Edward Glenn " Fireball " Roberts Jr. (January 20, 1929 – July 2, 1964) was an American stock car racer. Roberts was born in Tavares, Florida, and raised in Apopka, Florida, where he was …

2022年12月30日 · Glenn "Fireball" Roberts was a NASCAR superstar in the early 1960s. Roberts was on Lap 7 of the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte when Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett …

2007年11月1日 · Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts began racing professionally on May 18, 1947 at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and blew an engine. His first victory came August 13, …

Fireball Roberts was a star on and off the track. During his career, Roberts often came up big in the biggest events, winning the Daytona 500 in 1962 and the Southern 500 in 1958 and 1963. …

2018年9月23日 · Though Glenn “Fireball” Roberts never won a NASCAR championship and never completed a full season of racing, his driving style and his tragic death would forever …

2021年11月23日 · Roberts picked up the Fireball moniker as a teenager when a baseball teammate caught one of his pitches and excitedly proclaimed it a “fireball.” The name stuck. …

From an inauspicious start on the hard-packed sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948, Edward Glenn Roberts Jr. fashioned one of the most successful and glamorous careers in NASCAR. …

2007年9月13日 · Fireball Roberts was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history to never win a championship. And while the biggest prize managed to elude him; Roberts, the 1957 Most …

That's when the big handsome man ceased being laid-back, fun-loving Glenn Roberts. Instead, he was suddenly "Fireball," one of NASCAR's greatest-ever and best-loved heroes, the man …

On May 24, 1964, NASCAR legend Fireball Roberts was involved in a tragic accident during the World 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Roberts’ car burst into flames after hitting the …