Dick Brooks

Dick Brooks
Dick Brooks
Born	Richard Brooks; April 14, 1942; Porterville, California
Died	February 1, 2006 (aged 63)
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Awards	1969 Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
	358 races run over 17 years
Best finish	6th (1977)
First race	1969 Daytona 500 qualifier No. 1 (Daytona)
Last race	1985 Coca-Cola World 600 (Charlotte)
First win	1973 Talladega 500 (Talladega)

Richard "Dick" Brooks (April 14, 1942 – February 1, 2006) was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500. Brooks held off veteran Buddy Baker by 7.2 seconds for the Talladega win. After he retired, he served as a NASCAR sportscaster for a brief period of time.

His Grand National statistics include the win at Talladega Superspeedway, 57 top fives, 150 top tens, 4 top ten point finishes (1975 through 1978), and 358 career races.

Although Brooks only won one NASCAR race, he was a popular figure in that particular league of motorsports. Driving for the underfunded Junie Donlavey team, Brooks finished 10th in points in 1975 and 1976. A sixth place point finish in 1977 was the highest Brooks ever finished. After finishing eighth in the points in 1978, Brooks left the Donlavey team and drove for others in 1979 and 1980.

Brooks only drove five races each season in 1981 and 1982 before reuniting with Donlavey for 1983. After finishing fifth in the Daytona 500, he had several other solid runs. After four races, Brooks led the point standings for the only time in his NASCAR career. The rest of the season was not as good though and Brooks faded to 14th at season's end. 1984 was more of the same as the Donlavey team struggled to keep up with the higher financed teams and Brooks finished 15th. After driving three races for the Petty Enterprises team in 1985, Brooks left the ride. His final NASCAR race was behind the wheel of a Rick Hendrick owned car in the 1985 World 600 where he finished in tenth place.

Brooks lent his name to a series of car dealerships in North and South Carolina.

After complications from a plane crash in late 2004, Brooks died of pneumonia on February 1, 2006.

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	49	50	51	52	53	54	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1969	Brooks Racing	32	Plymouth	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY 16	DAY	DAY 32	CAR 12	AUG	BRI	ATL 40	CLB	HCY	GPS	RCH	NWS 18	MAR 16	AWS 7	DAR 30	BLV	LGY	CLT 33	MGR 9	SMR	MCH 24	KPT	GPS	NCF	DAY 28	DOV	TPN	TRN 8	BLV	BRI 25	NSV	SMR	ATL 10	MCH 31	SBO	BGS	AWS 3	DAR 7	HCY 6	RCH 24	TAL 5	CLB	MAR 35	NWS 8	CLT 6	SVH 25	AUG	CAR 6	JFC	MGR 24	TWS 5	21st	1780	^[1]
1970	Brooks Racing	32	Plymouth	RSD 33	DAY 7	DAY	DAY 19	RCH	CAR 3	SVH	ATL 26	BRI 5	TAL 13	NWS 5	CLB	DAR 2	BLV	LGY	CLT 31	SMR 4	MAR 5			HCY 2	KPT	GPS 3	DAY 5	AST	TPN 4	TRN 4	BRI 26	SMR 3	NSV 35	ATL 26	CLB 17	ONA	MCH 3	TAL 40	BGS	SBO	DAR 8	HCY 4	RCH 9	DOV	NCF	NWS 26	CLT 30	MAR 16	MGR 3	CAR 39	LGY							13th	2460	^[2]
1970	Dennis Gallion	86	Dodge																			MCH 37	RSD 30																																			13th	2460	^[2]
1971	Mario Rossi	22	Dodge	RSD	DAY	DAY 3	DAY 7	ONT 5	RCH	CAR 5	HCY 14	BRI 3	ATL 14	CLB 3	GPS 3	SMR 5	NWS 3	MAR 23	DAR 2	SBO	TAL	ASH	KPT	CLT 10	DOV	MCH 8	RSD	HOU	GPS	DAY	BRI	AST	ISP	TRN	NSV	ATL	BGS	ONA	MCH	TAL	CLB																	36th	939	^[3]
		95	Chevy																																							HCY 22
	Ferguson-Stephens	66	Pontiac																																								DAR 39
	Ferguson-Stephens	66	Ford																																									MAR 26	CLT 39	DOV	CAR
	Brooks Racing	32	Plymouth																																													MGR 20	RCH	NWS	TWS

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	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	ONT	CAR	ATL 40	BRI							MCH 27								MCH 40	NSV									49th	1023.5	^[4]
	Blank & Kalashian	66	Pontiac								DAR 35	NWS	MAR
	Donlavey Racing	98	Ford											TAL 8
	Marvin Welty	73	Ford												CLT 36	DOV		RSD 33	TWS 35	DAY	BRI	TRN	ATL 38	TAL 40
	Seifert Racing	45	Mercury																								DAR 32	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 40
	Bud Moore Engineering	15	Ford																														CAR 34
	Champion Racing	1	Ford																															TWS 17
1973	Owens Racing	6	Dodge	RSD	DAY 3	RCH																													27th	3200.7	^[5]
	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford				CAR 5	BRI							CLT 9	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY 9	BRI	ATL
		90	Mercury						ATL 7	NWS														NSV 32		RCH 27	DOV	NWS 8	MAR
		98	Ford								DAR 11	MAR
	Crawford Racing	22	Plymouth										TAL 23	NSV									TAL 1
	B & B Racing	61	Chevy																						DAR 9
	Brooks Racing	32	Dodge																											CLT 34	CAR 7
1974		32	Dodge	RSD	DAY 9	RCH	CAR 12	BRI	ATL 24	DAR 29	NWS 24	MAR	TAL 29	NSV	DOV	CLT 27	RSD	MCH 19	DAY 15	BRI 7	NSV	ATL	POC	TAL 29	MCH 8	DAR 34	RCH 16	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 36				27th	267.52	^[6]
1974		28	Chevy																													CAR 31	ONT		27th	267.52	^[6]
1975	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY 22	RCH 4	CAR 4	BRI 19	ATL 4	NWS 8	DAR 25	MAR 8	TAL 3	NSV	DOV 29	CLT 7	RSD	MCH 7	DAY 6	NSV	POC	TAL 38	MCH 20	DAR 26	DOV 2	NWS 11	MAR 6	CLT 35	RCH 3	CAR 29	BRI 6	ATL 7	ONT 8		10th	3182	^[7]
1976	Miller Racing	95	Chevy	RSD 33																															10th	3447	^[8]
	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford		DAY 41	CAR 24	RCH 26	BRI 6	ATL 7	NWS 7	DAR 35	MAR 5	TAL 12	NSV	DOV 7	CLT 7	RSD	MCH 6	DAY 8		POC 31	TAL 3	MCH 29	BRI 7	DAR 6	RCH 8	DOV 6	MAR 6	NWS 6	CLT 9	CAR 8	ATL 29	ONT 4
	Langley Racing	64	Ford																	NSV 29
1977	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY 5	RCH 27	CAR 22	ATL 23	NWS 6	DAR 9	BRI 2	MAR 6	TAL 7		DOV 5	CLT 8		MCH 7	DAY 9	NSV 5	POC 5	TAL 39	MCH 6	BRI 4	DAR 34	RCH 8	DOV 8	MAR 26	NWS 8	CLT 6	CAR 5	ATL 37	ONT 6		6th	3742	^[9]
1977	Langley Racing	64	Ford											NSV 22			RSD 12																		6th	3742	^[9]
1978	Langley Racing	64	Ford	RSD 15												NSV 14	RSD 26																		8th	3769	^[10]
	Donlavey Racing	90	Mercury		DAY 5								TAL 15						DAY 36		POC 7	TAL 9	MCH 6		DAR 25					CLT 10		ATL 12	ONT 9
	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford			RCH 5	CAR 28	ATL 6	BRI 19	DAR 35	NWS 8	MAR 27		DOV 9	CLT 19			MCH 7		NSV 8				BRI 4		RCH 5	DOV 6	MAR 13	NWS 9		CAR 5
1979	Nelson Malloch Racing	05	Olds	RSD 33	DAY 27	CAR 3	RCH 28	ATL 10	NWS 13	BRI 22	DAR 9	MAR 21	TAL 37			CLT 39	TWS	RSD		DAY 9			TAL 11		BRI 20						NWS 25				22nd	2622	^[11]
1979		05	Chevy											NSV 27	DOV				MCH 10		NSV 19	POC 20		MCH 29		DAR 7	RCH	DOV 26	MAR 15	CLT 8		CAR 15	ATL 40	ONT 7	22nd	2622	^[11]
1980		7	Chevy	RSD 22		RCH 29	CAR 16	ATL 5	BRI 27	DAR 5	NWS 27	MAR 26		NSV 30	DOV 17	CLT 15	TWS 27	RSD 31	MCH 33	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI										27th	1698	^[12]
		7	Olds		DAY 36								TAL 9
	Matthews Racing	41	Chevy																							DAR 10	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 10	CAR 31	ATL	ONT
1981	Matthews Racing	41	Buick	RSD	DAY 16	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR 15	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 36	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT				61st	-	^[13]
1981	Bobby Hawkins Racing	13	Ford																													CAR 21	ATL 13	RSD	61st	-	^[13]
1982	Bobby Hawkins Racing	13	Ford	DAY 38	RCH	BRI 28	ATL 34	CAR	DAR 32	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS							48th	347	^[14]
1982	Steve Harrison	8	Pontiac																										CLT 24	MAR	CAR	ATL	RSD		48th	347	^[14]
1983	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY 5	RCH 13	CAR 8	ATL 6	DAR 19	NWS 20	MAR 8	TAL 14	NSV 25	DOV 15	BRI 21	CLT 37	RSD 5	POC 28	MCH 12	DAY 32	NSV 14	POC 15	TAL 7	MCH 21	BRI 21	DAR 31	RCH 13	DOV 32	MAR 16	NWS 15	CLT 37	CAR 18	ATL 31	RSD 34		14th	3230	^[15]
1984	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY 26	RCH 19	CAR 23*	ATL 14	BRI 30	NWS 11	DAR 31	MAR 11	TAL 30	NSV 9	DOV 35	CLT 13	RSD 12	POC 20	MCH 11	DAY 38	NSV 27	POC 11	TAL 35	MCH 18	BRI 3	DAR 6	RCH 10	DOV 7	MAR 11	CLT 13	NWS 11	CAR 30	ATL 17	RSD 24		15th	3265	^[16]
1985	Petty Enterprises	1	Ford	DAY 22	RCH	CAR 20	ATL 38	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV																						53rd	249	^[17]
1985	Hendrick Motorsports	1	Chevy											CLT 10	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD				53rd	249	^[17]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1969	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	33	32
1970	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	13	19
1971	Mario Rossi	Dodge	8	7
1973	Owens Racing	Dodge	9	3
1974	Brooks Racing	Dodge	23	9
1975	Donlavey Racing	Ford	5	22
1976			9	41
1977			15	5
1978		Mercury	32	5
1979	Nelson Malloch Racing	Oldsmobile	8	27
1980	Nelson Malloch Racing	Oldsmobile	41	36
1981	Matthews Racing	Buick	38	16
1982	Bobby Hawkins Racing	Ford	15	38
1983	Donlavey Racing	Ford	10	5
1984	Donlavey Racing	Ford	12	26
1985	Petty Enterprises	Ford	11	22

References

^ "Dick Brooks – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Dick Brooks – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

External links

Dick Brooks driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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[1] "Dick Brooks – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[2] "Dick Brooks – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[3] "Dick Brooks – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[4] "Dick Brooks – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[5] "Dick Brooks – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[6] "Dick Brooks – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[7] "Dick Brooks – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[8] "Dick Brooks – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[9] "Dick Brooks – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[10] "Dick Brooks – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[11] "Dick Brooks – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[12] "Dick Brooks – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[13] "Dick Brooks – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[14] "Dick Brooks – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[15] "Dick Brooks – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[16] "Dick Brooks – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[17] "Dick Brooks – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

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