{{short description|American racing driver}} {{sources needed|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver| name = Gene Black | image= | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|9|23}}| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|10|4|1943|9|23}}| birth_place = Arden, North Carolina, U.S.| death_place = Fletcher, North Carolina, U.S.| Best_Cup_Pos = 42nd - 1965 Grand National Season | Cup_Wins = 0| Cup_Top_Tens = 6| Cup_Poles = 0| First_Cup_Race = 1965 Fireball 200 <small>(Asheville-Weaverville Speedway)</small>| First_Cup_Win = | Last_Cup_Win = | Last_Cup_Race = 1968 Northern 300 <small>(Trenton Speedway)</small>| awards = | Years_In_Cup = 3| Total_Cup_Races = 37| }}
'''Gene Black''' (September 23, 1943 <ref name="geneblack">{{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=blackge02| title = Gene Black's career information | publisher = Racing Reference | date = | accessdate = 2011-01-21}}</ref> - October 4, 2010 <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jayski.com/pages/sadnews2010.htm| title = Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - Sad News 2010...Deaths| publisher = Jayski's® NASCAR Sprint Cup Silly Season Site| date = | accessdate = 2014-06-28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190129094815/http://www.jayski.com/pages/sadnews2010.htm| archive-date = 2019-01-29| url-status = dead}}</ref>) was an American ''NASCAR Grand National'' driver who competed from 1965 to 1968.
==Summary== Black was born in Arden, North Carolina. He accumulated six finishes in the top ten in his career in addition to $10,650 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10650|1968|r=2}}}} when adjusted for inflation) in total career earnings.<ref name="geneblack"/> On average, Black began his races in 25th while ending them in 19th.<ref name="geneblack"/> Black was unable to lead a single one of his laps out of the 6,642 that he did in his career - the equivalent of {{convert|4562.7|mi|km|disp=or}} of constant highway driving.<ref name="geneblack"/> His career lasted three years.<ref name="geneblack"/> Black was a competitor at the 1968 Fireball 300 in addition to other events like the 1966 Southeastern 500, the 1968 Islip 300, and the 1968 Fireball 300.
Black's racing performance was the most powerful on dirt tracks where people expected him to finish an average of 11th place. However, Black tended to perform less proficiently on road courses; finishing a meager average of 40th place.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/driver.php?drv_id=890| title = Gene Black's career information| publisher = Driver Averages| date = | accessdate = 2012-12-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521082921/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/driver.php?drv_id=890| archive-date = 2013-05-21| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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