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NASCAR Champion Sam Ard Passes Away

NASCAR started their raceday at Martinsville Speedway mourning the death of Sam Ard, who passed away Sunday morning at the age of 78.

Ard, who won five times at the Virginia half-mile, also scored two championships in what is now the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 1983 and ’84.

Ard’s national NASCAR career may have been short, but it was memorable. Competing in only three XFINITY seasons from 1982 to ’84, Ard won 22 times, scoring 67 top-five and 79 top-10 finishes in only 92 starts. Furthermore, he led roughly a quarter of his total laps turned, leading 4,035 of his 16,055 career laps.

Additionally, Ard made his one and only start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 1984, turning only one lap at Martinsville.

NASCAR nation took the Twitter early Sunday to pay their respects to one of the most accomplished drivers in the XFINITY Series.

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