his legacy and everything “Pa” represented.
Wood Brothers Racing collected 99 victories in more than 1,500 starts in NASCAR’s Cup Series, with four of those wins belonging to Wood as its primary driver in early years. Starting the race organization with a car Wood and his brother purchased for $50, according to the Associated Press, the team made the No. 21 one of the most iconic car numbers in the sport’s history.
“In every way, Glen Wood was an original. In building the famed Wood Brothers Racing at the very beginnings of our sport, Glen laid a foundation for NASCAR excellence that remains to this day. As both a driver and a team owner, he was, and always will be, the gold standard. But personally, even more significant than his exemplary on-track record, he was a true gentleman and a close confidant to my father, mother and brother. On behalf of the France family and all of NASCAR, I send my condolences to the entire Wood family for the loss of a NASCAR giant,” NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France said.
Among his long list of accomplishments in stock car racing, in 1998, Wood was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.
The Wood Brothers Racing team also became legends for modernizing the pit stop after an invitation to staff the Lotus-Ford team and driver Jim Car at the 1965 Indianapolis 500, reducing the time of a typical IndyCar pit stop nearly in half.
Wood was enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012, one year before his brother Leonard’s induction in 2013.
Funeral arrangements for Wood are still pending, but it will be a small family service, according to the team. For more information, visit the Wood Brothers Racing Facebook page here.
(Photo courtesy of Facebook, Woods Brothers Racing).
