Paul Goldsmith

Paul Goldsmith
Goldsmith in 1964
Born	(1925-10-02)October 2, 1925 Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	September 6, 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 98) Munster, Indiana, U.S.
Championship titles
USAC Stock Car (1961, 1962) Major victories AMA Daytona 200 (1953) NASCAR Daytona Beach (1958)
AAA/USAC Stock Car career
Years active	1954, 1958, 1960–1963, 1965–1967
Starts	85
Championships	2
Wins	26
Podiums	44
Poles	25
Best finish	1st in 1961, 1962
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
127 races run over 11 years
Best finish	5th (1966)
First race	1956 Race 9 (Lakewood)
Last race	1969 Yankee 600 (Michigan)
First win	1956 Race 47 (Langhorne)
Last win	1966 Volunteer 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 9 59 8
Champ Car career
8 races run over 7 years
Best finish	10th (1959)
First race	1958 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	1963 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 0
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1958–1960
Teams	Kurtis Kraft, Epperly
Entries	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1958 Indianapolis 500
Last entry	1960 Indianapolis 500

Paul Edward Goldsmith (October 2, 1925 – September 6, 2024) was an American racing driver. During his career he raced motorcycles, stock cars, and Indianapolis cars, achieving success in each discipline.

Goldsmith won the USAC Stock Car national championship in 1961 and 1962, driving a Pontiac for Ray Nichels. Earlier in his career, he was a successful motorcycle racer within the AMA circuit, capturing the Daytona 200 for Harley-Davidson in 1953. In 1958, driving a Pontiac for Smokey Yunick, Goldsmith won the final NASCAR stock car race on the Daytona Beach road course.

At the time of his death Goldsmith was the oldest living former driver to have competed in the FIA World Drivers' Championship,^[1] as well as the oldest living veteran of the Indianapolis 500; he and A. J. Foyt were the last living competitors from the 1958 Indianapolis 500.^[2]