10 Facts About Tommy Houston

Tommy Houston was born on January 29,1945 and is a retired NASCAR Busch Series driver.

Tommy Houston was born in Hickory, North Carolina, and was in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman division, winning nearly 150 races before the series was formed into the Busch Series.

Tommy Houston made the inaugural race of the Busch Series at the 1982 Daytona race.

The next week, Tommy Houston started 15th at the series' first ever short track race, at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.

Tommy Houston did not finish the last three races as well as seven others.

Tommy Houston was able to reduce his DNF count from 10 to 6.

Tommy Houston won two races at Orange County Speedway, and one each at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Hickory.

Tommy Houston snapped a 50 race winless streak at his home track on Easter Sunday in 1992 after the death of his father the day before.

Tommy Houston came from three laps down to overtake Bobby Labonte for the win.

Tommy Houston was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 2008.