Johnny Beauchamp Race Car Driver. A 1957chevrolet stock car once raced by johnny beauchamp of atlantic iowa. Nationality american born march 23 1923 hometown atlantic iowa died april 17 1981.
Johnny beauchamp march 23 1923 april 17 1981 was an american nascar driver from harlan iowa he is best known for finishing second in the 1959 daytona 500 in a photo finish after being declared the unofficial winner. Click on the site to see johnny beauchamp s career results at that track. Restored johnny beauchamp car is a tribute to the late driver wally satterfield slides open the door of a quonset hut on his 80 acrefarm outside elmwood illinois and there it is sitting in silent tribute to one of the finest drivers iowa has ever produced.
He and fellow driver johnny beauchamp finished so closely together that it took three days of news footage examination to declare petty the winner.
Restored johnny beauchamp car is a tribute to the late driver wally satterfield slides open the door of a quonset hut on his 80 acrefarm outside elmwood illinois and there it is sitting in silent tribute to one of the finest drivers iowa has ever produced. His two victories were at atlanta 1959 and nashville 1960. 1960 nascar grand national results click on the race number to see the complete results for that race. He was also originally declared the winner in the first daytona 500 but lee petty was later given the.
