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February 6, 2002
10:48 PM EST (0348 GMT)
Through a 15-year career, Isaac won 37 NASCAR Winston Cup Series races which ranks him 15th on the all-time wins list. In 1970, Isaac topped the field to win the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. Also in 1970, he set what was then a world closed-course speed record when he ran 201.104 mph at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Isaac's 50 pole positions ranks him sixth on the all-time list and seventh on the all-time list of laps led with 13,229. Isaac set a single-season record on pole positions won with 20 in 1969. Isaac died in 1977 following a race at Hickory (N.C.) Speedway. In 1979, Isaac was inducted in the National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. In 1996, Isaac was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala.
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