{{short description|American racing driver}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver | birth_name = Charles F. Mahoney | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|3|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Stockholm, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|7|20|1920|3|23|mf=y}} | death_place = Williamsville, New York, U.S. | death_cause = Heart attack | Total_Cup_Races = 16 | Years_In_Cup = 4 | Best_Cup_Pos = 7th (1950) | First_Cup_Race = 1949 (Hamburg) | Last_Cup_Race = 1956 (Asheville-Weaverville) | Cup_Wins = 0 | Cup_Top_Tens = 7 | Cup_Poles = 1 | First_Busch_Race = | First_Busch_Win = | module1 = {{Infobox racing driver | embed= yes | last_series = NASCAR Sportsman Division | years_active = | teams = | titles = | title_years = | awards = | award_years = |module2= {{Infobox event |child=yes | blank_label = First Race | blank_data = 1950 (Eastern States) | blank2_label = First Win | blank2_data = June 15, 1950 (Sandy Creek) }} }} | updated = }} '''Charles F. Mahoney''' (March 23, 1920 – July 20, 1999) was an American stock car racing driver.

==Racing career== One of the pioneers of the Grand National Series, he competed in 16 races over the first eight years of the sport, with a best finish of second at the Charlotte Speedway in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Chuck_Mahoney/|work=Racing-Reference|title=Chuck Mahoney - NASCAR Cup Statistics|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref> Mahoney finished 5th in NASCAR's inaugural superspeedway race, the 1950 Southern 500, and ultimately finished seventh in the driver standings for that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/standings/1950/W/|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref>

Mahoney won his first race in the NASCAR Sportsman Division (predecessor of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) at Sandy Creek on June 15, 1950, and spent the majority of his career racing in the Sportsman and Modified classes at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including Fonda Speedway, Langhorne Speedway, Oswego Speedway, Spencer Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway, and Watertown Speedway.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Chuck_Mahoney|title=Career Results by Series|work=The Third Turn|access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title =The Legends of Watertown Speedway|url=https://www.paperbackswap.com/Legends-Watertown-Speedway-Dave-Stoodley/book/0967743842/|publisher=Speedway Press|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title =Spencer Speedway Legends 1957-1977|url= https://www.amazon.com/Spencer-Speedway-Legends-1957-1977-Kasper/dp/1480973661|publisher= Rosedog Books (October 27, 2016)|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref>

Mahoney, who introduced stock car racing on ice on Oneida Lake in central New York, also promoted racing at two tracks in upstate New York after he retired from driving. He died in 1999 of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|title = Ex-Race Car Driver Mahoney Dies|url= https://apnews.com/article/3ea280e9e8830cb71cc9a03af78c620c |publisher=The Associated Press|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Former racing star Mahoney dies at 79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MMfAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Ex-Race+Car+Driver+Mahoney+Dies&article_id=3382,846565 |newspaper=The Gadsden Times |date= August 6, 1999 |page=D3|via=Google Books|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Motorsports career results== ===NASCAR=== (key) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)

====Grand National Series==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=69| NASCAR Grand National Series results |- ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! 30 ! 31 ! 32 ! 33 ! 34 ! 35 ! 36 ! 37 ! 38 ! 39 ! 40 ! 41 ! 42 ! 43 ! 44 ! 45 ! 46 ! 47 ! 48 ! 49 ! 50 ! 51 ! 52 ! 53 ! 54 ! 55 ! 56 ! {{Tooltip|NGNC|NASCAR Grand National classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 1949 ! rowspan=3| Brooks Motors ! 77 ! rowspan=3| Mercury | CLT | DAB | HBO | LAN | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HAM<br><small>16</small> | MAR | HEI | NWS | colspan=48| ! 71st ! 2.5 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/mahonch01/1949/W|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2| 1950 ! 18 | DAB | CLT | LAN | MAR | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN<br><small>15</small> | colspan=51| ! rowspan=2| 7th ! rowspan=2| 1217.5 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/mahonch01/1950/W|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=3| 77 | colspan=5| | style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''VER'''<br><small>3</small> | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DSP<br><small>9</small> | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCF<br><small>17</small> | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT<br><small>2</small> | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HBO<br><small>9</small> | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DSP<br><small>27</small> | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HAM<br><small>16</small> | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR<br><small>5</small> | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAN<br><small>31</small> | NWS | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VER<br><small>9</small> | MAR | WIN | HBO | colspan=37| |- ! 1951 ! ! Henry J | DAB | CLT | NMO | GAR | HBO | ASF | NWS | MAR | CAN | CLS | CLB | DSP | GAR | GRS | BAI | HEI | AWS | MCF | ALS | MSF | FMS | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOR<br><small>9</small> | ABS | DAR | CLB | CCS | LAN | CLT | DSP | WIL | HBO | TPN | PGS | MAR | OAK | NWS | HMS | JSP | ATL | GAR | NMO | colspan=15| ! ! ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/mahonch01/1951/W/|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> |- ! 1952 ! Ken Swihart ! Hudson | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PBS<br><small>25</small> | DAB | JSP | NWS | MAR | CLB | ATL | CCS | LAN | DAR | DSP | CAN | HAY | FMS | HBO | CLT | MSF | NIF | OSW | MON | MOR | PPS | MCF | AWS | DAR | CCS | LAN | DSP | WIL | HBO | MAR | NWS | ATL | PBS | colspan=22| ! ! !<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/mahonch01/1952/W/|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> |- ! 1956 ! Billy Rafter ! 40 ! Dodge | HCY | CLT | WSS | PBS | ASF | DAB | PBS | WIL | ATL | NWS | LAN | RCH | CLB | CON | GPS | HCY | HBO | MAR | LIN | CLT | POR | EUR | NYF | MER | MAS | CLT | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCF<br><small>17</small> | POR | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS<br><small>16</small> | RSP | PIF | CSF | CHI | CCF | MGY | OKL | ROA | OBS | SAN | NOR | PIF | MYB | POR | DAR | CSH | CLT | LAN | POR | CLB | HBO | NWP | CLT | CCF | MAR | HCY | WIL ! ! ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/mahonch01/1956/W/|title=Chuck Mahoney – 1956 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Racing-Reference driver|Chuck_Mahoney}}

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