Henry Neil Castles was an American NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.
12 Facts About Neil Castles
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Neil Castles raced from 1957 to 1976, and won the NASCAR Grand National East Series in 1972.
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Neil Castles made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in June 1957 at Columbia Speedway, finishing 51 laps before engine failure forced him to record a did not finish.
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Neil Castles went on to win 25-lap qualifying races at Darlington Raceway and Rockingham Speedway.
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Neil Castles won at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway in the spring of 1972.
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Neil Castles was an -ran of the old days who once found himself having an uncharacteristically good day.
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Neil Castles had lapped Curtis Turner, but the flagman apparently did not believe it, for he kept giving Castles the move-over flag to let Turner around him.
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Neil Castles worked in the film industry as a stunt driver, beginning in the 1950s about the time that he started racing.
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Neil Castles later featured in that capacity in Thunder Road, Speedway, The Last American Hero, Greased Lightning, and Six Pack.
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Neil Castles acted in The Night of the Cat and Challenge.
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In 2019, Neil Castles published a memoir of his life in NASCAR and in the film industry.
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Neil Castles was married to Iris Jean Gallion for 63 years until her death in December 2019.