Charlie Glotzbach

Charlie Glotzbach
BornCharles Lee Glotzbach
(1938-06-19)June 19, 1938
Edwardsville, Indiana, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 82)
Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.
Awards1964 ARCA Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
124 races run over 15 years
Best finish19th (1968)
First race1960 National 400 (Charlotte)
Last race1992 DieHard 500 (Talladega)
First win1968 National 500 (Charlotte)
Last win1971 Volunteer 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 50 12

Charles Lee Glotzbach (June 19, 1938 – April 23, 2021) was an ARCA and NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He holds one of the oldest race records in NASCAR. He has the record for fastest pace at Bristol Motor Speedway for a NASCAR race. He was also known as the "Chargin' Comet" and "Chargin' Charlie".

Volunteer 500 win

In 1971 Glotzbach won the caution-free Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in a record pace that still stood for 53 years. The race was completed with an average speed of 101.074 mph (two hours, 38 minutes) at the .533-mile track in a race that did not feature a single safety car period in the July heat. Glotzbach required relief during the middle of the race from Friday Hassler.

The record was broken at the 2024 running of the Volunteer 500, which Kyle Larson won despite five safety car periods, with a time of 2:37:53 at 101.277 mph.

NASCAR history

Glotzbach's first NASCAR Winston Cup race was in 1960. While never running a full Winston Cup schedule, he ran a partial schedule every year from 1967 to 1975. The most he ran in a single year was in 1968, when he raced in 22 of 48 events. In 1969 he finished second in the Daytona 500 after being passed on the last lap by LeeRoy Yarbrough.

In late 1969, Glotzbach received broken ribs and was shot twice after firing an employee of his trucking company. He returned the next season and continued to run competitively with one of the bullets still in his upper arm. (ABC Wide World of Sports Broadcast, 1970 Daytona 500.)

Glotzbach set a world record of 199.466 mph in September 1969 at Talladega, driving the Chrysler Engineering No. 88 Dodge Charger Daytona. The car was the pole winner, but Glotzbach, along with most other drivers, sat out the race due to a tire boycott.

His last NASCAR Winston Cup race was in 1992, a season when he competed in seven events. He has four wins and 12 poles in NASCAR and his last attempt was in 1994 for the inaugural Brickyard 400 when he did not qualify.

Other racing

Glotzbach was named the 1964 ARCA series Rookie of the Year. He also attempted to qualify for the 1969 and 1970 Indianapolis 500 races, but failed to qualify for both.

In later life, Glotzbach ran a truck sales business named "Charlie's Truck Sales" in Sellersburg, Indiana.

In a charity legends race on March 20, 2010, Glotzbach was involved in a serious crash at Bristol Motor Speedway. He T-boned the driver's side of Larry Pearson at near full speed after Pearson spun. Both drivers suffered injuries, but none were life-threatening.[1]

Personal life

Glotzbach was born in Edwardsville, Indiana.

Glotzbach was found dead in his home in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on April 23, 2021. He was 82 years old.[2]

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
1960 Red Hollingsworth 34 Chevy CLT CLB DAY DAY DAY CLT NWS PHO CLB MAR HCY WIL BGS GPS AWS DAR PIF HBO RCH HMS CLT BGS DAY HEI MAB MBS ATL BIR NSV AWS PIF CLB SBO BGS DAR HCY CSF GSP HBO MAR NWS CLT
28 		RCH ATL
31 		136th 84 [3]
1961 Melvin Black 65 Pontiac CLT JSP DAY DAY
11 		DAY
15 		ATL
43 		GPS HBO BGS MAR NWS CLB HCY RCH MAR DAR CLT CLT RSD ASP CLT PIF BIR GPS BGS NOR HAS STR DAY ATL CLB MBS BRI NSV BGS AWS RCH SBO DAR HCY RCH CSF ATL MAR NWS CLT BRI GPS HBO 56th - [4]
Chevy PIF
15 		AWS HMS
1967 K&K Insurance Racing 37 Dodge AUG RSD DAY
8 		DAY DAY
33 		AWS BRI GPS BGS ATL
4 		CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT
42 		ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR
7 		GPS MGY DAY TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV 23rd 11444 [5]
72 ATL
37 		BGS CLB SVH DAR
4 		HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS CLT
4 		CAR
32 		AWS
1968 Friedkin Enterprises 40 Plymouth MGR
23 		MGY RSD 19th 1693 [6]
15 DAY
32 		BRI
Owens Racing 6 Dodge RCH
2 		ATL
4 		HCY GPS
3 		CLB
2 		NWS MAR AUG AWS DAR
28 		BLV LGY CLT
6 		ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR
20 		GPS DAY
9 		ISP OXF FDA TRN
4 		BRI
18 		SMR ATL
25 		CLB
2 		BGS AWS SBO
4 		LGY
18 		DAR
4 		HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR
39 		NWS
24 		AUG CLT
1 		CAR
41 		JFC
Ervin Pruitt 57 Dodge NSV
5
1969 Owens Racing 6 Dodge MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY
2 		DAY
2 		CAR
26 		AUG BRI
19 		ATL
33 		CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH
5 		KPT GPS NCF 37th 944 [7]
Fox Racing 3 Dodge DAY
32 		DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR
Smokey Yunick Racing 13 Ford ATL
4
Nichels Engineering 88 Dodge MCH
14 		SBO BGS AWS DAR
6 		HCY RCH TAL
Wth 		CLB MAR NWS
99 CLT
4 		SVH AUG CAR
23 		JFC MGR TWS
1970 RSD DAY DAY
1* 		DAY
4 		RCH CAR
17 		SVH ATL
38 		BRI TAL
31 		NWS CLB DAR
22 		BLV LGY CLT
25 		MCH
24 		RSD HCY DAY
4 		AST TPN TRN
3 		BRI SMR NSV ATL
33 		CLB ONA MCH
1* 		TAL
3 		BGS SBO DAR
6 		HCY RCH DOV
3 		NCF NWS CLT
37 		MAR MGR CAR
31 		LGY 28th 1358 [8]
Robertson Racing 23 Plymouth SMR
14 		MAR
2 KPT
15 		GPS
1971 John McCarthy 38 Dodge RSD DAY DAY DAY ONT RCH CAR HCY BRI ATL
7 		CLB
6 		GPS
18 		SMR
7 		42nd 699 [9]
Junior Fields 91 Chevy NWS
26 		MAR DAR
34 		SBO TAL ASH KPT
Howard & Egerton Racing 3 Chevy CLT
28 		DOV MCH RSD HOU GPS DAY
37 		BRI
1* 		AST ISP TRN NSV ATL
4 		BGS ONA
27 		MCH
27 		TAL
23 		CLB HCY DAR
24 		MAR
4 		CLT
5* 		CAR
37 		MGR NWS
2 		TWS
98 DOV
2 		RCH
4

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 Owens Racing 6 Dodge RSD DAY
2 		RCH ONT
DNQ 		CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS CLT
3 		DOV MCH RSD TWS DAY BRI TRN ATL TAL MCH NSV DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR TWS 65th 739 [10]
Plymouth MAR
28 		TAL
1973 Ellington Racing 28 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR
31 		MAR TAL NSV CLT
24 		DOV TWS RSD MCH DAY BRI ATL TAL NSV DAR
30 		RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT
37 		43rd 903.35 [11]
Donlavey Racing 90 Mercury CAR
8
1974 Ellington Racing 28 Chevy RSD DAY
36 		RCH CAR
4 		BRI ATL
11 		DAR NWS MAR 26th 293.08 [12]
Donlavey Racing 90 Ford TAL
4 		NSV DOV CLT
37 		RSD MCH DAY
22 		BRI
4 		NSV
6 		ATL
26 		POC TAL
34 		MCH DAR
14 		RCH
4 		DOV NWS
15 		MAR CLT
30 		CAR ONT
1975 Ellington Racing 28 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
6 		RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH DAR DOV NWS MAR 110th 60 [13]
Ed Gibson 3 Chevy CLT
36 		RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT
1976 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
34 		RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 109th 61 [14]
1981 Bahre Racing 23 Buick RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
26 		CAR ATL RSD 88th 85 [15]
1988 Dingman Brothers Racing 50 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
DNQ 		NWS CAR PHO ATL NA - [16]
1989 AAG Racing 34 Buick DAY
DNQ 		CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL NA - [17]
1990 Pontiac DAY
DNQ 		RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH
DNQ 		BRI 70th 140 [18]
Buick MCH
DNQ
U.S. Racing 2 Pontiac DAY
35 		POC TAL GLN DAR
27
Donlavey Racing 90 Ford RCH
22 		DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL
1992 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY CAR RCH
26 		ATL
18 		DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL
37 		CLT
36 		DOV SON POC MCH
16 		DAY
20 		POC TAL
30 		GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 41st 592 [19]
1994 Carl Miskotten 82 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND
DNQ 		GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [20]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1961 Melvin Black Pontiac 22 15
1967 K&K Insurance Racing Dodge 17 33
1968 Friedkin Enterprises Plymouth 21 32
1969 Owens Racing Dodge 4 2
1970 Nichels Engineering Dodge 4 4
1972 Owens Racing Dodge 6 2
1974 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 13 36
1989 AAG Racing Buick DNQ
1990 Pontiac DNQ

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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 AHSC Pts Ref
1987 Don Jackson Racing 49 Chevy DAY ATL TAL
2 		DEL ACS TOL ROC POC
2 		FRS KIL TAL
7 		FRS ISF INF DSF SLM ATL
25 		36th - [21]
1988 DAY
3 		ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 105th - [22]
1990 0 Pontiac DAY
4* 		ATL KIL 27th - [23]
Garrett Racing 28 Chevy TAL
3 		FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC
2 		TAL
1* 		ATL
1*
AAG Racing 44 Chevy MCH
2 		ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL
1991 Garrett Racing 28 Chevy DAY
38 		ATL
18* 		KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH
9* 		KIL FRS DEL POC TAL
1 		HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL
22 		34th 805 [24]
1992 DAY
7* 		FIF TWS TAL
1* 		TOL KIL MCH
29 		FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL
7 		39th - [25]
Pontiac POC
4
1993 Jim Spicuzza 37 Ford DAY
31 		FIF TWS TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 118th - [26]

References

  1. ^ "Scary moments in old-timers' race as legends return to high banks of Bristol". Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  2. ^ Martin, Brett (April 23, 2021). "Charlie Glotzbach, Southern Indiana NASCAR racer, dies at 83". wave3.com. Gray Media Group, Inc. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1960 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  5. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  8. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  9. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  11. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  12. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  13. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  14. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  15. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  16. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  17. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  18. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  19. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  20. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1987 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  23. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  24. ^ "Charlie Glotzbach – 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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