Buddy Arrington (born July 26, 1938 in Martinsville, Virginia) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) driver.
He has the second most starts without a win, and managed to finished in the top 10 of NASCAR points twice; in 1979 (ninth) and 1982 (seventh). He was known as a Mopar (Chrysler vehicles) loyalist till the end. This was beyond the scope of Chrysler leaving NASCAR competition in 1978 in an effort to avoid ban...
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Buddy Arrington (born July 26, 1938 in Martinsville, Virginia) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) driver.
He has the second most starts without a win, and managed to finished in the top 10 of NASCAR points twice; in 1979 (ninth) and 1982 (seventh). He was known as a Mopar (Chrysler vehicles) loyalist till the end. This was beyond the scope of Chrysler leaving NASCAR competition in 1978 in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. His best career finish was third at Talledega in 1979, one lap up of Richard Petty (ironically driving one of Petty's cast-off Dodge Magnums) and several other top NASCAR drivers. He almost always ran his own car. Buddy's operation was a very money conscious effort. His pit crew were almost always unpaid volunteers, and relied on used equipment; at first Richard Petty/Harry Hyde Dodge Magnums (which Buddy later re-skinned and re-wheelbased to Dodge Miradas and Chrysler Imperial/Cordobas) and later ex-Bill Elliott Fords.
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