29 Facts About Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks was born on November 3,1952 and is an American former stock car racing driver.

Early in his racing career, Greg Sacks was a successful driver in what is the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.

Greg Sacks won the Dogwood Classic at Martinsville Speedway, the Bud Classic at Oswego Speedway, the Thompson 300 at Thompson International Speedway, the World Series of Asphalt at Thompson Speedway and the Race of Champions at Pocono Raceway.

Greg Sacks only completed nineteen laps until experiencing engine failure, finishing 38th out of 40 cars.

Greg Sacks competed in four more events that season, posting a best finish of 17th in the Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the only race he finished that year.

In 1984, Greg Sacks made a full attempt at the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, in a car owned by his father, only now it ran as No 51.

Greg Sacks made 29 out of the 30 races, finished 19th in points and runner-up to Rusty Wallace for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award.

Seven races later, Greg Sacks was able to drive the No 49 car owned by 1966 NASCAR Rookie of the Year James Hylton.

The win was considered to be one of NASCAR's biggest upsets, as Greg Sacks's car was only scheduled to run a set number of laps before going behind the wall to make changes, but his car kept competing for the win, therefore DiGard decided to let Greg Sacks race as normal.

The next year, Greg Sacks found himself running a limited schedule as DiGard slowly went bankrupt.

Three-quarters of the way through 1988, Greg Sacks left the team to drive for Buddy Baker's team, the No 88 Oldsmobile.

Greg Sacks came close to a victory at Bristol in 1989, where he led 119 laps only to lose the lead to Rusty Wallace with 40 laps to go.

Greg Sacks was unemployed for a brief period, then joined on with Tom Winkle's No 48 Pontiac for most of the season, joining with Hendrick Motorsports for the Autoworks 500 at Phoenix International Raceway as part of the driving team gathering in-race footage for the "Days of Thunder" movie.

Greg Sacks started off 1990 in a familiar situation with no ride, driving part-time for Hendrick's development team.

Greg Sacks participated in the Busch Clash at Daytona and at Darlington in the TranSouth 500, driving the No 46 'City Chevrolet' Lumina "Days of Thunder" movie car.

Four races later, Greg Sacks was rewarded with a part-time ride at Hendrick, driving the No 18 Ultra Slim-Fast Chevrolet, finishing second at Talladega Superspeedway in the Winston 500.

Greg Sacks started off 1991 at the Daytona 500 driving his own No 18 car, but crashed early in the race.

Greg Sacks ran ten more races that year in the No 47 Oldsmobile for Derick Close, posting two top-twenty finishes.

Greg Sacks started 1992 with Larry Hedrick Motorsports, but suffered injuries in a lap five crash at the Champion Spark Plug 400, and only drove one race for the rest of the season.

Greg Sacks moved on to Tri-Star Motorsports in 1993, and finished sixth at the DieHard 500.

In 1994, Greg Sacks set the track record at Atlanta when he won the pole.

Greg Sacks raced part-time in the Cup and Busch series over the next two years, winning a Busch Series event in a one-race deal for Diamond Ridge Motorsports at Talladega Superspeedway in 1996.

In 1998, it looked like Greg Sacks had finally found a steady ride, driving the No 98 Ford for Cale Yarborough.

However, on lap 136 of the Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Greg Sacks lost control of his car and wrecked, suffering life-threatening injuries.

Greg Sacks made his return in 1999 in the Busch Series, but only qualified for one of the several races he attempted.

Greg Sacks tried his hand at Winston Cup again in 2000, attempting that year's Daytona 500 in the No 96 Chevrolet.

Greg Sacks ran both Pocono races in 2005, and finished 43rd in both of them.

Greg Sacks tried to qualify for the ARCA race at Daytona but missed the field after posting the 48th best qualifying time.

Greg Sacks drove the No 88 car owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr.