{{short description|Racecar driver from South Carolina}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver |name = Johnny Halford |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|15}} |birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|10|11|1930|10|15}} |death_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. |death_cause = |height = {{height|ft=6|in=6}} |weight = |achievements = |awards = |Total_Cup_Races = 41 |Years_In_Cup = 5 |Best_Cup_Pos = 36th (1970) |First_Cup_Race = 1969 Sandlapper 200 (Columbia) |Last_Cup_Race = 1978 American 500 (Rockingham) |Cup_Wins = 0 |Cup_Top_Tens = 1 |Cup_Poles = 0 |Total_GNEast_Races = 1 |Years_In_GNEast = 1 |Best_GNEast_Pos = |First_GNEast_Race = 1972 Greenville 200 (Greenville-Pickens) |Last_GNEast_Race = |GNEast_Wins = 0 |GNEast_Top_Tens = 0 |GNEast_Poles = 0 }} {{sources needed|date=January 2026}} '''Johnny Halford''' (October 15, 1930 – October 11, 2013) was an American stock car racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1969 and 1978.<ref name="halford">[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Johnny_Halford ''Johnny Halford''] racing information at Racing Reference</ref>
==Career== Halford began his racing career at the age of 19,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19710128&id=fDMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5131,4287988|title=Halford Remembers First Ride|date=January 28, 1971|work=The Spartanburg Herald|page=29|location=Spartanburg, SC|accessdate=2014-03-19}}</ref> but by the time he began his NASCAR career in 1969 he was considered "old", at age 38.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19700115&id=QjMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7386,2274309|title=Halford Going All Out This Year|last=Granger|first=Gene|date=January 15, 1970|work=The Spartanburg Herald|page=40|accessdate=2014-03-19|location=Spartanburg, SC}}</ref> He earned one top ten finish in his career, in the 1972 Firecracker 400,<ref name="fantasyracingcheatsheet">[http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/johnny-halford/1886 ''Johnny Halford'' racing information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320184942/http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/johnny-halford/1886 |date=2012-03-20 }} at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet</ref> while leading 16 laps out of 6924 - the equivalent of {{convert|7723.0|mi|km}}.<ref name="halford"/> Halford's average starting position would be 24th while he would finish 21st on average.<ref name="halford"/> An attempt to qualify for the 1972 Miller High Life 500 would end up in failure.<ref name="halford"/> After the end of his career, Halford had earned $27,129 in total race earnings (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|27129|1978|r=2}}}} when adjusted for inflation).<ref name="halford"/>
In the 1981 ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway, Halford was involved in an eleven-car accident that left him with a neck injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19810209&id=JzlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6358,2044861|title=Ellington claims ARCA 200|date=February 9, 1981|work=Wilmington Morning Star|page=1D|accessdate=2014-03-19|location=Wilmington, NC}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halford, Johnny}} Category:1930 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Racing drivers from Spartanburg, South Carolina Category:NASCAR drivers Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers Category:Southern 500 drivers Category:20th-century American sportsmen