11 Facts About Dick Hutcherson

Richard Hutcherson was an American businessman and a former stock car racer.

Dick Hutcherson won 14 races, finishing runner-up in his first full season in 1965 and third in 1967, but after four years of top-level racing he retired at the season's end to devote his energies to Hutcherson-Pagan Enterprises, a chassis-building business in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dick Hutcherson hailed from Keokuk, Iowa, which has long been called the "Home of Champions" and the "Racing Capital of the World".

Dick Hutcherson was the Late Model champion at Huron, South Dakota's Dakota State Fair Speedway in 1960 and 1964.

Dick Hutcherson made an impression by finishing third behind Turner and Welborn.

Dick Hutcherson led the first 60 laps before being overtaken; failure of lug bolts on his right front wheel forced him to the pits after his 109th lap.

Dick Hutcherson nearly won the NASCAR championship in his first full season, settling for second behind Ned Jarrett.

Dick Hutcherson averaged 1,020 points per race as compared to Petty's 885 points and Hylton's 792.

Dick Hutcherson had gotten mad about what some reporters had written about him in the days before the race.

Dick Hutcherson become sole owner of the firm after the death of Eddie Pagan in 1984.

Dick Hutcherson died on November 6,2005, on his way home from Florida.