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"Dynamite" Dave Dion
Hometown: Hudson, NH
DOB: 11/30/43
Began racing: 1964, Norwood Arena (Norwood, MA)
Retired: n/a
Nickname: "Dynamite"
Best known for: Racing orange Fords with his family team whenever and where ever there
is a race to be run
Career Highlights: Began career at Hudson (NH) Speedway; Multiple track championships,
hundreds of feature wins; has won every major New England event, including Milk Bowl (1975) and Oxford 250 (1975, '85,
'92); has won at NHIS and Dover Downs; won 1976 Northern NASCAR championship; Oxford Open Series champion, 1977-78; ran limited
NASCAR WInston Cup Grand National (now Nextel Cup) schedule from 1978-1982; won 1996 Busch Grand National North (now
Busch East Series) championhsip; published autobiography Life Wide Open (with Dave Moody) in 2005
Series Championships
- 1976 Northern NASCAR Championship
- 1977 Oxford Open Series
- 1978 Oxford Open Series
- 1989 ACT Coors Tour American Champion
- 1996 NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series
Track Championships
- 1972 Norwood (MA) Arena Late Model Sportsman
- 1975 Thunder Road (VT) Late Model Sportsman
- 1975 Catamount Stadium (VT) Late Model Sportsman
- 1977 Thunder Road (VT) Late Model Sportsman
- 1982 Thompson (CT) Speedway (NASCAR North Molson Tour events)
- 1982 Dover Downs (DE) Int'l Speedway (NASCAR North Molson Tour events)
- 1982 Waterford (CT) Speedbowl (NASCAR North Molson Tour events)
- 1983 Waterford (CT) Speedbowl (NASCAR North Stroh's Tour events)
- 1989 Thunder Road (VT) Pro Stock (ACT Coors Tour events)
- 1990 Thunder Road (VT) Pro Stock (ACT Coors Tour events)
- 1991 Thunder Road (VT) Pro Stock (ACT Coors Tour events)
Major Event Victories
- 20 NASCAR North/ACT Tour victories
- 13 NASCAR Busch East Series victories
- 16 Oxford Open Series victories
- Bicentennial 200 - Thunder Road (1976, 1989, 1991)
- Labor Day Classic - Thunder Road (1974, 2001)
- Late Model Championship 200 - Dover Downs Int'l Speedway (1982)
- Memorial Day Classic - Thunder Road (1975-78, 1982, 1989-92)
- New England 300 - Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (1990)
- Oxford 250 - Oxford Plains Speedway (1975, 1985, 1992)
- Showdown of Champions - Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (1989-90)
- Spring Green - Catamount Stadium (1976)
- Thunder 100 - Thunder Road (1983)
- United States Cellular 100 - New Hampshire Int'l Speedway (1997)
- Vermont Governor's Cup - Thunder Road (1976, 1989)
- Vermont Milk Bowl - Thunder Road (1975)
- Winston 100 - Thunder Road (1976)
Special Honors
- NASCAR Busch East Series Most Popular Driver - 1999
- NASCAR Busch East Series Busch Pole Award Champion - 1997, 2004
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