Bobby Malzahn

Bobby Malzahn
BornRobert W. Malzahn
October 13, 1930
DiedAugust 26, 2013(2013-08-26) (aged 82)
Edgewater, Florida, U.S.
Modified racing career
Debut season1951[1]
Car number99
Championships6
Championship titles
1958 Trenton NASCAR National
1961 Langhorne National Open
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Last race1958 (Raleigh Speedway) NC[2]

Robert "Bobby" Malzahn (October 19, 1930 – August 26, 2013) was an American stock car racing driver. He moved from Miami, FL, to New Jersey to further his racing career and became a standout on the Mid-Atlantic stock car circuit.[3][4]

Racing career

Bobby Malzahn (as Bob Malzahn) made just one appearance in the Grand National Series in 1958.[2] He spent the majority of his career racing in the modified division, competing regularly at Pennsylvania's Nazareth Speedway and Reading Fairgrounds Speedway, and capturing track championships at Orange County Fair Speedway in New York, along with New Egypt Speedway, Old Bridge Stadium, and Wall Stadium in New Jersey.[3][4][5][6][7]

Malzahn was won national events at Trenton Speedway in New Jersey in 1958 and Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania in 1961.[8][9] He was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 1994.[10]

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 NGNC Pts Ref
1958 400 Ford FAY DAB CON FAY WIL HBO FAY CLB PIF ATL CLT MAR ODS OBS GPS GBF STR NWS BGS TRN RSD CLB NBS REF LIN HCY AWS RSP
48 		MCC SLS TOR BUF MCF BEL BRR CLB NSV AWS BGS MBS DAR CLT BIR CSF GAF RCH HBO SAS MAR NWS ATL [11]

References

  1. ^ "Bob Malzahn-Track Championships". AutoRacingRecords.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Bob Malzahn-NASCAR Cup Series". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Boudinot leads at Old Bridge". Edison Township and Fords Beacon. July 2, 1958. p. 6. Retrieved April 16, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
  4. ^ a b Berger-Carmen, Tracy L. (2013). Nazareth Speedway: Images of Sports. Arcadia Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9781467120487.
  5. ^ "Bobby Malzahn a top contender in stock opener". Reading Eagle. March 28, 1963. p. 33. Retrieved April 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Stock car victory to Bobby Malzahn". Red Bank Register. November 11, 1965. p. 24. Retrieved April 16, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
  7. ^ "Orange County Fair Speedway track champions through the years". Times Herald-Record. April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  8. ^ Blunk, Frank M. (August 4, 1958). "Malzahn winner in Trenton race". The New York Times. p. 28. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  9. ^ "Jersey man wins stockcar feature". The Gettysburg Times. October 10, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved April 15, 2024 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Boggie, Tom (June 3, 1994). "Around the tracks". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady NY. p. D6. Retrieved April 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Bob Malzahn – 1958 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2024.