Skip Manning | |||||||
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Born | Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S. | April 23, 1945||||||
Awards | 1976 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
79 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Best finish | 14th (1977) | ||||||
First race | 1975 Atlanta 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 1979 World 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 24, 2012. |
Skip Manning (born April 23, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver from Bogalusa, Louisiana.[1] He competed in seventy-nine Winston Cup events in his career, spanning from 1975 to 1979.[2] Manning won the rookie-of-the-year award in 1976.[3] He had sixteen top-ten finishes during his career,[2] with his best finish a 3rd at the Talladega Superspeedway in 1977.[citation needed]
Manning retired from NASCAR racing and returned to Bogalusa, Louisiana, with his wife Gloria Manning.
Year | Starts | Wins | Top Fives | Top Tens | Poles | Rank |
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1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90th |
Totals | 79 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - |