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Herman Beam was born on 11 December, 1929 in Johnson City, Tennessee, is a Racecar driver. Discover Herman Beam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 11 December 1929
Birthday 11 December
Birthplace Johnson City, Tennessee
Date of death 27 August, 1980
Died Place Johnson City, Tennessee
Nationality United States

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1929

Herman Beam (December 11, 1929 – August 27, 1980) was a NASCAR Grand National Series driver and team owner from Johnson City, Tennessee who was active as a driver from 1957 until 1963.

1957

Beam made his Grand National debut in 1957, finishing 20th in a self-owned Chevy.

1958

In 1958, he ran 20 races, with a single top 10 finish.

1959

1959 was his best season, where he started 30 of 44 events, had 12 top 10 finishes including his first career top 5, and finished 4th in points.

He made 2 starts in the NASCAR Convertible Division that year.

1961

He is famous for holding the longest streak of races without a DNF, with 84, from 1961 until 1963.

He had 57 Top 10 finishes in 194 races.

In 1961, Beam suffered an engine failure at Richmond International Raceway.

1962

His most famous moment was at the 1962 Richmond 250 race at the Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds at Richmond, Virginia.

Due to heavy rain, qualifying was cancelled, and the drivers drew for grid positions by lot.

Beam drew pole position, but pulled off the track on the pace lap to let the entire field go past.

1963

It was the last DNF for 84 races, starting the streak of finishing races that he is most famous for, which ended at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1963.

Beam retired from racing that year, but continued to field cars for other drivers, including Ned Jarrett and Cale Yarborough.

Beam's nickname was "Turtle", reflecting his cautious driving style, which was to finish each race without retiring.

After retiring from driving in the middle of the 1963 season, he remained a team owner in NASCAR.

He hired Cale Yarborough to drive for him the rest of the season.

1964

In 1964, Larry Thomas and Yarborough split the ride for most of the season, with H.B. Bailey, Larry Frank, and Tiny Lund each driving one race for Beam.

Yarborough left Beam's team after one race, and JT Putney was hired to drive the car.

1966

His team shut down after running only 2 races in 1966.

2009

Beam's 84-race streak took place over the span of 22 months 10 days, and was being threatened by Clint Bowyer, who if he finished the first ten races of the 2009 season could have tied the record.

However, he crashed at the 2009 Southern 500 at Darlington to end his streak at 83 finished races.

Bowyer's teammate Kevin Harvick fell three short when his engine failed in the 2009 Auto Club 500 ending his streak at 81 races without a DNF.

2012

He eventually finished 12th.

After the race Beam said that he did not feel comfortable starting in front of faster cars.

2014

After the 2014 FedEx 400, his 84-race streak was broken by Greg Biffle, who finished the race despite being 108 laps down in 38th.

Another outstanding mark of Beam's was running the same number throughout his career.

In all 194 of his starts, Beam drove only the number 19 in NASCAR Grand National races, the former record for officially retired drivers that has since been surpassed by Jeff Gordon, with 797 consecutive starts in the #24.